[Machine] I wrote to Nafi' asking him if the invitation came before the battle. So he wrote to me that it was at the beginning of Islam and that the Messenger of Allah destroyed the Banu Mustaliq tribe while they were in their fortress, and their water source was being used. So he killed their fighters and captured their captives, and among them was Juwayriyah bint al-Harith. Abdullah bin Muhammad narrated this to me, and he was in that army at that time.
كَتَبْتُ إِلَى نَافِعٍ أَسْأَلُهُ هَلْ كَانَتِ الدَّعْوَةُ قَبْلَ الْقِتَالِ؟ فَكَتَبَ إِلَيَّ أَنَّ ذَلِكَ كَانَ فِي أَوَّلِ الْإِسْلَامِ «وَأَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَغَارَ عَلَى بَنِي الْمُصْطَلِقِ وَهُمْ غَارُونَ وَنَعَمِهِمْ تُسْقَى فَقَتَلَ مُقَاتِلَهُمْ وَسَبَى سَبْيَهُمْ فَأَصَابَ جُوَيْرِيَةَ بِنْتَ الْحَارِثِ» حَدَّثَنِي بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ وَكَانَ يَوْمَئِذٍ فِي ذَلِكَ الْجَيْشِ