The captivity and Islam of Thumamah al-Hanafi

[AI] Thumamah al-Hanafi was taken captive, and the Prophet ﷺ would go to him in the morning and say: "What do you have, O Thumamah?" He would reply: If you kill, you kill one whose blood will be avenged; if you show favor, you show favor to one who is grateful; and if you seek wealth, we will give you from it whatever you wish.

The Companions of the Prophet ﷺ liked the idea of ransom, and they would say: What is to be gained by killing this man? Then one day the Prophet ﷺ showed him favor, so he accepted Islam. He released him and sent him to the garden of Abu Talhah, and instructed him to bathe. He bathed and prayed two rakʿahs, then the Prophet ﷺ said: "The Islam of your brother has indeed become good."

أَنَّ ثُمَامَةَ الْحَنَفِيَّ أُسِرَ، فَكَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَغْدُو إِلَيْهِ فَيَقُولُ: «مَا عِنْدَكَ يَا ثُمَامَةُ؟» فَيَقُولُ: إِنْ تَقْتُلْ تَقْتُلْ ذَا دَمٍ، وَإِنْ تَمُنَّ تَمُنَّ عَلَى شَاكِرٍ، وَإِنْ تَرُدَّ الْمَالَ نُعْطِكَ مِنْهُ مَا شِئْتَ.

وَكَانَ أَصْحَابُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ يُحِبُّونَ الْفِدَاءَ، وَيَقُولُونَ: مَا يُصْنَعُ بِقَتْلِ هَذَا؟ فَمَنَّ عَلَيْهِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَوْمًا فَأَسْلَمَ، فَحَلَّهُ وَبَعَثَ بِهِ إِلَى حَائِطِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ، فَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَغْتَسِلَ، فَاغْتَسَلَ وَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: «لَقَدْ حَسُنَ إِسْلَامُ أَخِيكُمْ».