Salim bin Abdullah informed him that Umar bin Khattab set out with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ along with a group of his companions toward Ibn Sayyad. They found him playing with some boys near the fortress of Banu Maghalah. Ibn Sayyad had nearly reached the age of puberty at that time, and he did not notice their arrival until the Messenger of Allah ﷺ struck him on the back with his hand and said, "Do you bear witness that I am the Messenger of Allah?"Ibn Sayyad looked at him and said, "I bear witness that you are the Messenger of the unlettered ones." Then Ibn Sayyad said to the Prophet, "Do you bear witness that I am the Messenger of Allah?"The Prophet ﷺ rejected this and said, "I believe in Allah and His messengers." Then he asked Ibn Sayyad, "What do you see?"Ibn Sayyad replied, "A truthful one and a liar come to me."The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The matter has been confused for you."Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "I have concealed something for you."Ibn Sayyad said, "It is ad-dukh."The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Be gone, you will never exceed your limit."Umar said, "Messenger of Allah, will you permit me to strike off his head?"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ replied, "If he is the one, you will not be given power over him, and if he is not, there is no good for you in killing him."
حدثنا أبو اليمان أخبرنا شعيب عن الزهري قال أخبرني سالم بن عبد الله أن
أخبره أن عمر بن الخطاب انطلق مع رسول الله ﷺ في رهط من أصحابه قبل ابن صياد حتى وجده يلعب مع الغلمان في أطم بني مغالة وقد قارب ابن صياد يومئذ الحلم فلم يشعر حتى ضرب رسول الله ﷺ ظهره بيده ثم قال أتشهد أني رسول الله فنظر إليه فقال أشهد أنك رسول الأميين ثم قال ابن صياد أتشهد أني رسول الله فرضه النبي ﷺ ثم قال آمنت بالله ورسله ثم قال لابن صياد ماذا ترى قال يأتيني صادق وكاذب قال رسول الله ﷺ خلط عليك الأمر قال رسول الله ﷺ إني خبأت لك خبيئا قال هو الدخ قال اخسأ فلن تعدو قدرك قال عمر يا رسول الله أتأذن لي فيه أضرب عنقه قال رسول الله ﷺ إن يكن هو لا تسلط عليه وإن لم يكن هو فلا خير لك في قتله