It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent me, Sayyiduna Zubair, and Sayyiduna Miqdad, and said: Go, until you reach the garden of Khakh, there will be a traveling woman with a letter, take that letter from her. So we set out, our horses galloping, until we reached that garden, and indeed there was a woman present. We said to her: Hand over the letter. She said: I have no letter. We said: Hand over the letter, otherwise we will strip your clothes off. Hearing this, she took the letter out from her hair braid. We took it and reached the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). In that letter, the following was written: This letter is from Hatib bin Abi Balta’ah to the polytheists of Makkah, ... He was informing them of some matters of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: O Hatib! What is this? He said: Do not be hasty with me (I will explain in detail). The matter is that I was connected to the Quraysh due to a pact, and I was not one of them. The emigrants who are with you have relatives among the Quraysh, because of which they protect their relatives in Makkah. When I saw that I had no lineage connection with the Quraysh, I thought that if I did them a favor, they would also protect my relatives (that is why I did this), nor did I do this act out of disbelief, nor by turning away from my religion, nor by preferring disbelief after Islam. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Indeed, the truth is that this man has spoken the truth to you. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Allow me, I will strike the neck of this hypocrite. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: He was present at Badr, and you do not know that Allah Almighty looked upon the people of Badr and said: Do whatever you wish from today onwards, I have forgiven you.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Salamah bin Akwa’ (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) camped at a certain place. Meanwhile, a spy from the polytheists arrived while the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and his companions were eating their midday meal. The companions invited him towards the food. When he finished eating, he mounted his ride and quickly started to return, as he wanted to alert his companions. Sayyiduna Salamah (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I ran after him, caught up with him, made his camel sit down, and struck his neck, killing him. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) gave me his belongings as spoils of war.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Furat bin Hayan (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered him to be killed; he was a spy and ally of Abu Sufyan. Later, when he passed by a gathering of the Ansar, he said: "Indeed, I am a Muslim." When the Ansar informed the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) that he claims to be a Muslim, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, among you are some individuals whom we entrust to their faith; among them is Furat bin Hayan."