Hadith 18

(The book) ‘Al Amaali’ of the sheykh Al Tusi – Abu Amro, from Ibn Uqda, from Ahmad Bin Yahya, from Abdul Rahman, from his father, from Ibrahim Bin Muhajir, from Ibrahim who said, ‘Al-Ash’as Bin Qays and some people from the Arabs became apostates after the Prophet-saww of Allah-azwj passed away. They said, ‘We shall pray Salat and we will not give the Zakat’. Abu Bakr refused that upon them and said, ‘I will not loosen a knot Rasool-Allah-saww had tied it, nor will (let you) break anything from what the Prophet-saww of Allah-azwj had taken upon you, and I will fight you, and if you were to prevent me any shackle from what the Prophet-saww of Allah-azwj took from you, I will fight you upon it! ’ Then he recited: And Muhammad is not except for a Rasool; the Rasools have already passed away before him; [3: 144], until he was free from the Verse. Al-Ash’as Bin Qay and some people from his group fortified themselves in a fortress, and Al-Ash’as said to Seventy of us, ‘Safety! ’ So it was made to be for them, and he descended. He counted seventy, and he did not include himself among them. Abu Bakr said to him, ‘Surely there is no safety for you, we will kill you’. Shall I point you upon better than that, you can be assisted by me against your enemies, and you can marry your sister to me’. He did it’’. [18] (this is not a Hadith)