Volume 4, Book 56, Number 720:
Narrated Jabir:
We were in the company of the Prophet in a Ghazwa. A large number of emigrants joined him
and among the emigrants there was a person who used to play jokes (or play with spears); so he
(jokingly) stroked an Ansari man on the hip. The Ans-ari got so angry that both of them called their
people. The Ansari said, “Help, O Ansar!” And the emigrant said “Help, O emigrants!” The Prophet
came out and said, “What is wrong with the people (as they are calling) this call of the period of Ig –
norance? “Then he said, “What is the matter with them?” So he was told about the stroke of the emig –
rant to the Ansari. The Prophet said, “Stop this (i.e. appeal for help) for it is an evil call. “Abdullah bin
Ubai bin Salul (a hypocrite) said, “The emigrants have called and (gathered against us); so when we
return to Medina, surely, the more honorable people will expel therefrom the meaner,” Upon that
‘Umar said, “O Allah’s Prophet! Shall we not kill this evil person (i.e. Abdullah bin Ubai bin Salul) ?”
The Prophet) said, “(No), lest the people should say that Muhammad used to kill his companions.”