Umar bin Khattab set out with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ along with a group of companions toward Ibn Sayyad. They found him playing with the boys near the fortress of Banu Maghalah. Ibn Sayyad had nearly reached puberty at that time, and he did not notice them until the Messenger of Allah ﷺ struck his back with his hand.Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to Ibn Sayyad, "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 Messenger of Allah ﷺ, "Do you bear witness that I am the Messenger of Allah?"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ rejected this and said, "I believe in Allah and His messengers."Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked him, "What do you see?"Ibn Sayyad replied, "A truthful one and a liar come to me."The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him, "The matter has been confused for you."Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him, "I have concealed something for you."Ibn Sayyad said, "It is ad-dukh."The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him, "Be gone! You shall never exceed your measure."Umar bin Khattab said, "Let me, Messenger of Allah, strike off his head."The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him, "If he is the one, you will not be given power over him, and if he is not the one, there is no good for you in killing him."
حدثني حرملة بن يحيى بن عبد الله بن حرملة بن عمران التجيبي أخبرني ابن وهب أخبرني يونس عن ابن شهاب عن سالم بن عبد الله أخبره أن
أن عمر بن الخطاب انطلق مع رسول الله ﷺ في رهط قبل ابن صياد حتى وجده يلعب مع الصبيان عند أطم بني مغالة وقد قارب ابن صياد يومئذ الحلم فلم يشعر حتى ضرب رسول الله ﷺ ظهره بيده ثم قال رسول الله ﷺ لابن صياد أتشهد أني رسول الله فنظر إليه ابن صياد فقال أشهد أنك رسول الأميين فقال ابن صياد لرسول الله ﷺ أتشهد أني رسول الله فرفضه رسول الله ﷺ وقال آمنت بالله وبرسله ثم قال له رسول الله ﷺ ماذا ترى قال ابن صياد يأتيني صادق وكاذب فقال له رسول الله ﷺ خلط عليك الأمر ثم قال له رسول الله ﷺ إني قد خبأت لك خبيئا فقال ابن صياد هو الدخ فقال له رسول الله ﷺ اخسأ فلن تعدو قدرك فقال عمر بن الخطاب ذرني يا رسول الله أضرب عنقه فقال له رسول الله ﷺ إن يكنه فلن تسلط عليه وإن لم يكنه فلا خير لك في قتله