58. Expeditions
٥٨۔ كِتَابُ السِّيَرِ
The Quraysh sent me to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and when I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, Islam was cast into my heart, so I said: Messenger of Allah, I swear by Allah, I shall never return to them. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ replied: I do not break a covenant or imprison messengers, but return, and if you feel the same as you do just now, come back. So I went away, and then came to the Prophet ﷺ and accepted Islam. The narrator Bukair said: He informed me that Abu Rafi' was a Copt. Abu Dawud said: This was valid in those days, but today it is not valid. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2758)
أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ أَقْبَلَ بِكِتَابٍ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ فَلَمَّا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أُلْقِيَ فِي قَلْبِي الْإِسْلَامُ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي وَاللهِ لَا أَرْجِعُ إِلَيْهِ أَبَدًا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنِّي لَا أَخِيسُ بِالْعَهْدِ وَلَا أَحْبِسُ الْبُرُدَ وَلَكِنِ ارْجِعْ فَإِنْ كَانَ فِي قَلْبِكَ الَّذِي فِي قَلْبِكَ الْآنَ فَارْجِعْ قَالَ فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَيْهِمْ ثُمَّ أَقْبَلْتُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأَسْلَمْتُ قَالَ بُكَيْرٌ وَأَخْبَرَنِي أَنَّ أَبَا رَافِعٍ كَانَ قِبْطِيًّا
[Machine] "So, we captured the disbelievers of Quraysh, and they said, 'You want Muhammad!' We replied, 'We do not want him, we only want the city.' So, they made a covenant with us in the name of Allah to let us go to the city and not fight with him. We went to the Prophet ﷺ and informed him of the news. He said, 'Go, fulfill their covenant, and seek Allah's help against them.'"
فَأَخَذَنَا كُفَّارُ قُرَيْشٍ فَقَالُوا إِنَّكُمْ تُرِيدُونَ مُحَمَّدًا فَقُلْنَا مَا نُرِيدُهُ مَا نُرِيدُ إِلَّا الْمَدِينَةَ فَأَخَذُوا عَلَيْنَا عَهْدَ اللهِ وَمِيثَاقَهُ لَنَنْصَرِفَنَّ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ وَلَا نُقَاتِلُ مَعَهُ فَأَتَيْنَا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرْنَاهُ الْخَبَرَ فَقَالَ انْصَرِفَا نَفِي لَهُمْ بِعَهْدِهِمْ وَنَسْتَعِينُ بِاللهِ عَلَيْهِمْ