(7) باب تَأْوِيلِ قَوْلِهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ { قَالَتِ الأَعْرَابُ آمَنَّا قُلْ لَمْ تُؤْمِنُوا وَلَكِنْ قُولُوا أَسْلَمْنَا }
It was narrated from Sa'd that :
The Messenger of Allah [SAW] distributed (some spoils of war) and gave to some people but withheld from others. I said: "O Messenger of Allah, you gave to so-and-so and so-and-so, and you withheld from so-and-so, who is a beliver." He said: "Do not say 'a believer,' say 'a Muslim.'" Ibn Shihab (one of the narrators) said: The Bedouins say: "We believe".
Reference: Sunan an-Nasa'i 4993
In-book reference: Book 47, Hadith 9
English translation: Vol. 6, Book 47, Hadith 4996