[Machine] In his saying {There shall be no compulsion in [acceptance of] the religion} [Al-Baqarah 256], it is said that it was revealed specifically regarding the Ansar. I asked, "Specifically?" He said, "Specifically, it was concerning the women among them who, if they made a vow or a pledge, would threaten that if they gave birth, they would make their child Jewish in order to prolong their persistence in that. Then Islam came and [this threat] was among them. So when the threat was removed, the Ansar said, 'O Messenger of Allah, our sons and brothers are among them.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ remained silent regarding them, and then [the verse] {There shall be no compulsion in [acceptance of] the religion} [Al-Baqarah 256] was revealed. So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Your associates have been given a choice. If they choose you, then they are from you, and if they choose them, then their term is extended with them.'"  

فِي قَوْلِهِ {لَا إِكْرَاهَ فِي الدِّينِ} [البقرة 256] قَالَ نَزَلَتْ فِي الْأَنْصَارِ قُلْتُ خَاصَّةً؟ قَالَ خَاصَّةً كَانَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ مِنْهُمْ إِذَا كَانَتْ نَزِرَةً أَوْ مِقْلَاةً تَنْذِرُ لَئِنْ وَلَدَتْ وَلَدًا لَتَجْعَلَنَّهُ فِي الْيَهُودِ تَلْتَمِسُ بِذَلِكَ طُولَ بَقَائِهِ فَجَاءَ الْإِسْلَامُ وَفِيهِمْ مِنْهُمْ فَلَمَّا أُجْلِيَتِ النَّضِيرُ قَالَتِ الْأَنْصَارُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَبْنَاؤُنَا وَإِخْوَانُنَا فِيهِمْ فَسَكَتَ عَنْهُمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَنَزَلَتْ {لَا إِكْرَاهَ فِي الدِّينِ} [البقرة 256] فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَدْ خُيِّرَ أَصْحَابُكُمْ فَإِنِ اخْتَارُوكُمْ فَهُمْ مِنْكُمْ وَإِنِ اخْتَارُوهُمْ فَأَجْلُوهُمْ مَعَهُمْ