Sayyiduna Iyad bin Himar (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) delivered a sermon to us and said:“Indeed, Allah Almighty has commanded me to teach you today those things of knowledge which Allah has granted me. Allah Almighty said to me: I have created all My servants as Muslims, and whatever I have granted to My servants, it is lawful for them. The devils come to people and mislead them regarding their religion; they declare unlawful for them those things which I have declared lawful for them, and they command them to associate partners with Me, about which I have not sent down any command.”(The Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, says:)“Before sending me as a Prophet, Allah Almighty turned His attention to the earth and expressed displeasure towards all the Arabs and all the non-Arabs, except for a few remnants among the People of the Book. Allah said to me: I have revealed a Book which water cannot wash away; recite it in both sleep and wakefulness. Allah commanded me to inform the Quraysh of this. I said: O my Lord! In that case, they will crush my head and grind it to dust. Allah Almighty said: Expel them as they expelled you, and fight them as they fought you, and spend (in My cause), We will spend on you, and send forth an army, We will send five like it, and whoever obeys you, fight alongside him against the one who disobeys you.”