Ibn ‘Awn said “I wrote to Nafi’ asking him about summoning the polytheists (to Islam) at the time of fighting. So, he wrote to me “This was in the early days of Islam. The Prophet of Allaah ﷺ attacked Banu Al Mustaliq while they were inattentive and their cattle were drinking water. So their fighters were killed and the survivors (i.e., women and children) were taken prisoners. On that day Juwairiyyah daughter of Al Harith was obtained. ‘Abd Allaah narrated this to me, he was in that army.” Abu Dawud said “This is a good tradition narrtted by Ibn ‘Awn from Nafi’ and no one shared him in narrating it.” (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2633)   

عَنِ الدُّعَاءِ يَعْنِي فِي الْقِتَالِ فَكَتَبَ إِنَّمَا كَانَ ذَلِكَ فِي أَوَّلِ الْإِسْلَامِ قَدْ أَغَارَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى بَنِي الْمُصْطَلِقِ وَهُمْ غَارُّونَ وَأَنْعَامُهُمْ تُسْقَى عَلَى الْمَاءِ فَقَتَلَ مُقَاتِلَتَهُمْ وَسَبَى سَبْيَهُمْ وَأَصَابَ يَوْمَئِذٍ جُوَيْرِيَةَ بِنْتَ الْحَارِثِ حَدَّثَنِي بِذَلِكَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ وَكَانَ فِي ذَلِكَ الْجَيْشِ  

[Machine] We went out with Abu Bakr and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded him about us in a battle. When we approached, Abu Bakr commanded us and we formed ranks. When we prayed the dawn prayer, Abu Bakr commanded us and we launched the attack. We ambushed and attacked the enemy, and we killed whoever we killed, and the narration was mentioned.  

خَرَجْنَا مَعَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ؓ وَأَمَّرَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَيْنَا فِي غَزْوَةٍ فَلَمَّا دَنَوْنَا أَمَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ فَعَرَّسْنَا فَلَمَّا صَلَّيْنَا الصُّبْحَ أَمَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ فَشَنَنَّا الْغَارَةَ فَوَرَدْنَا الْمَاءَ فَقَتَلْنَا مَنْ قَتَلْنَا وَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ