The prohibition of killing the emissaries, envoys, messengers and those under the protection of the Muslims

The prohibition of killing the emissaries, envoys, messengers and those under the protection of the Muslims:

بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد

Narrated `Abdullah bin `Amr رضي الله عنهما: The Prophet ﷺ said:

❝Whoever killed a Mu`aahid (معاهدا - a person who is granted the pledge of protection by the Muslims) shall not smell the fragrance of Paradise though its fragrance can be smelt from a distance of forty years (of traveling).❞

[Saheeh al-Bukhaaree (3166, 6914)]

Narrated Nu`aym ibn Mas`ood رضي الله عنه: I heard the Messenger of Allaah ﷺ say (to the two messengers) when he read the letter of Musaylimah (the liar who claimed to be a prophet):

❝What do you believe yourselves?❞

They said: We believe as he (Musaylimah) believes. He ﷺ said:

❝I swear by Allaah that were it not that messengers are not killed, I would cut off the heads of both of you.❞

[Sunan Abu Dawood (2761) and graded as “Saheeh” by Shaikh al-Albaanee]

`Abdullaah Ibn Mas`ood رضي الله عنه said: Ibn al-Nawwaahah and Ibn Uthaal came as envoys of Musaylimah to the Prophet ﷺ and he ﷺ said to them:

❝Do you bear witness that I am the Messenger of Allaah?❞

They said: We bear witness that Musaylimah is the messenger of Allaah! He ﷺ said:

❝If I were to kill any envoy, I would have killed you.❞

`Abdullaah Ibn Mas`ood said: “And it became a precedent that envoys were not to be killed.”

[Musnad Ahmad (3761) and it is “Saheeh due to supporting chains” See the previous Hadeeth]