حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ غِيَاثٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ أَرْطَاةَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ مَا قَاتَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَوْمًا حَتَّى يَدْعُوَهُمْ
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 2053
It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbas said: The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) did not fight any people until he called them [to Islam first].
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020