Arabic (Original)
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ ثنا السَّرِيُّ بْنُ خُزَيْمَةَ ثنا أَبُو هَمَّامٍ الدَّلَّالُ فِي مَسْجِدِ الْبَصْرَةِ ثنا سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ حَارِثَةَ بْنِ مُضَرِّبٍ عَنِ الْفُرَاتِ بْنِ حَيَّانَ وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَدْ أَمَرَ بِقَتْلِهِ وَكَانَ عَيْنًا لِأَبِي سُفْيَانَ وَحَلِيفًا أَظُنُّهُ قَالَ لِرَجُلٍ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ فَمَرَّ عَلَى حَلْقَةٍ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ فَقَالَ إِنِّي مُسْلِمٌ فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ مِنْهُمْ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ يَقُولُ إِنِّي مُسْلِمٌ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ مِنْهُمْ رِجَالًا نَكِلُهُمْ إِلَى إِيمَانِهِمْ مِنْهُمُ الْفُرَاتُ بْنُ حَيَّانَ
English Translation
Abu Abdullah al-Hafiz informed us, from Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Dinar, from al-Sari ibn Khuzaymah, from Abu Hammam al-Dallal in the mosque of Basra, from Sufyan al-Thawri, from Abu Ishaq, from Harithah ibn Mudarrib, from al-Furat ibn Hayyan — and the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) had ordered his killing because he was a spy for Abu Sufyan and an ally of, I believe he said, a man from the Ansar — who passed by a circle of the Ansar and said: I am a Muslim. A man among them stood and said: O Messenger of Allah, he claims he is a Muslim. The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: Among them are men whom we entrust to their faith, and al-Furat ibn Hayyan is one of them.