Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, narrates that Thumamah al-Hanafi was captured. The Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, came to meet him and asked:“O Thumamah! What is in your mind?”He replied:“If you kill me, then you will be killing a person who has shed blood, and if you show kindness, you will be showing kindness to a grateful person, and if you want wealth, then whatever you desire will be given to you.”The narrator states: The companions of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, preferred the option of taking ransom. They said:“What will we gain by killing him?”Then one day, the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, passed by him and he accepted Islam. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, sent him to the garden of Abu Talhah and instructed that he should perform ghusl (ritual bath). He performed ghusl and offered two rak‘ahs of prayer. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said:“The Islam of your companion is excellent.”