[Machine] His father wrote a letter to the disbelievers of Quraysh while he was with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . He had witnessed the Battle of Badr, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ called Ali and Zubayr and said, "Go until you catch up with a woman who has a book with her, and bring it to me." So they went until they met her and said, "Give us the book that you have, and inform her that we will not leave until we remove every garment from her." She said, "Are you two Muslims?" They said, "Yes, but the Messenger of Allah ﷺ informed us that you have a book." When she was convinced that they were not deceiving her, she untied the book from her head and handed it to them. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ called a scribe, and he read the book to him. Then he asked, "Do you recognize this book?" He said, "Yes." He asked, "What compelled you to do that?" He said, "I have a son and I have relatives, and I was a stranger among the Quraysh." Umar asked for permission to kill the scribe, but the Messenger of Allah ﷺ refused, saying, "No, because he witnessed the Battle of Badr. And you do not know, perhaps Allah has looked favorably upon the people of Badr." Then he said, "Do as you please, for I have forgiven you."
أَنَّ أَبَاهُ كَتَبَ إِلَى كُفَّارِ قُرَيْشٍ كِتَابًا وَهُوَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَدْ شَهِدَ بَدْرًا فَدَعَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلِيًّا وَالزُّبَيْرَ فَقَالَ «انْطَلِقَا حَتَّى تُدْرِكَا امْرَأَةً مَعَهَا كِتَابٌ فَائْتِيَانِي بِهِ» فَانْطَلَقَا حَتَّى لَقِيَاهَا فَقَالَا أَعْطِينَا الْكِتَابَ الَّذِي مَعَكِ وَأَخْبَرَاهَا أَنَّهُمَا غَيْرُ مُنْصَرِفَيْنِ حَتَّى يَنْزِعَا كُلَّ ثَوْبٍ عَلَيْهَا فَقَالَتْ أَلَسْتُمَا رَجُلَيْنِ مُسْلِمَيْنِ؟ قَالَا بَلَى وَلَكِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ حَدَّثَنَا أَنَّ مَعَكِ كِتَابًا فَلَمَّا أَيْقَنَتْ أَنَّهَا غَيْرُ مُنْفَلِتَةٍ مِنْهُمَا حَلَّتِ الْكِتَابَ مِنْ رَأْسِهَا فَدَفَعَتْهُ إِلَيْهِمَا فَدَعَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حَاطِبًا حَتَّى قَرَأَ عَلَيْهِ الْكِتَابَ فَقَالَ «أَتَعْرِفُ هَذَا الْكِتَابَ؟» قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ «فَمَا حَمَلَكَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ؟» قَالَ هُنَاكَ وَلَدِي وَذُو قَرَابَتِي وَكُنْتُ امْرَأً غَرِيبًا فِيكُمْ مَعْشَرَ قُرَيْشٍ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ ائْذَنْ لِي فِي قَتْلِ حَاطِبٍ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا؛ لَإِنَّهُ قَدْ شَهِدَ بَدْرًا وَإِنَّكَ لَا تَدْرِي لَعَلَّ اللهَ قَدِ اطَّلَعَ عَلَى أَهْلِ بَدْرٍ فَقَالَ اعْمَلُوا مَا شِئْتُمْ إِنِّي غَافِرٌ لَكُمْ