Bayhaqi 18263 — A hostile disbeliever who enters under protection

Asim bin Umar bin Qatadah narrates from an elder of Banu Qurayzah that he said: Do you know what led to the Islam of Tha'labah and Usayd (may Allah be pleased with them both), the two sons of Sa'yah, and of Asad bin Ubayd (may Allah be pleased with him), a group from (Banu) Hadl who were not of Banu Qurayzah or Banu al-Nadir but were above that? I said: No. He said: A Jewish man from Syria called Ibn al-Hayban came to us and stayed with us. By Allah, we never saw a man who did not pray the five prayers better than him. He came to us two years before the sending of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Whenever we suffered drought and rain was scarce for us, we would say to him: O Ibn al-Hayban, come out and pray for rain for us. He would say: No, by Allah, not until you give charity before you go out. We would ask: How much shall we give? He would say: A sa' of dates or two mudd of barley. Then he would go out to the open part of our lava plain, and we with him, and he would pray for rain. By Allah, he would not rise from his place before the ravines were flowing. He did this many times, not twice or three times. When death came to him, we gathered around him, and he said: O company of Jews, what do you think brought me out of the land of wine and bread to the land of hardship and hunger? We said: You know best. He said: What brought me out was only that I am awaiting the appearance of a prophet whose time has drawn near; this land is the place to which he will emigrate, so that I might follow him. So, O company of Jews, let no one get to him before you when he appears, for he will shed the blood of those who oppose him and take their children and women captive; let that not hold you back from him. Then he died. On the night when Banu Qurayzah were conquered, those three young men, who were youths of tender age, said: O company of Jews, this is the one Ibn al-Hayban mentioned to you. They said: It is not him. They said: Yes indeed, by Allah, it is him, O company of Jews; by Allah, it is him, according to his description. Then they came down, accepted Islam, and left behind their wealth, their children and their families. The narrator said: Their wealth was in the fortress with the polytheists, and when it was conquered, it was returned to them.