English translation
2307, 2308. Narrated Marwān bin Al-Ḥakam and Al-Miswar bin Makhrama: When the delegates of the tribe of Hawāzin after embracing Islām, came to Allāh's Messenger ﷺ, he got up. They appealed to him to return their properties and their captives. Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said to them, "The most beloved statement to me is the true one. So, you have the option of restoring your properties or your captives, for I have delayed distributing them." (The narrator added), Allāh's Messenger ﷺ had been waiting for them for more than ten days on his return from Tāif. When they realized that Allāh's Messenger ﷺ would return to them only one of the two things, they said, "We choose our captives." So, Allāh's Messenger ﷺ got up in the gathering of the Muslims, praised Allāh as He deserved, and said, "Then after! These brothers of yours have come to you with repentance (asking for Allāh's Forgiveness) and I see it proper to return their captives to them. So, whoever amongst you likes to do that as a favour, then he can do it, and whoever of you wants to stick to his share till we pay him from the very first booty which Allāh will give us then he can do so." The people replied, "We agree to give up our shares willingly as a favour for Allāh's Messenger ﷺ." Then Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said, "We don't know who amongst you has agreed and who has not. Go back and your chiefs may tell us your opinion." So, all of them returned and their chiefs discussed the matter with them and then they (i.e., their chiefs) came to Allāh's Messenger ﷺ to tell him that they (i.e., the people) had given up their shares gladly and willingly.