[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , heard about them and came to them and sat with them. He asked them, "Do you have anything better than what you came for?" They asked, "What is that?" He said, "I am the Messenger of Allah, sent to invite people to worship Allah alone, without associating anything with Him, and a book was revealed to me." Then he mentioned Islam and recited the Quran to them. Iyas bin Mu'adh, who was a young boy, said, "O people, by Allah, this is better than what you came for." Abu Haytham, Anas bin Rafe', took a handful of pebbles from the ground and hit Iyas bin Mu'adh in the face with them. The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , got up and left, and they returned to Madinah. This incident became known as the Bu'ath dispute between the Aws and Khazraj tribes. Iyas bin Mu'adh did not survive long after that. Mahmud bin Labid stated that those who were present with him when he died attested that they heard him continuously saying Allahu Akbar, Alhamdulillah, and SubhanAllah until he died. They had no doubt that he died as a Muslim. Indeed, he had embraced Islam in that gathering when he heard from the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ .
سَمِعَ بِهِمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَتَاهُمْ فَجَلَسَ إِلَيْهِمْ فَقَالَ لَهُمْ هَلْ لَكُمْ إِلَى خَيْرٍ مِمَّا جِئْتُمْ لَهُ؟ قَالُوا وَمَا ذَاكَ؟ قَالَ أَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ بَعَثَنِي إِلَى الْعِبَادِ أَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَى أَنْ يَعْبُدُوا اللهَ لَا يُشْرِكُوا بِهِ شَيْئًا وَأُنْزِلَ عَلَيَّ كِتَابٌ ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ الْإِسْلَامَ وَتَلَا عَلَيْهِمُالْقُرْآنَ فَقَالَ إِيَاسُ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ وَكَانَ غُلَامًا حَدَثًا أَيْ قَوْمِ هَذَا وَاللهِ خَيْرٌ مِمَّا جِئْتُمْ لَهُ قَالَ فَأَخَذَ أَبُو حَيْسَرٍ أَنَسُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ حَفْنَةً مِنَ الْبَطْحَاءِ فَضَرَبَ بِهَا فِي وَجْهِ إِيَاسِ بْنِ مُعَاذٍ وَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْهُمْ وَانْصَرَفُوا إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ فَكَانَتْ وَقْعَةُ بُعَاثٍ بَيْنَ الْأَوْسِ وَالْخَزْرَجِ قَالَ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَلْبَثْ إِيَاسُ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ أَنْ هَلَكَ قَالَ مَحْمُودُ بْنُ لَبِيدٍ فَأَخْبَرَنِي مَنْ حَضَرَهُ مِنْ قَوْمِي عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ أَنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَزَالُوا يَسْمَعُونَهُ يُهَلِّلُ اللهَ وَيُكَبِّرُهُ وَيَحْمَدُهُ وَيُسَبِّحُهُ حَتَّى مَاتَ فَمَا كَانُوا يَشُكُّونَ أَنْ قَدْ مَاتَ مُسْلِمًا لَقَدْ كَانَ اسْتَشْعَرَ الْإِسْلَامَ فِي ذَلِكَ الْمَجْلِسِ حِينَ سَمِعَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مَا سَمِعَ