ʿAbdullāh, the Son of ʿAbdullāh ibn Ubayy

Then there is the example of the son of ʿAbdullāh ibn Ubayy; his name is also ʿAbdullāh. ʿAbdullāh, when he heard that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) might kill his father because of what he said, went to the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) and told him, "I heard that you want to kill my father. If you plan to do so, then let me kill him. Now, the people of Khazraj know that I am the most obedient towards my father; I'm the best among them in obedience and fulfilling the rights of my father. And I don't want someone else to kill my father, and then after that I see this man walking safely, and shayṭān comes to me and causes me to kill him, and then I would have killed a believer for the sake of a disbeliever. So if you want to kill him, then order me to do so, and I'll do it." The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) told him, "No, we will not kill him, and we will accompany him in this life with good company," and the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) made duʿāʾ for ʿAbdullāh the son (may Allah be pleased with him).

Now, ʿAbdullāh gives us the example of true īmān, where one's loyalty goes to Allah and His Messenger: someone willing to kill his own father for the sake of Islam. What the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) told him was: don't do that; we'll be kind towards him. And this shows the heart of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him). He had a great heart, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him and upon his family.