Authentic hadithرواه أحمد والبيهقي
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) never fought any people until he had first invited them (to Islam)
مَا قَاتَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَوْمًا قَطُّ حَتَّى يَدْعُوَهُمْ.
Explanation
Ibn ‘Abbās (may Allah be pleased with him and his father) reported that the Prophet (ﷺ) never began fighting any people until he had first invited them to Islam; if they did not respond to his call, then he fought them.
Source
مسند أحمد (4/ 16) (2105)، السنن الكبرى للبيهقي (9/ 181)، تحفة الأحوذي (5/ 130).
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