Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

Hazrat Abdullah bin Salam narrates that when Nahawand was conquered, many war captives fell into the hands of the Muslims. A wealthy man was ransoming those captives by paying their ransom and setting them free. A Muslim had received a very beautiful and young slave girl. He came to me and said, "Come with me to that wealthy man, perhaps he will pay me the price for this slave girl." (2) So I went with him, and we reached a proud old man who had a translator. He said to his translator, "Ask this slave girl whether this Arab has had intercourse with her." He was overcome with jealousy upon seeing the beauty of the slave girl. He said something in his own language to the slave girl, which I understood. I said to him, "By questioning the slave girl about his secret matter, you have committed a sin in the light of your book." He said to me, "You are lying, what do you know about what is in my book?" I said, "I know your book better than you." He said, "Do you know my book better than I do?" I said, "Yes, I know your book better than you." He asked, "Who is this?" People told him, "This is Abdullah bin Salam." Then I returned that day. (3) Then he sent a messenger to me and called me to him with insistence. I went to him with the intention that perhaps he would accept Islam and my record of deeds would increase in goodness. He kept me with him for three days. I would recite the Torah to him and he would weep. I said to him, "By Allah, this is the very Prophet whose mention you find in the Torah." He said, "Then what should I do about the Jews?" I said, "They will be of no use to you against Allah." Nevertheless, misfortune prevailed over him and he refused to accept Islam.