Narrator:Abdullah ibn Mas‘ūd
عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ:
" لَا يَحِلُّ دَمُ امْرِئٍ مُسْلِمٍ يَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَأَنِّي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ إِلَّا بِإِحْدَى ثَلَاثٍ: النَّفْسُ بِالنَّفْسِ وَالثَّيِّبُ الزَّانِي وَالْمَارِقُ لدينِهِ التَّارِكُ للجماعةِ "
‘Abdallah b. Mas'ud reported God’s Messenger as saying, “The blood of a Muslim who testifies that there is no god but God and that I am God’s Messenger may not lawfully be shed but for one of three reasons:
a life for a life; a married man who commits fornication; and one who turns aside from his religion and abandons the community.” (Bukhari and Muslim.)
Reported by Al-Bukhari (No. 6878), Muslim (No. 1676a, 1676b), Abu Dawud (No. 4352), At-Tirmidhi (No. 1402), An-Nasa’i (No. 4721), Ibn Majah (No. 2534), Ahmad (No. 3438, 3859, 4024, 4197, 24301) and Ad-Darimi (No. 2196, 2339). Cited in Mishkat al-Masabih (No. 3446).