English translation
3000. It was narrated from 'Abdur-Raḥmān bin 'Abdullāh bin Ka'b bin Mālik, from his father, who was one of the three whose repentance was accepted: "Ka'b bin Al-Ashraf used to lampoon the Prophet ﷺ and incite the disbelievers of the Qurāish against him. When the Prophet ﷺ came to Al-Madinah, its people were a mixture of Muslims, idolaters who worshipped idols, and Jews, who used to annoy the Prophet ﷺ and his Companions. Allāh, Glorified and Exalted is He, commanded His Prophet ﷺ to be patient and tolerant. Concerning them, Allāh revealed the words: 'And you shall certainly hear much that will grieve you from those who received the Scripture before you (Jews and Christians).'[1] When Ka'b bin Al-Ashraf persisted in annoying the Prophet ﷺ, the Prophet ﷺ ordered Sa'd bin Mu'ādḥ to send a group of men to kill him, and he
sent Muḥammad bin Maslamah.” He told the story of his killing. “When they killed him, the Jews and idolators panicked, so they rushed to the Prophet ﷺ right away, and said: ‘Our companion was attacked at night and killed.’ The Prophet ﷺ reminded them of what he used to say, and the Prophet ﷺ invited them to write a document between him and them, to serve as a point of reference between him and them. So the Prophet wrote a document between him and them, and the Muslims in general.” (Da'if)
Arabic text
3000 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ فَارِسٍ، أَنَّ الْحَكَمَ بْنَ نَافِعٍ، حَدَّثَهُمْ قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، وَكَانَ أَحَدَ الثَّلَاثَةِ الَّذِينَ تِيبَ عَلَيْهِمْ، وَكَانَ كَعْبُ بْنُ الْأَشْرَفِ يَهْجُو النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، وَيُحَرِّضُ عَلَيْهِ كُفَّارَ قُرَيْشٍ، وَكَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حِينَ قَدِمَ الْمَدِينَةَ، وَأَهْلُهَا أَخْلَاطٌ، مِنْهُمُ الْمُسْلِمُونَ، وَالْمُشْرِكُونَ يَعْبُدُونَ الْأَوْثَانَ، وَالْيَهُودُ وَكَانُوا يُؤْذُونَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَأَصْحَابَهُ، فَأَمَرَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ نَبِيَّهُ بِالصَّبْرِ وَالْعَفْوِ، فَفِيهِمْ أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ: {وَلَتَسْمَعُنَّ مِنَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ} [آل عمران: 186] الْآيَةَ، فَلَمَّا أَبَى كَعْبُ بْنُ الْأَشْرَفِ أَنْ يَنْزِعَ عَنْ أَذَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، أَمَرَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ سَعْدَ بْنَ مُعَاذٍ أَنْ يَبْعَثَ رَهْطًا يَقْتُلُونَهُ، فَبَعَثَ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ مَسْلَمَةَ، وَذَكَرَ قِصَّةَ قَتْلِهِ، فَلَمَّا قَتَلُوهُ، فَزَعَتِ الْيَهُودُ وَالْمُشْرِكُونَ فَغَدَوْا عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقَالُوا: طُرِقَ صَاحِبُنَا فَقُتِلَ، «فَذَكَرَ لَهُمُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الَّذِي كَانَ يَقُولُ، وَدَعَاهُمُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِلَى أَنْ يَكْتُبَ بَيْنَهُ كِتَابًا، يَنْتَهُونَ إِلَى مَا فِيهِ فَكَتَبَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَهُمْ وَبَيْنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ عَامَّةً صَحِيفَةً»
