The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) going to Ta'if and presenting himself to the tribes

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Ja'far (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: When Abu Talib passed away, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) went to Ta'if; he went there on foot. He invited those people to Islam, but they did not accept his invitation. As he was returning, he came to the shade of a tree and prayed two rak'ahs there. Then he made this supplication: "O Allah! To You I complain of the weakness of my strength and of my lowliness in the eyes of people. You are the Most Merciful of those who show mercy. O Most Merciful of those who show mercy! To whom will You entrust me? To an enemy who will treat me harshly, or to someone near to whom You have given control over my affair? If You are not angry with me, then I do not care; yet Your well-being is more expansive for me. I seek refuge in the light of Your Countenance, by which the darknesses are illuminated and by which the affairs of this world and the Hereafter are set right, (I seek refuge) from Your anger descending upon me or Your displeasure befalling me. To You belongs the right to reproach until You are pleased, and nothing can happen without the help of Allah Almighty."
Al-Tabarani recorded it. Its chain contains Ibn Ishaq, who is a mudallis and thiqah (trustworthy). The remaining narrators of this report are thiqat (trustworthy).

Sayyidah Raqiqah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to Ta'if seeking support, he came to her. She ordered a drink of sawiq (barley gruel) to be prepared for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) drank it. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: "Do not worship their idol, and do not pray facing it." I said: "In that case they will kill me!" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If they say anything to you about this, then say: '(It is) for the Lord of this idol.' And when you pray, turn your back towards it." Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) left those people. The daughter of Sayyidah Raqiqah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: My two brothers, Sufyan bin Qays bin Aban and Wahb bin Qays bin Aban, told me that when the tribe of Thaqif became Muslim, they went out to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). He asked: "How is your mother?" They said: "She died in the same state in which you left her." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "In that case, your mother was a Muslim."
Al-Tabarani recorded it. Its chain contains a narrator whom I do not know.

Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: During the Hajj season, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to go to various people and say: "Is there any man who will take me to his people? For the Quraysh prevent me from conveying the word of my Lord." A man from the tribe of Hamdan came to him. He asked: "Where are you from?" He replied: "From Hamdan." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Do your people have strength (to protect)?" He replied: "Yes!" Then that man feared that his people might break his pledge, so he came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "I will go to those people and tell them about this, and then I will come to you next year." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Very well." Then that man left, and then the delegation of the Ansar came in the month of Rajab.
Ahmad recorded it, and its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Rabi'ah bin Abbad (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I was with my father; I was a young man. I saw the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) going to various tribes. Behind him there used to be a man of reddish complexion with a handsome face, who wore his hair long. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would stop at a tribe and say: "O Banu so-and-so! I am the Messenger of Allah to you. I command you to worship Him and not to associate anything with Him, and to affirm me and protect me, so that I may carry out what Allah Almighty has sent me with." When he finished his talk, the man behind him would say: "O Banu so-and-so! This man wants you to abandon al-Lat and al-Uzza, and to abandon your tribe's allies from Banu Malik bin Uqaysh, and come to the innovation and misguidance that he has brought. So do not listen to him and do not follow him." (The narrator says:) I asked my father: "Who is this man?" He told me: "This is his uncle, Abu Lahab."
Abdullah bin Ahmad and al-Tabarani recorded it. Its chain contains Husayn bin Abdullah bin Ubaydullah, who is da'if (weak); Yahya bin Ma'in declared him thiqah (trustworthy) according to one report. Various routes of this report have already passed in the chapter on the harm inflicted on the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and some of its chains are sahih (authentic).

Sayyiduna Mahmud bin Labid (may Allah be pleased with him), who belonged to Banu Abd al-Ashhal, narrates: When Abu al-Haysar Anas bin Nafi' came to Makkah, there were with him some young men from Banu Abd al-Ashhal, among whom was Iyas bin Mu'adh. They wanted to make an alliance with the Quraysh against the people of the Khazraj tribe. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) heard about them, so he came to them, sat with them and said to them: "Would you be interested in something better than what you have come for?" They asked: "What is that?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I am the Messenger of Allah. Allah Almighty has sent me to His servants so that I may invite them to worship Allah Almighty and not to associate anything with Him, and Allah Almighty has also revealed a Book to me." Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) mentioned the teachings of Islam and recited the Qur'an before them. Iyas bin Mu'adh, who was a young man, said: "O my people! By Allah, this is better than what you have come for." Abu al-Haysar Anas bin Nafi' took a handful of dust and threw it in the face of Iyas bin Mu'adh and said: "Leave us alone! By my life! We have come for something else." So Iyas fell silent. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) got up and left them, and they went back to Madinah. After that the Battle of Bu'ath took place between the Aws and the Khazraj tribes. Some time after that, Iyas bin Mu'adh died. Sayyiduna Mahmud bin Labid (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: Those of my people who were present with him in his last moments told me that he continued declaring Allah's Oneness and His greatness, and praising and glorifying Him, until he passed away. They had no doubt that he died as a Muslim, for when he heard the message from the blessed tongue of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), he had come to sense Islam.
Ahmad and al-Tabarani recorded it, and its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).