We were informed by Ahmad ibn al-Hasan ibn Khirash, who said: We were informed by 'Amr ibn 'Asim, who said: We were informed by Mu'tamir, who said: I heard my father narrating that Khalid al-Ashajj, the nephew of Safwan ibn Muhriz, narrated from Safwan ibn Muhriz that he narrated that Jundab ibn 'Abdullah al-Bajali sent word to 'As'as ibn Salamah during the time of the trial of Ibn al-Zubayr, saying: "Gather for me a group of your brothers so that I may speak to them." So he sent a messenger to them, and when they had gathered, Jundab came wearing a yellow hooded cloak. He said: "Speak as you were speaking," until the conversation came around to him. When it reached him, he removed the hood from his head and said: "I have come to you, and I do not wish to tell you about your Prophet — rather, the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, sent an expedition of Muslims against a people of the polytheists, and they met in battle. There was a man among the polytheists who, whenever he wished to single out a man among the Muslims, would go for him and kill him. And a man among the Muslims sought to catch him off guard." He said: "We used to be told that it was Usamah ibn Zayd. When he raised his sword over him, the man said: 'There is no god but Allah,' but he killed him. Then the bearer of news came to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and he asked him, and he told him — until he informed him of the man's story and what he had done. So he summoned him and asked him, saying: 'Why did you kill him?' He said: 'O Messenger of Allah, he had wounded the Muslims and killed so-and-so and so-and-so' — and he named several men for him — 'and I attacked him, and when he saw the sword he said: "There is no god but Allah."' The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: 'Did you kill him?' He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Then what will you do with "There is no god but Allah" when it comes on the Day of Resurrection?' He said: 'O Messenger of Allah, ask forgiveness for me.' He said: 'And what will you do with "There is no god but Allah" when it comes on the Day of Resurrection?'" He said: "And he kept saying nothing more to him than: 'What will you do with "There is no god but Allah" when it comes on the Day of Resurrection?'"