The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent Abu Musa and Muaz bin Jabal to Yemen. He sent each of them to govern a separate district, for Yemen consisted of two districts. Then he said, "Make things easy and do not make them difficult. Give glad tidings and do not drive people away."Each of them set off to his assigned region. Whenever one of them was traveling through his territory and came near his companion, he would visit him to renew their acquaintance and greet him. So Muaz, while traveling through his region, drew near to his companion Abu Musa and rode on his mule until he reached him.He found Abu Musa seated with people gathered around him, and there was a man near him whose hands had been bound to his neck.Muaz said to him, "Abdullah bin Qays, who is this?"Abu Musa replied, "This is a man who renounced Islam after embracing it."Muaz said, "I will not dismount until he is killed."Abu Musa said, "He was brought here for that very purpose, so dismount."Muaz said, "I will not dismount until he is killed."So Abu Musa gave the order, and the man was executed. Then Muaz dismounted and said, "Abdullah, how do you recite the Quran?"Abu Musa replied, "I recite portions of it at intervals throughout the day. And how do you recite it, Muaz?"Muaz said, "I sleep at the beginning of the night, then I rise after I have taken my share of sleep, and I recite what Allah has decreed for me. So I count my sleep as a reward, just as I count my standing in prayer as a reward."
حدثنا موسى حدثنا أبو عوانة حدثنا عبد الملك
بعث رسول الله ﷺ أبا موسى ومعاذ بن جبل إلى اليمن قال وبعث كل واحد منهما على مخلاف قال واليمن مخلافان ثم قال يسرا ولا تعسرا وبشرا ولا تنفرا فانطلق كل واحد منهما إلى عمله وكان كل واحد منهما إذا سار في أرضه كان قريبا من صاحبه أحدث به عهدا فسلم عليه فسار معاذ في أرضه قريبا من صاحبه أبي موسى فجاء يسير على بغلته حتى انتهى إليه وإذا هو جالس وقد اجتمع إليه الناس وإذا رجل عنده قد جمعت يداه إلى عنقه فقال له معاذ يا عبد الله بن قيس أيم هذا قال هذا رجل كفر بعد إسلامه قال لا أنزل حتى يقتل قال إنما جيء به لذلك فانزل قال ما أنزل حتى يقتل فأمر به فقتل ثم نزل فقال يا عبد الله كيف تقرأ القرآن قال أتفوقه تفوقا قال فكيف تقرأ أنت يا معاذ قال أنام أول الليل فأقوم وقد قضيت جزئي من النوم فأقرأ ما كتب الله لي فأحتسب نومتي كما أحتسب قومتي