Arabic (Original)
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو نَصْرِ بْنُ قَتَادَةَ أنبأ أَبُو مَنْصُورٍ النَّضْرَوِيُّ أنبأ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ نَجْدَةَ ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ ثنا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ فِي قَوْلِهِ {لَا إِكْرَاهَ فِي الدِّينِ} [البقرة 256] قَالَ نَزَلَتْ فِي الْأَنْصَارِ قُلْتُ خَاصَّةً؟ قَالَ خَاصَّةً كَانَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ مِنْهُمْ إِذَا كَانَتْ نَزِرَةً أَوْ مِقْلَاةً تَنْذِرُ لَئِنْ وَلَدَتْ وَلَدًا لَتَجْعَلَنَّهُ فِي الْيَهُودِ تَلْتَمِسُ بِذَلِكَ طُولَ بَقَائِهِ فَجَاءَ الْإِسْلَامُ وَفِيهِمْ مِنْهُمْ فَلَمَّا أُجْلِيَتِ النَّضِيرُ قَالَتِ الْأَنْصَارُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَبْنَاؤُنَا وَإِخْوَانُنَا فِيهِمْ فَسَكَتَ عَنْهُمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَنَزَلَتْ {لَا إِكْرَاهَ فِي الدِّينِ} [البقرة 256] فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَدْ خُيِّرَ أَصْحَابُكُمْ فَإِنِ اخْتَارُوكُمْ فَهُمْ مِنْكُمْ وَإِنِ اخْتَارُوهُمْ فَأَجْلُوهُمْ مَعَهُمْ
English Translation
Abu Nasr ibn Qatadah informed us > Abu Mansur al-Nadrawi > Ahmad ibn Najdah > Sa'id ibn Mansur > Abu Awanah > Abu Bishr > Sa'id ibn Jubayr, regarding the verse {There is no compulsion in religion} [2:256], he said: It was revealed concerning the Ansar. I asked: Specifically? He said: Specifically. A woman among them who had few surviving children or whose children died young would vow that if she bore a child, she would make him a Jew, seeking thereby his long survival. When Islam came and there were some of their children among the Jews, then when Banu al-Nadir were expelled, the Ansar said: O Messenger of Allah, our children! So Allah revealed: {There is no compulsion in religion}.