[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ answered, "Leave me, for I am not going back." So he left his path. When he went to the Prophet ﷺ the next day, he asked, "O Mu'adh, what did your captive do?" He replied, "I set him free." When the second night came, he felt his presence and took him, and he asked him again and swore he would not return him. He refused to set him free. When the third night came, he felt his presence again and took him, and he asked him again and swore he would not return him. So the captive refused, and said, "Leave me until I teach you a verse. If you recite it, no harm will come near that area." So he taught him Ayat al-Kursi (Verse of the Throne), and he released him. He went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and informed him of what had happened, and he said, "He told the truth, even though he is a liar."  

أَجِبْ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ دَعْنِي فَإِنِّي لَا أَعُودُ فَخَلَّى سَبِيلَهُ فَلَمَّا غَدَا عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «يَا مُعَاذُ مَا فَعَلَ أَسِيرُكَ؟» قَالَ سَرَّحْتُهُ فَلَمَّا كَانَتِ اللَّيْلَةُ الثَّانِيَةُ إِذَا هُوَ قَدْ حَسَّ بِهِ فَأَخَذَهُ فَطَلَبَ إِلَيْهِ أَيْضًا وَحَلَفَ أَنْ لَا يَعُودَ فَخَلَّى عَنْهُ فَلَمَّا كَانَتِ اللَّيْلَةُ الثَّالِثَةُ حَسَّ بِهِ وَأَخَذَهُ وَطَلَبَ إِلَيْهِ أَيْضًا وَحَلَفَ أَنْ لَا يَعُودَ فَأَبَى أَنْ يُسَرِّحَهُ فَقَالَ خَلِّ عَنِّي حَتَّى أُعَلِّمَكَ آيَةً إِذَا قَرَأْتَهَا لَمْ نَقْرَبْ ذَلِكَ الْمَوْضِعَ وَعَلَّمَهُ آيَةَ الْكُرْسِيِّ فَخَلَّى عَنْهُ وَغَدَا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرَهُ بِمَا كَانَ فَقَالَ «صَدَقَ وَإِنْ كَانَ كَذُوبًا»