The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, when the Muslims granted permission to free the captives of Hawazin, "I do not know which of you has given consent and which has not. Go back so that your representatives may bring your decision up to us."The people went back, and their representatives spoke with them. Then they returned to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and informed him that the people had willingly agreed and given their permission.
أن رسول الله ﷺ قال حين أذن لهم المسلمون في عتق لهم المسلمون في عتق سبي هوازن: إني لا أدري من أذن منكم ممن لم يأذن فارجعوا حتى يرفع إلينا عرفاؤكم أمركم فرجع الناس فكلمهم عرفاؤهم فرجعوا إلى رسول الله ﷺ فأخبروه أن الناس قد طيبوا وأذنوا.
Bukhari related it in "The Rulings" (7176-7177) from Ismail bin Abu Uways, [who said], Ismail bin Ibrahim narrated to me, from his uncle Musa bin Uqba, [who said], Ibn Shihab said, Urwa bin Zubayr narrated to me that Marwan bin Hakam and Miswar bin Makhrama informed him, and they related it.As for what has been reported from Miqdam bin Maad Yakrib, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ struck him on the shoulder and said to him, "You have succeeded, O Qadeem, even if you are neither a commander, nor a scribe, nor an araf (tribal overseer)," this is not sahih.Abu Dawud related it (2933) from Amr bin Uthman, [who said], Muhammad bin Harb narrated to us, from Abu Salama Sulayman bin Sulaym, from Yahya bin Jabir, from Salih bin Yahya bin Miqdam, from his grandfather Miqdam bin Maad Yakrib, and he related it. In its chain is Salih bin Yahya bin Miqdam, who is daif. There is also disagreement about it going back to Muhammad bin Harb, for some related it from him in this manner, while others related it from him with Yahya bin Jabir omitted, as with Ahmad (17205).Likewise, what has been reported from Ghalib Qattan, from a man, from his father, from his grandfather, is not sahih, that they were at one of the watering places, and when word of Islam reached them, the owner of the water pledged a hundred camels to his people on condition that they embrace Islam, so they embraced Islam. He then divided the camels among them, but afterward he decided he wanted to take them back from them. So he sent his son to the Prophet ﷺ, saying to him, "Go to the Prophet and say to him, 'My father sends you his greeting of peace. He pledged a hundred camels to his people on condition that they embrace Islam, so they embraced Islam, and he divided the camels among them, but now he has decided he wants to take them back from them. Does he have more right to them, or do they?' If he says to you, "Yes" or "No," then say to him, 'My father is an old man, and he is the araf (overseer) of the water, and he asks you to grant me the arafa (position of overseer) after him.'"So he went to him and said, "My father sends you his greeting of peace." He said, "And upon you and upon your father be peace." He said, "My father pledged a hundred camels to his people on condition that they embrace Islam, so they embraced Islam and their Islam was good, but then he decided he wanted to take the camels back from them. Does he have more right to them, or do they?" He said, "If he has decided to leave the camels to them, let him leave them, and if he has decided to take them back, then he has more right to them than they do. As for their Islam, if they have embraced Islam, then their Islam stands to their credit, and if they have not embraced Islam, then they will be fought over Islam." He said, "My father is an old man, and he is the araf of the water, and he asks you to grant me the arafa after him." He said, "The arafa is a legitimate position, and people must have araf-officials, but the araf-officials will be in the Fire."Abu Dawud related it (2934) from Musaddad, [who said], Bishr bin Mufaddal narrated to us, [who said], Ghalib Qattan narrated to us, from a man, from his father, from his grandfather, and he related it. In its chain there are unidentified narrators.