Shahih Bukhari - 3939

Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Qutaibah bin Said] Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Sufyan] dari [Amru bin Dinar], katanya telah mengabarkan kepadaku [Al Hasan bin Muhammad] ia mendengar [Ubaidullah bin Abu Rafi'] mengatakan, aku mendengar [Ali] radliallahu 'anhu berujar, Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam mengutusku, Zubair, dan Miqdad, pesan beliau: "Berangkatlah kalian hingga kalian sampai "Raudhah Khakh", sebab disana ada seorang wanita penunggang unta yang membawa surat, rebutlah surat itu." Kata Ubaidullah bin Rafi', kami pun berangkat dan kuda kami pacu secepat-cepatnya hingga kami tiba di Raudah Khakh, disana telah ada ada seorang wanita menunggang unta. Kami katakan kepadanya; "Tolong keluarkan suratmu." "Aku tak membawa surat." Jawab si wanita tersebut. Maka terpaksa kami katakana; "Kamu harus keluarkan surat itu, atau kami yang akan menelanjangi pakaianmu!" Kata Ubaidullah, maka si wanita itu akhirnya mau mengeluarkan suratnya dari gelung rambutnya, dan kami bawa surat tersebut kepada Rasulullah Shallallahu'alaihiwasallam. Ternyata surat tersebut berasal dari Khatib bin Abu Balta'ah Al Ansahri untuk beberapa orang musyrik Makkah, memberitakan mereka beberapa kebijakan Rasulullah yang akan beliau lakukan. Maka Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam menginterogasi Hatib bin Abu Balta'ah dengan berujar "Wahai Hathib, apa maksudmu menulis surat seperti ini?" Jawab Hathib "Wahai Rasulullah, jangan engkau terburu-buru menghukumku, aku adalah seseorang yang dahulu terdampar di Quraisy, -lantas ia jelaskan, dia adalah sekutunya, namun bukan berasal dari cucu keturunannya-. Orang-orang muhajirin yang bersamamu mempunyai banyak kerabat yang menjaga keluarga dan harta mereka, maka aku juga pingin jika aku tak punya nasab, aku cari pelindung disisi mereka sehingga menjaga keakrabanku. Aku lakukan bukan karena aku murtad dari agamaku, bukan pula berarti aku ridla terhadap kekafiran setelah keIslaman." Rasulullah memberi komentar "Hatib memang telah jujur kepada kalian." Umar namun menyampaikan sikap kerasnya "Wahai Rasulullah, biarkan aku untuk memenggal leher si munafik ini." Rasulullah mencegahnya seraya berujar "Dia, Hatib, telah ikut perang badar, siapa tahu Allah telah mengintip semua pengikut perang Badar dan bertitah "lakukan yang kalian suka, AKU telah mengampuni kalian, maka turunlah ayat: "Wahai orang-orang yang beriman, janganlah kalian ambil musuh-Ku dan musuh kalian sebagai pelindung, kamu nampakkan kecintaan kepada mereka, padahal, mereka mengkufuri kebenaran yang datang kepada kalian." -sampai ayat "Telah sesat dari jalan yang lurus- (QS. Mumtahanah ayat 1). (HR. Bukhari: 3939)

Narrated ʿAli: Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) sent me, Az-Zubair and Al-Miqdad saying, "Proceed till you reach Rawdat Khakh where there is a lady carrying a letter, and take that (letter) from her." So we proceeded on our way with our horses galloping till we reached the Rawda, and there we found the lady and said to her, "Take out the letter." She said, "I have no letter." We said, "Take out the letter, or else we will take off your clothes." So she took it out of her braid, and we brought the letter to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) . The letter was addressed from Hatib, bin Abi Balta'a to some pagans of Mecca, telling them about what Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) intended to do. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "O Hatib! What is this?" Hatib replied, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Do not make a hasty decision about me. I was a person not belonging to Quraish but I was an ally to them from outside and had no blood relation with them, and all the Emigrants who were with you, have got their kinsmen (in Mecca) who can protect their families and properties. So I liked to do them a favor so that they might protect my relatives as I have no blood relation with them. I did not do this to renegade from my religion (i.e. Islam) nor did I do it to choose Heathenism after Islam." Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to his companions." As regards him, he (i.e. Hatib) has told you the truth." ʿUmar said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Allow me to chop off the head of this hypocrite!" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "He (i.e. Hatib) has witnessed the Badr battle (i.e. fought in it) and what could tell you, perhaps Allah looked at those who witnessed Badr and said, "O the people of Badr (i.e. Badr Muslim warriors), do what you like, for I have forgiven you. "Then Allah revealed the Sura:-- "O you who believe! Take not my enemies And your enemies as friends offering them (Your) love even though they have disbelieved in that Truth (i.e. Allah, Prophet Muhammad and this Qurʾan) which has come to you ....(to the end of Verse)....(And whosoever of you (Muslims) does that, then indeed he has gone (far) astray (away) from the Straight Path." (60.1 (Bukhari: 3939)