Jabir bin Abdullah reported,

Hatib bin Abu Balta wrote to the people of Mecca informing them that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ intended to launch a campaign against them. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was directed to the woman who was carrying the letter, so he sent for her and took the letter from her hair.He said, "Hatib, did you do this?"He replied, "Yes. But I did not do it out of disloyalty to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ." Yunus's version reads, "Not out of disloyalty, Messenger of Allah, nor hypocrisy. I knew that Allah would grant victory to His Messenger and bring His cause to completion. It is only that I was a stranger among them, and my mother was one of them, so I wanted to secure a favor with them by this."Umar said, "Shall I strike off this man's head?"He replied, "Would you kill a man who fought at Badr? What do you know, perhaps Allah has looked upon the people of Badr and said, 'Do as you wish.'"

حدثنا حجين ويونس قالا حدثنا الليث بن سعد عن أبي الزبير

عن جابر بن عبد الله

أن حاطب بن أبي بلتعة كتب إلى أهل مكة يذكر أن رسول الله ﷺ أراد غزوهم فدل رسول الله ﷺ على المرأة التي معها الكتاب فأرسل إليها فأخذ كتابها من رأسها وقال يا حاطب أفعلت قال نعم أما إني لم أفعله غشا لرسول الله ﷺ وقال يونس غشا يا رسول الله ولا نفاقا قد علمت أن الله مظهر رسوله ومتم له أمره غير أني كنت عزيزا بين ظهريهم وكانت والدتي منهم فأردت أن أتخذ هذا عندهم فقال له عمر ألا أضرب رأس هذا قال أتقتل رجلا من أهل بدر ما يدريك لعل الله عز وجل قد اطلع على أهل بدر فقال اعملوا ما شئتم