Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذٌ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عَوْنٍ قَالَ كَتَبْتُ إِلَى نَافِعٍ أَسْأَلُهُ هَلْ كَانَتْ الدَّعْوَةُ قَبْلَ الْقِتَالِ قَالَ فَكَتَبَ إِلَيَّ إِنَّ ذَاكَ كَانَ فِي أَوَّلِ الْإِسْلَامِ وَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَدْ أَغَارَ عَلَى بَنِي الْمُصْطَلِقِ وَهُمْ غَارُّونَ وَأَنْعَامُهُمْ تُسْقَى عَلَى الْمَاءِ فَقَتَلَ مُقَاتِلَتَهُمْ وَسَبَى سَبْيَهُمْ وَأَصَابَ يَوْمَئِذٍ جُوَيْرِيَةَ ابْنَةَ الْحَارِثِ وَحَدَّثَنِي بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ وَكَانَ فِي ذَلِكَ الْجَيْشِ.
English Translation
Mu'adh told us, Ibn 'Awn told us, who said: I wrote to Nafi' asking him whether the call to Islam was made before fighting. He wrote back to me: "That was in the early days of Islam. The Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, raided the Banu al-Mustaliq while they were unaware, and their livestock were being watered, so he killed their fighting men and took their captives, and on that day he obtained Juwayriyyah bint al-Harith." And 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar related this hadith to me, and he was in that army.