Abu Musa said, "I came to the Prophet ﷺ accompanied by two men from the Asharis, one on my right and the other on my left. Both of them were seeking an appointment to office while the Prophet ﷺ was using his tooth-stick."The Prophet ﷺ asked, "What do you say, Abu Musa?" or "Abdullah bin Qays?"I replied, "By the One who sent you with the truth, they did not disclose to me what was in their hearts, and I had no idea they were seeking appointment."It is as though I can still see his tooth-stick under his lip, which had drawn back. He said, "We will never appoint to our service anyone who seeks it. But you go, Abu Musa," or "Abdullah bin Qays."So he sent him to Yemen, and then he sent Muaz bin Jabal to follow him. When Muaz arrived, Abu Musa said, "Dismount," and he laid out a cushion for him. There was a man with him bound in restraints.Muaz asked, "Who is this?"Abu Musa replied, "This man was a Jew, then he embraced Islam, then he reverted back to his former evil religion and became a Jew again."Muaz said, "I will not sit down until he is killed, the judgment of Allah and His Messenger."Abu Musa said, "Sit, please."Muaz said, "I will not sit down until he is killed, the judgment of Allah and His Messenger," three times.So he ordered that he be executed, and he was killed.Then the two of them discussed standing in prayer at night, and one of them, Muaz, said, "As for me, I sleep and I rise, and I hope for the same reward in my sleep that I hope for in my standing."
حدثنا عبيد الله بن سعيد ومحمد بن حاتم واللفظ لابن حاتم قالا حدثنا يحيى بن سعيد القطان حدثنا قرة بن خالد حدثنا حميد بن هلال
قال أبو موسى أقبلت إلى النبي ﷺ ومعي رجلان من الأشعريين أحدهما عن يميني والآخر عن يساري فكلاهما سأل العمل والنبي ﷺ يستاك فقال ما تقول يا أبا موسى أو يا عبد الله بن قيس قال فقلت والذي بعثك بالحق ما أطلعاني على ما في أنفسهما وما شعرت أنهما يطلبان العمل قال وكأني أنظر إلى سواكه تحت شفته وقد قلصت فقال لن أو لا نستعمل على عملنا من أراده ولكن اذهب أنت يا أبا موسى أو يا عبد الله بن قيس فبعثه على اليمن ثم أتبعه معاذ بن جبل فلما قدم عليه قال انزل وألقى له وسادة وإذا رجل عنده موثق قال ما هذا قال هذا كان يهوديا فأسلم ثم راجع دينه دين السوء فتهود قال لا أجلس حتى يقتل قضاء الله ورسوله فقال اجلس نعم قال لا أجلس حتى يقتل قضاء الله ورسوله ثلاث مرات فأمر به فقتل ثم تذاكرا القيام من الليل فقال أحدهما معاذ أما أنا فأنام وأقوم وأرجو في نومتي ما أرجو في قومتي