Abu Bakhtari says: Sayyiduna Salman al-Farsi (may Allah be pleased with him) laid siege to a fortress among the palaces of Persia. His companions said to him: O Abu Abdullah! Will you not stand up against them (and attack them)? He said: No, not until I invite them, just as the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to invite. So he went to them and spoke to them thus: I am a Persian man, I am from among you, these Arabs obey me. Choose one of three matters: either accept Islam, or pay the jizya with your own hands, in a state of humiliation and you will not be praised, or else we will declare war against you and begin fighting. They said: We will neither accept Islam nor pay the jizya, rather we declare war against you. Sayyiduna Salman (may Allah be pleased with him) returned to his companions. They said: Will you not now stand up against them? He said: No. Then he invited them for three days, but they did not accept. Then he began fighting them and conquered the fortress.