Sunan Abi Dawud
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Chapter 15 · Jihad (Kitab Al-Jihad)فِي الرُّسُلِ
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الرَّازِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا سَلَمَةُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ الْفَضْلِ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاق، قَالَ: كَانَ مُسَيْلِمَةُ كَتَبَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: وَقَدْ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاق، عَنْ شَيْخٍ مِنْ أَشْجَعَ يُقَالُ لَهُ: سَعْدُ بْنُ طَارِقٍ، عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ نُعَيْمِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ الْأَشْجَعِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ نُعَيْمٍ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ لَهُمَا حِينَ قَرَأَ كِتَابَ مُسَيْلِمَةَ: مَا تَقُولَانِ أَنْتُمَا ؟ قَالَا: نَقُولُ كَمَا قَالَ، قَالَ: أَمَا وَاللَّهِ لَوْلَا أَنَّ الرُّسُلَ لَا تُقْتَلُ لَضَرَبْتُ أَعْنَاقَكُمَا .
Translation
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The Arabic text and the translations come from our previous collection: English from hadithapi.com, German and Turkish machine-translated (Gemini) and unreviewed. A new translation from the Arabic with the chain of narration will follow.
Regarding Sending Messengers
I heard the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم say when he read the letter of Musaylimah: What do you believe yourselves? They said: We believe as he believes. He said: I swear by Allah that were it not that messengers are not killed, I would cut off your heads.