Sahih al-Bukhari 3873

It is related that 'Ubaydullah ibn Abi Rafi' said, "I heard 'Ali say, 'The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, dispatched me, az-Zubayr and al-Miqdad ibn al-Aswad, saying, "Go until you reach the meadow Khakh. There will be a woman in a howdah with a letter. Take it from her." He said, "We went out and made our horses gallop until we reached the meadow and found the woman. We ordered her, "Produce the letter." She replied, "I do not have a letter." We said, "You will bring out the letter or we will take your clothes." She brought it out from her plaided hair. We took it to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and it contained something from Hatib ibn Abi Balta'a to some of the idolaters among the people of Makka, informing them about some of the business of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, asked, "O Hatib, what is this?" He replied, "O Messenger of Allah, do not be hasty with me. I am a man who was attached to the Quraysh." He said, "I was an ally, but I was not one of them while those of the Muhajirun with you have relatives in Makka who will protect their family and property. Since I lacked that lineage among them, I wanted to do them some favour with which to protect my relatives. I did not do it out of disbelief or apostasy, nor out of being pleased with disbelief after Islam." The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "He has told you the truth." 'Umar said, "O Messenger of Allah, let me strike off the head of this hypocrite!" He replied, "He was present at Badr and what will inform you? Perhaps Allah looked down on the people of Badr and said, 'Do what you like. I have forgiven you.'"' So Allah sent down the sura, 'O you who believe! Do not take My enemy and your enemy as friends, showing love for them when they have rejected the truth that has come to you - to His words - Any of you who do that have strayed from the Right Way.' (60:1)" XLV: The expedition of the Conquest during Ramadan