Hadith No: 2
Al-Bayhaqi - Sunan al-Kubra - Book of Jizyah
The Gathering of Chapters on the Conditions that the Imam Takes from the People of Dhimmah and What May Constitute a Breach of Covenant on Their Part
Chapter on the Peace with Those Whom One Can Still Strive Against
Volume: (3) - Page Number: (376)
18821 - Abu Abdullah al-Hafiz, Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn al-Hasan al-Qadi, Abu Muhammad ibn Abi Hamid al-Muqri, and Abu Sadiq Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Ittar said: Abu al-Abbas Muhammad ibn Yaqub narrated to us, saying: Ibrahim ibn Marzuq narrated to us, saying: Uthman ibn Umar narrated to us, saying: Shu'bah narrated to us, from al-Mughira, from al-Sha'bi
from al-Muhrir ibn Abi Huraira, from his father, who said: I was with Ali (ra) when the Prophet (peace be upon him and his holy progeny)
sent him with al-Bara'ah to the people of Mecca. He said: I kept calling until my voice became hoarse, and it was said to him: What were you calling with? He replied: We were commanded to announce that no one shall enter Paradise except a believer and one who has a covenant with the Messenger of Allah
(peace be upon him and his holy progeny), who will be granted a reprieve of four months. When the months have passed, then Allah is free from the polytheists and His Messenger, and no one may circumambulate the House in the nude, nor perform pilgrimage after this year who is a polytheist. This was also mentioned in the narration of Zayd ibn Yath'i from Ali (may peace be upon him and his holy progeny) in this hadith, and whoever has a covenant, his covenant is until its specified time, and those who do not have a covenant have four months. Al-Shafi'i (may peace be upon him) said: And the Messenger of Allah
(peace be upon him and his holy progeny) allotted Safwan ibn Umayyah a period of four months after the conquest of Mecca. The Sheikh said: This has been mentioned in the narration of Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri in the Book of Marriage.