Sahih al-Bukhari 6207

It is related from Urwa ibn az-Zubayr that Usama ibn Zayd reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, rode a donkey with a cloth made in Fadak and Usama was riding behind him. He went to visit Sa'd ibn 'Ubada in the Banu'l-Harith ibn al-Khazraj before the Battle of Badr. They went on and passed by a gathering which contained 'Abdullah ibn Ubayy ibn Salul, and that was before 'Abdullah ibn Ubayy became Muslim. The gathering contained a mixture of Muslims, idolworshippers, pagans, and Jews. The Muslims there included 'Abdullah ibn Rawaha. When the dust of the donkey covered the gathering, 'Abdullah ibn Ubayy covered his nose with his cloak and then said, "Don't cover us with dust!" The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, greeted them and then stopped, He dismounted and invited them to Allah and recited the Qur'an to them. 'Abdullah ibn Ubayy ibn Salul said, "O man! There is nothing better than what you say if it is the truth. So do not annoy us with it in our gatherings. Return to your mount and recount to whoever comes to you." 'Abdullah ibn Rawaha said, "Indeed, Messenger of Allah! Bring it to us in our gatherings. We like that!" So the Muslims, idolworshippers and Jews abused one another until they were practically fighting. The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, kept on calming them down until they were quiet. Then the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, mounted his animal and went until he visited Sa'd ibn 'Ubada. The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said to him, "Sa'd, did you not hear what Abu Hubab (meaning 'Abdullah ibn Ubayy) said? He said such-and-such." Sa'd ibn 'Ubada said, "O Messenger of Allah, may my father be your ransom Pardon him and overlook it.By the One who sent down the Book on you, Allah has brought the truth which He sent down on you when the people of this town had agreed to crown him and bind his head with a (royal) turban. When Allah refused that by the truth which Allah gave you, he was vexed on that account. That is why he did what you saw." So the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, pardoned him. The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and his Companions used to pardon the idolworshippers and the People of the Book as Allah commanded them and they endured harm. Allah, the Mighty and Exalted, said, "You will hear many abusive words from those given the Book before you and from those who worship idols," (3:186) and Allah said, "Many of the People of the Book would love it if they could make you revert to being rejectors after you have believed..." (2:109) The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to interpret this as meaning that he should pardon them as long as Allah commanded that until Allah gave permission regarding them. When the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, went on the Badr expedition, Allah killed the nobles of the unbelievers and the leaders of Quraysh and the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and his Companions returned victorious and with booty with captives from the nobles of the nobles of the unbelievers and the leaders of Quraysh, then Ibn Ubayy ibn Salul and those of the idolworshippers and pagans with him, said, "This is a business which has been victorious," and they gave allegiance to the Messenger, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, in Islam, and became Muslim."