[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , used to appoint a leader for an army and advise him. He would mention a hadith and elaborate on it. And when you lay siege to the people of a fortress and they request you to grant them the covenant of Allah and the covenant of your Prophet, do not grant them the covenant of Allah and the covenant of your Prophet, but grant them your own covenant and the covenant of your fathers and the covenants of your companions. Indeed, you have the option to accept their covenants and the covenants of your fathers, which is easier for you than accepting the covenant of Allah and the covenant of His Messenger. And the chain of transmission of the narrated incident of a military expedition was not mentioned.  

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا بَعَثَ أَمِيرًا عَلَى جَيْشٍ أَوْصَاهُ وَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ زَادَ فِيهِ وَإِذَا حَاصَرْتَ أَهْلَ حِصْنٍ وَأَرَادُوكَ عَلَى أَنْ تَجْعَلَ لَهُمْ ذِمَّةَ اللهِ وَذِمَّةَ نَبِيِّكَ فَلَا تَجْعَلْ لَهُمْ ذِمَّةَ اللهِ وَذِمَّةَ نَبِيِّكَ وَلَكِنِ اجْعَلْ لَهُمْ ذِمَّتَكَ وَذِمَّةَ آبَائِكَ وَذِمَمَ أَصْحَابِكَ فَإِنَّكُمْ أَنْ تُخْفِرُوا ذِمَمَكُمْ وَذِمَمَ آبَائِكُمْ أَهْوَنُ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنْ أَنْ تُخْفِرُوا ذِمَّةَ اللهِ وَذِمَّةَ رَسُولِهِ وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ إِسْنَادَ حَدِيثِ مُقَاتِلٍ