It is narrated from Sayyiduna ‘Ubada bin Samit (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Do not commit treachery, for treachery is a cause of fire and disgrace in this world and the Hereafter for the traitor. Strive in jihad for the sake of Allah, whether near or far, and do not care about the blame of any blamer for the sake of Allah. Uphold the limits of Allah in both residence and travel, and strive in the path of Allah. Indeed, the greatest of the gates of Paradise is jihad; through it, Allah grants deliverance from grief and sorrow.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: Beware of those horses which become a cause of booty for their owners, because in such a case, if you are confronted, you will flee, and if you obtain booty, you will commit treachery.

It is narrated from Simak bin Harb, who says: A man from Banu Laith narrated to me: The horsemen of the Companions captured me, I was with them, they saw some goats, plundered them, and began to cook them, but (when the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, arrived) he, peace and blessings be upon him, said: Plundering is not permissible, therefore, overturn the pots.

Urwah bin Zubair narrates that Marwan and Sayyiduna Miswar bin Makhramah (may Allah be pleased with him) told him that when the delegation of Hawazin came submissively to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and asked him to return their wealth and captives, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to them: "You see the people who are with me (this booty is their right), and the most beloved thing to me is the truth, so choose one of the two things: either take the captives or the wealth. It was only because of you that I delayed the distribution." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had waited for them for fifteen or sixteen days after returning from Ta’if. When it became clear to them that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would give them only one thing, they said: "Yes, we will give preference to our captives." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) stood among the Muslims, praised Allah as He deserves to be praised, and then said: "Amma ba’du! These brothers of yours have come to you repentant, and I have deemed it appropriate to return their captives to them. Whoever wishes to do so willingly, let him accept my decision, and whoever wants to take his share, we will give him from the wealth that Allah will grant us first. Such a person should also express his decision." The people said: "We have happily accepted this decision for the sake of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)." But the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "We do not know who among you is giving permission and who is not, so go back and let your chiefs inform us about your consent." So they gathered the people, and each chief spoke to his tribe, and then they informed the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) that the people were indeed happily accepting his decision and giving permission. This is what I have come to know regarding the captives of Hawazin.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) gave Sayyiduna Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) a slave woman from among the captives of Hawazin, and he gave her to me. I sent her to my maternal uncles from Banu Jumah so that they could prepare her, and I could perform Tawaf, then I would go to them, intending to have intercourse with her when I returned. But when I finished and came out of the mosque and saw the people of Hawazin running, I said: What has happened to you people? They said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) has returned our sons and women to us. I said: Then one of your women is with the tribe of Banu Jumah, go and take her as well. So they went and took that woman with them.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the person from Banu Salamah who captured Sayyiduna Abbas bin Abdul Muttalib (may Allah be pleased with him) was Sayyiduna Abu Yasar Ka'b bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him). The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: O Abu Yasar! How did you capture him? He replied: A man helped me, the like of whom I had never seen before nor after; his appearance was such and such. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: An honored angel helped you. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him): O Abbas! Now pay the ransom for yourself, your nephew Aqeel bin Abi Talib, Naufal bin Harith, and your ally from Banu Harith, Utbah bin Jahdam. But he refused to do so and said: I had accepted Islam before this, these people forced me. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Allah Almighty knows your matter best; if what you are saying is true, then Allah Almighty will reward you for it. As for the apparent matter, it seems that you were against us, so pay the ransom for yourself. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had taken from him gold equal to the weight of twenty uqiyah, so he said: O Messenger of Allah! Count that gold as part of my ransom. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: No, it will not be so, because that is something Allah Almighty has given us from you. He said: Then I have no wealth. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Where is the wealth that you left in Makkah with Umm Fadl when you departed from Makkah, and at that time only you two were present, no one else was with you? You said to Umm Fadl: If I die on this journey, then this much is for Fadl, this much for Qutham, and this much for Abdullah? Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: By Him Who sent you with the truth! No one knew of this except me and Umm Fadl, and indeed I know that you are the Messenger of Allah.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the person from Banu Salamah who captured Sayyiduna Abbas bin Abdul Muttalib (may Allah be pleased with him) was Sayyiduna Abu Yasar Ka'b bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him). The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: O Abu Yasar! How did you capture him? He replied: A man helped me, the like of whom I had never seen before nor after; his appearance was such and such. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: An honored angel helped you. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him): O Abbas! Now pay the ransom for yourself, your nephew Aqeel bin Abi Talib, Naufal bin Harith, and your ally from Banu Harith, Utbah bin Jahdam. But he refused to do so and said: I had accepted Islam before this, these people forced me. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Allah Almighty knows your matter best; if what you are saying is true, then Allah Almighty will reward you for it. As for the apparent matter, it seems that you were against us, so pay the ransom for yourself. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had taken from him gold equal to the weight of twenty uqiyah, so he said: O Messenger of Allah! Count that gold as part of my ransom. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: No, it will not be so, because that is something Allah Almighty has given us from you. He said: Then I have no wealth. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Where is the wealth that you left in Makkah with Umm Fadl when you departed from Makkah, and at that time only you two were present, no one else was with you? You said to Umm Fadl: If I die on this journey, then this much is for Fadl, this much for Qutham, and this much for Abdullah? Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: By Him Who sent you with the truth! No one knew of this except me and Umm Fadl, and indeed I know that you are the Messenger of Allah.

It is narrated from ‘Ikrimah that the master of the Messenger, Sayyiduna Abu Rafi‘ (may Allah be pleased with him), said: I was the slave of Sayyiduna ‘Abbas bin ‘Abd al-Muttalib (may Allah be pleased with him). Islam had entered among us; I too had become Muslim, Sayyidah Umm Fadl (may Allah be pleased with her) had also become Muslim, and Sayyiduna ‘Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) had also embraced Islam. However, he feared his people, so he concealed his Islam. The enemy of Allah, Abu Lahab, stayed behind from the Battle of Badr and sent in his place ‘As bin Hisham bin Mughirah. They did as such: whoever could not be present himself, sent a warrior in his place. When the good news reached us (that in the Battle of Badr, you صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم had achieved victory) and Allah Almighty had humiliated and disgraced the enemy, we felt within ourselves that we had become strong... Then he mentioned the entire hadith... Some matters on this topic are in Ya‘qub’s book, but they are mursal and have no chain of narration. Nevertheless, a brother from Banu Salim said: Among the captives was Abu Wada‘ah bin Sabirah Sahmi. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said about him: He has an intelligent merchant son in Makkah, who is very wealthy. It seems he will come to me with his father’s ransom. Meanwhile, the Quraysh said: Do not hasten in paying the ransom for your captives, so that Muhammad ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and his companions do not increase the ransom upon you. That same merchant, Mutlib bin Abu Wada‘ah, said: You are right, do as such. But he himself secretly set out at night, reached Madinah Munawwarah, paid four thousand dirhams as ransom, and freed his father. Then he took him away and brought the ransom for Makraz bin Hafs and Suhail bin ‘Amr. Malik bin Dakhshun, a brother from Banu Malik bin ‘Awf, had detained him.

It is narrated from Raiyah Sahmi, he says: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, wrote a letter to me on a piece of red leather. I took that letter and repaired my bucket with it. Meanwhile, the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, sent out an army. That army did not leave my camels, nor my livestock, nor my family, nor my wealth; rather, they took everything. I mounted my horse and fled naked; I had no clothes on me, until I reached my daughter, who was married among the Banu Hilal. She and her household had become Muslims, and people were sitting in a gathering in the courtyard of her house. So I circled around and entered upon my daughter from the back of the house. When she saw me, she threw clothes over me and said: What has happened to you? I said: Every kind of calamity has befallen your father; neither camels remain, nor livestock, nor family, nor wealth; rather, everything has been taken away. The daughter said: Have you not been invited to Islam? I replied: Where is your husband? She said: He is among the camels. So I went to him, and he said to me: What has happened to you? I said: Every kind of calamity has befallen me; my camels, livestock, family, and wealth, everything has been taken from me, and I want to hasten to Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) so that my family and wealth are not distributed before I arrive. He said: Here is my she-camel with its saddle, take it. I said: I have no need for it. Then he took the shepherd’s camel and put water in a small leather waterskin as provision for the journey. I had so little clothing that if I covered my head, my buttocks would be exposed, and if I covered my buttocks, my face would be exposed, while I wished that no one would recognize me. Nevertheless, I reached Madinah, tied up the mount, and went to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and stood before him. He was praying. When he finished the Fajr prayer, I said: O Messenger of Allah! Stretch out your hand, I want to pledge allegiance to you. He stretched out his hand, but when I tried to place my hand on his, he closed his hand. He did this three times, then on the third time he said: Who are you? I said: I am Raiyah Sahimi. Then the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, took my arm, raised it, and said: O assembly of Muslims! This is Raiyah Sahimi, this is the one to whom I wrote a letter, and he repaired his bucket with that letter. Then I began to plead and said: O Messenger of Allah! My family and my wealth! He said: Your wealth has already been distributed, but from your family, take those whom you can. So I left from there, and my son recognized my mount and was standing by it. So I returned to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and said: This is my son. He said: O Bilal! Go and ask this boy if this is his father; if he answers in the affirmative, hand him over to him. Sayyiduna Bilal, may Allah be pleased with him, went to the boy and asked: Is this your father? He said: Yes. So he returned to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and said: O Messenger of Allah! I have not seen any father and son who wept as much upon meeting as these two. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: This is the harshness and roughness of the Bedouins.

(Second chain) The text is similar, but it is shorter and at its end it says: They believe that this person had accepted Islam before the attack on him.