Information for "SahihAlBukhari-017-001-1730"

Narrated AlMiqdad Bin Amr AlKindi: An ally of Bani Zuhra who took part in the battle of Badr with the Prophet; that he said; O Allah Apostle! If I meet an unbeliever and we have a fight; and he strikes my hand with the sword and cuts it off; and then takes refuge from me under a tree; and says; I have surrendered to Allah i.e. embraced Islam ; may I kill him after he has said so? Allah Messenger ﷺ said; Do not kill him. AlMiqdad said; But O Allah Messenger ﷺ ! He had chopped off one of my hands and he said that after he had cut it off. May I kill him? The Prophet ﷺ said. Do not kill him for if you kill him; he would be in the position in which you had been before you kill him; and you would be in the position in which he was before he said the sentence. The Prophet ﷺ also said to AlMiqdad; If a faithful believer conceals his faith Islam from the disbelievers; and then when he declares his Islam; you kill him; you will be sinful. Remember that you were also concealing your faith Islam at Mecca before.