حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ عَنِ ابْنِ عَوْنٍ قَالَ كَتَبْتُ إِلَى نَافِعٍ أَسْأَلُهُ عَنْ الدُّعَاءِ عِنْدَ الْقِتَالِ فَكَتَبَ إِلَيَّ إِنَّمَا كَانَ ذَاكَ فِي أَوَّلِ الْإِسْلَامِ قَدْ أَغَارَ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى بَنِي الْمُصْطَلِقِ وَهُمْ غَارُّونَ وَأَنْعَامُهُمْ تُسْقَى عَلَى الْمَاءِ فَقَتَلَ مُقَاتِلَتَهُمْ وَسَبَى ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ وَأَصَابَ يَوْمَئِذٍ جُوَيْرِيَةَ ابْنَةَ الْحَارِثِ حَدَّثَنِي بِذَلِكَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ وَكَانَ فِي ذَلِكَ الْجَيْشِ
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 5124
It was narrated that Ibn ‘Awn said: I wrote to Naafi’ asking him about calling people to islam) before fighting. He wrote back to me (saying): That was only at the beginning of islam the Messenger of Allah raided Banu'l-Mustaliq when they were unaware, and their cattle were drinking at the water. He killed their Warriors and took their women and children captive. On that day Juwayriyah, the daughter of al-Haarith, fell to hB lot. 'Abdullah (ibn 'Umar) narrated this to me, and he was one of that army.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020