[Machine] There was a covenant between Muawiyah and a group of people from the Romans. Muawiyah went out and started walking in their land until they violated the covenant, so he changed his attitude towards them. Then a man called out among the people, saying, "Verily, it is fidelity, not treachery!" It was Amr ibn Abasa, who said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , saying, 'Whoever has a covenant with a people, should not tighten its knot, nor undo it until its appointed time is concluded or he breaks it equally with them.'"  

كَانَ بَيْنَ مُعَاوِيَةَ وَبَيْنَ قَوْمٍ مِنَ الرُّومِ عَهْدٌ فَخَرَجَ مُعَاوِيَةُ قَالَ فَجَعَلَ يَسِيرُ فِي أَرْضِهِمْ حَتَّى يَنْقُضُوا فَيُغِيرَ عَلَيْهِمْ فَإِذَا رَجُلٌ يُنَادِي فِي نَاحِيَةِ النَّاسِ وَفَاءٌ لَا غَدْرٌ فَإِذَا هُوَ عَمْرُو بْنُ عَبَسَةَ فَقَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَنْ كَانَ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَقَوْمٍ عَهْدٌ فَلَا يَشِدَّ عُقْدَةً وَلَا يَحُلُّهَا حَتَّى يَمْضِيَ أَمَدُهَا أَوْ يَنْبِذَ إِلَيْهِمْ عَلَى سَوَاءٍ  

[Machine] There was a treaty between Muawiyah and the Romans, and he used to travel towards their lands while intending, once the treaty was fulfilled, to change it upon them. Then a sheikh (an elderly man) would say, "Allahu Akbar! Allahu Akbar! No treachery!" And it was Amr ibn Abasa. So, I asked him, and he said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, 'If there is a treaty between people, it is not permissible to break it until its term has expired or it is mutually agreed upon.'"  

كَانَ بَيْنَ مُعَاوِيَةَ وَبَيْنَ الرُّومِ عَقْدٌ وَكَانَ يَسِيرُ نَحْوَ بِلَادِهِمْ وَهُوَ يُرِيدُ إِذَا انْقَضَى الْعَقْدُ أَنْ يُغِيرَ عَلَيْهِمْ فَإِذَا شَيْخٌ يَقُولُ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ لَا غَدْرَ فَإِذَا هُوَ عَمْرُو بْنُ عَبَسَةَ فَسَأَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِذَا كَانَ بَيْنَ قَوْمٍ عَقْدٌ فَلَا يَحُلُّ عُقْدَةٌ حَتَّى يَمْضِيَ أَمَدُهَا أَوْ يُنْبَذَ إِلَيْهِمْ عَلَى سَوَاءٍ»