ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ عَنْ نَفْيِ جَوَازِ حَبْسِ الْإِمَامِ أَهْلَ الْعَهْدِ وَأَصْحَابَ بُرُدِهِمْ فِي دَارِ الْإِسْلَامِ

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.  

أَخْبَرَهُ قَالَ بَعَثَتْنِي قُرَيْشٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَلَمَّا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أُلْقِيَ فِي قَلْبِيَ الإِسْلاَمُ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي وَاللَّهِ لاَ أَرْجِعُ إِلَيْهِمْ أَبَدًا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنِّي لاَ أَخِيسُ بِالْعَهْدِ وَلاَ أَحْبِسُ الْبُرُدَ وَلَكِنِ ارْجِعْ فَإِنْ كَانَ فِي نَفْسِكَ الَّذِي فِي نَفْسِكَ الآنَ فَارْجِعْ قَالَ فَذَهَبْتُ ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَأَسْلَمْتُ قَالَ بُكَيْرٌ وَأَخْبَرَنِي أَنَّ أَبَا رَافِعٍ كَانَ قِبْطِيًّا  

[Machine] "Quraysh sent me to the Prophet ﷺ, and when I saw the Prophet ﷺ, Islam entered my heart. So I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, I will not return to them.' He said, 'I do not go back on my word, and I do not withhold what belongs to others. Go back to them, and if what is in your heart now remains, then stay.' Bukair cried and Al-Hasan told me that Abu Rafa’ was a Copt."  

بَعَثَتْنِي قُرَيْشٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ فَلَمَّا رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَقَعَ فِي قَلْبِي الْإِسْلَامُ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ لَا أَرْجِعُ إِلَيْهِمْ قَالَ إِنِّي لَا أَخِيسُ بِالْعَهْدِ وَلَا أَحْبِسُالْبُرُدَ ارْجِعْ إِلَيْهِمْ فَإِنْ كَانَ فِي قَلْبِكَ الَّذِي فِيهِ الْآنَ فَارْجِعْ قَالَ بُكَيْرٌ وَأَخْبَرَنِي الْحَسَنُ أَنَّ أَبَا رَافِعٍ كَانَ قِبْطِيًّا  

[Machine] He informed him that he had received a book from the people of Quraysh to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . He said, "When I delivered the book, Islam entered my heart, so I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, by Allah, I will never go back to them.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'I am not displeased with the treaty, nor am I displeased with coldness, but go back to them. If what is in your heart right now remains in your heart, then go back.' He said, 'So I returned to them, then I went back to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and embraced Islam.'"  

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ أَقْبَلَ بِكِتَابٍ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ فَلَمَّا أَدَّيْتُ الْكِتَابَ أُلْقِيَ فِي قَلْبِي الْإِسْلَامُ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي وَاللَّهِ لَا أَرْجِعُ إِلَيْهِمْ أَبَدًا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنِّي لَا أَخِيسُ بِالْعَهْدِ وَلَا أَخِيسُ الْبَرْدَ وَلَكِنِ ارْجِعْ إِلَيْهِمْ فَإِنْ كَانَ فِي قَلْبِكَ الَّذِي فِي قَلْبِكَ الْآنَ فَارْجِعْ» قَالَ فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَيْهِمْ ثُمَّ أَقْبَلْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَسْلَمْتُسكت عنه الذهبي في التلخيص  

[Machine] He informed him that he accepted a book from the Quraysh to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . He said, "When I saw the Prophet ﷺ , Islam was cast into my heart, so I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, I swear by Allah that I will never return to them.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'I do not break promises, nor do I detain the bounty, but go back. If what is in your heart now remains in your heart, then go back.' So I returned to them, and then I went back to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and embraced Islam."  

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ أَقْبَلَ بِكِتَابٍ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ فَلَمَّا رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أُلْقِيَ فِي قَلْبِي الْإِسْلَامُ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي وَاللهِ لَا أَرْجِعُ إِلَيْهِمْ أَبَدًا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنِّي لَا أَخِيسُ بِالْعَهْدِ وَلَا أَحْبِسُ الْبُرُدَ وَلَكِنِ ارْجِعْ فَإِنْ كَانَ فِي قَلْبِكَ الَّذِي فِي قَلْبِكَ الْآنَ فَارْجِعْ» فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَيْهِمْ ثُمَّ أَقْبَلْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَسْلَمْتُ  

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 فَلَمَّا رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أُلْقِيَ فِي قَلْبِي الْإِسْلَامَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ «إِنِّي وَاللهِ لَا أَرْجِعُ إِلَيْهِمْ أَبَدًا» قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنِّي لَا أَخِيسُ بِالْعَهْدِ وَلَا أَحْبِسُ الْبَرْدَ وَلَكِنِ ارْجِعْ فَإِنْ كَانَ فِي قَلْبِكَ الَّذِي فِي قَلْبِكَ الْآنَ فَارْجِعْ فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَيْهِمْ ثُمَّ أَقْبَلْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَسْلَمْتُ قَالَ بُكَيْرٌ «وَأَخْبَرَنِي أَنَّ أَبَا رَافِعٍ كَانَ قِبْطِيًّا»  

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