Volume 9, Book 88, Number 207:
Narrated Abu Al-Aswad:
An army unit was being recruited from the people of Medina and my name was written among
them. Then I met ‘Ikrima, and when I informed him about it, he discouraged me very strongly and
said, “Ibn ‘Abbas told me that there were some Muslims who were with the pagans to increase their
number against Allah’s Apostle (and the Muslim army) so arrows (from the Muslim army) would hit
one of them and kill him or a Muslim would strike him (with his sword) and kill him. So Allah re –
vealed:–
‘Verily! As for those whom the angels take (in death) while they are wronging themselves (by stay –
ing among the disbelievers).’ (4.97)