95. THE 10TH YEAR: ALLAH’S MESSENGER DISPATCHES KHALID IBN AL-WALEED TO BANU AL-HARITH
Ibn Ishaq related that afterward, Allah’s Messenger, (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him), dispatched Khalid Ibn Al-Waleed in the month of Rabee’ Ul- Akhir or Jumad Al-Ooala, in 10th A.H. to Banu Al-Harith Ibn Ka‘b in Najran. He ordered him to invite them to Islam for three days prior to any fighting. In the event of their accepting Islam, he should accept it from them, otherwise he should fight them if they refused. Khalid marched out, dispersing convoys in different directions to invite people to Islam saying: “O People embrace Islam and you will be safe.” So people accepted Islam. In deference to the command of Allah’s Messenger, (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him), in the event of their accepting Islam, he refrained from fighting them. He stayed with them to teach them Islamic teachings, the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Prophet.
Then Khalid wrote to the Messenger of Allah: “In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful, (this isletter to Muhammad, the Prophet and Messenger of Allah, from Khalid Ibn Waleed. Peace, Mercy and Blessing of Allah be on you. Praise be to Allah beside Whom there is no god. O Messenger of Allah, you sent me to Banu Al-Harith Ibn Ka‘b commanding me not to fight them for three days, to call them to Islam and to remain with them if they embrace it, and to accept it from them and teach them the religion, the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Prophet; and in case they do not submit, I should fight them. I went to them, invited them to Islam for three days as ordained by Allah’s Messenger, (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him), and I sent convoys among them saying: ‘OBanu Al-Harith, embrace Islam and you will be safe.’ They accepted it without a fight and I remained among them enjoining on them what Allah has commanded and forbidding them from what Allah has forbidden, and educating them about Islamic teachings and the Sunnah of the Prophet. And Peace, Mercy and Blessing of Allah be on you.” Allah’s Messenger, (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him), wrote back to him thus:
“In the Name of Allah the Beneficent, the Merciful, (this is a) letter from Muhammad, the Prophet and Messenger of Allah, to Khalid Ibn Al-Waleed. Peace, Mercy and Blessing of Allah be on you. Praise be to Allah beside Whom there is no god. I received your letter from your envoy informing me that Banu Al-Harith Ibn Ka‘b has embraced Islam without a fight, that they responded to (the teaching of) Islam which you had invited them to, that they have testified that none deserves to be worshipped (in truth) except Allah and that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger, and that Allah has guided them with His guidance (to the Right Path). So promise them (the good consequence of their work) and warn them (against the evil of disobedience), and come with a delegation from them. Peace, Mercy and Blessing of Allah be on you.”
So, Khalid came to the Messenger of Allah, (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him), with a delegation from Banu Al-Harith Ibn Ka‘b. Ibn Ishaq added: Afterward, they returned to their people during the remaining days of Shawwal or in the beginning of Dhul-Qa‘dah. He also said: After the delegation had left, he (Allah’s Messenger) also sent to them ‘Amr Ibn Hazm to teach them Islam, the Sunnah, the Islamic rulings, and to take from them their Zakah. He wrote a document for him stating that his agreement (with them) is his own agreement and the command (of ‘Amr) is his command.
By: Ibn Katheer
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