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Narrated Zubayb Ibn Thalabah AlAnbari: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent an army to Banu AlAnbar. They captured them at Rukbah in the suburbs of AlTaif and drove them to the Holy Prophet ﷺ. I rode hurriedly to the Holy Prophet ﷺ and said: Peace be on you; Messenger of Allah; and the mercy of Allah and His blessings. Your contingent came to us and arrested us; but we had already embraced Islam and cut the sides of the ears of our cattle. When Banu AlAnbar arrived; the Holy Prophet ﷺ said to me: Have you any evidence that you had embraced Islam before you were captured today? I said: Yes. He said: Who is your witness? I said: Samurah; a man from Banu AlAnbar; and another man whom he named. The man testified but Samurah refused to testify. The Holy Prophet ﷺ said: He Samurah has refused to testify for you; so take an oath with your other witness. I said: Yes. He then dictated an oath to me and I swore to the effect that we had embraced Islam on a certain day; and that we had cut the sides of the ears of the cattle. The Holy Prophet ﷺ said: Go and divide half of their property; but do not touch their children. Had Allah not disliked the wastage of action; we should not have taxed you even a rope. Zubayb said: My mother called me and said: This man has taken my mattress. I then went to the Holy Prophet ﷺ and informed him. He said to me: Detain him. So I caught him with a garment around his neck; and stood there with him. Then the Holy Prophet ﷺ looked at us standing there. He asked: What do you intend doing with your captive? I said: I shall let him go free if he returns to this man the mattress of his mother which he has taken from her. He said: Prophet of Allah ﷺ ; I no longer have it. He said: The Holy Prophet ﷺ took the sword of the man and gave it to me; and said to him: Go and give him some sa of cereal. So he gave me some sa of barley.