حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرٌو عَنْ بُکَيْرِ بْنِ الْأَشَجِّ عَنْ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي رَافِعٍ أَنَّ أَبَا رَافِعٍ أَخْبَرَهُ قَالَ بَعَثَتْنِي قُرَيْشٌ إِلَی رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَلَمَّا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أُلْقِيَ فِي قَلْبِي الْإِسْلَامُ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي وَاللَّهِ لَا أَرْجِعُ إِلَيْهِمْ أَبَدًا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنِّي لَا أَخِيسُ بِالْعَهْدِ وَلَا أَحْبِسُ الْبُرُدَ وَلَکِنْ ارْجِعْ فَإِنْ کَانَ فِي نَفْسِکَ الَّذِي فِي نَفْسِکَ الْآنَ فَارْجِعْ قَالَ فَذَهَبْتُ ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَسْلَمْتُ قَالَ بُکَيْرٌ وَأَخْبَرَنِي أَنَّ أَبَا رَافِعٍ کَانَ قِبْطِيًّا قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد هَذَا کَانَ فِي ذَلِکَ الزَّمَانِ فَأَمَّا الْيَوْمَ فَلَا يَصْلُحُ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 2758
Narrated Abu Rafi: The Quraysh sent me to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and when I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, Islam was cast into my heart, so I said: Messenger of Allah, I swear by Allah, I shall never return to them. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ replied: I do not break a covenant or imprison messengers, but return, and if you feel the same as you do just now, come back. So I went away, and then came to the Prophet ﷺ and accepted Islam. The narrator Bukair said: He informed me that Abu Rafi was a Copt. Abu Dawud said: This was valid in those days, but today it is not valid.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020