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Qariba,
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 68, Hadith 36
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The pagans were of two kinds as regards their relationship to the
Prophet and the Believers. Some of them were those with whom the
Prophet was at war and used to fight against, and they used to fight
him; the others were those with whom the Prophet (ﷺ) made a treaty, and
neither did the Prophet (ﷺ) fight them, nor did they fight him. If a lady
from the first group of pagans emigrated towards the Muslims, her hand
would not be asked in marriage unless she got the menses and then
became clean. When she became clean, it would be lawful for her to get
married, and if her husband emigrated too before she got married, then
she would be returned to him. If any slave or female slave emigrated
from them to the Muslims, then they would be considered free persons
(not slaves) and they would have the same rights as given to other
emigrants. The narrator then mentioned about the pagans involved with
the Muslims in a treaty, the same as occurs in Mujahid's narration. If
a male slave or a female slave emigrated from such pagans as had made
a treaty with the Muslims, they would not be returned, but their
prices would be paid (to the pagans).
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(the wife of the Prophet) When believing women came to the Prophet (ﷺ) as emigrants, he used to test
them in accordance with the order of Allah. 'O you who believe! When believing women come to you
as emigrants, examine them . . .' (60.10) So if anyone of those believing women accepted the above
mentioned conditions, she accepted the conditions of faith. When they agreed on those conditions and
confessed that with their tongues, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) would say to them, "Go, I have accepted your oath
of allegiance (for Islam). By Allah, and hand of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) never touched the hand of any
woman, but he only used to take their pledge of allegiance orally. By Allah, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) did not
take the pledge of allegiance of the women except in accordance with what Allah had ordered him.
When he accepted their pledge of allegiance he would say to them, "I have accepted your oath of
allegiance."