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3929. 'Amr bin Aws narrated that his father, Aws, told him: "We were sitting with the Prophet ﷺ and he was narrating to us and reminding us, when a man came and spoke privately to him. He said: 'Take him away and kill him.' When the man turned away, the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ called him back and said: 'Do you bear witness that none has the right to be worshiped but Allâh?' He said, 'Yes.' He said: 'Then go and let him go, for I have been commanded to fight the people until they say: Lâ ilâha illallâh, then if they do that, their blood and wealth are forbidden to me.'" (Sahih)
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The Prophet ﷺ, thought from the whisper of the person, that he is not a true Muslim even though he set him free based on his external adherence to Islâm. Imâm Suyuti ﷺ, said: "The most correct explanation of the text is that the Prophet ﷺ, was allowed to treat people based on what they conceal in their hearts. So, he intended to kill him according to what he was concealing in his heart (killing him for his disbelief). But the Prophet ﷺ, preferred to deal with him according to what appears from him (i.e.,
treating him as a Muslim due to his external Islam). The Prophet ﷺ, inclined to this ruling because it was common for him and his nation as well. Therefore, he kept away to act according to the hidden condition of the person. (Sharh Sunan An-Nasâi, the Book of the Blood).
