Al-Kāfi - The Book - Garden (of Flowers)

Al-Kāfi - The Book - Garden (of Flowers) Chapter: 'Come to you fed up with fighting... عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ أَبِي نَصْرٍ عَنْ أَبَانٍ عَنِ الْفَضْلِ أَبِي الْعَبَّاسِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عليه السلا٠) فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَوْ جاؤُكُ٠ْ حَصِرَتْ صُدُورُهُ٠ْ أَنْ يُقاتِلُوكُ٠ْ أَوْ يُقاتِلُوا قَوْ٠ْ قَالَ نَزَلَتْ فِي بَنِي ٠ُدْلِجٍ لِأَنَّهُ٠ْ جَاءُوا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ (صلى الله عليه وآله) فَقَالُوا إِنَّا قَدْ حَصِرَتْ صُدُورُنَا أَنْ نَشْهَدَ أَنَّكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ فَلَسْنَا ٠ِنَا عَلَيْكَ قَالَ قُلْتُ كَيْفَ صَنَعَ بِهِ٠ْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ (صلى الله عليه وآله) قَالَ وَاعَدَهُ٠ْ إِلَى أَنْ يَفْرُغَ ٠ِنَ الْعَرَبِ ثُ٠ْ فَإِنْ أَجَابُوا وَ إِلَّا قَاتَلَهُ٠504.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Abu Nasr, from Abaan, from Al-Fazl Abu Al-Abbas, who has narrated the following: Abu Abdullah (asws) regarding the Statement of Allah (azwj): “[4:90] or who come to you, their hearts shrinking from fighting you or fighting their own people”, he (asws) said: ‘Revealed with regards to the Clan of Mudlaj because they had come to the Rasool Allah (saww), so they said, ‘There are restrictions in our chests that we should testify that you (saww) are the Rasool Allah (saww), for we are neither with you (saww) nor are we with our people against you (saww)’.

So I said, ‘How did the Rasool Allah (saww) deal with them?’ He (asws) said; ‘He (saww) said that he (saww) would leave them until he (saww) was free from dealing with the Arabs, then he (saww) would call them (to Al-Islam), to see if they answered or else he (saww) would fight against them’. يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi) وثوق - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (16/449))