Zayd bin Haritha reported,

I went out with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on one of the hot days of Mecca, and he had me riding behind him. With us was a sheep we had slaughtered and prepared, which we had placed in a food-cloth. Zayd bin Amr bin Nufayl met him, and each greeted the other with the greeting of the pre-Islamic era.The Prophet ﷺ said, "Zayd," meaning Zayd bin Amr, "why is it that I see your people are angry with you?"He replied, "By Allah, Muhammad, this is not because of any blood-feud I have with them. Rather, I went out searching for this religion until I came to the rabbis of Khaybar. I found them worshipping Allah while also associating partners with Him, so I said, 'This is not the religion I seek.' Then I went out until I came to the rabbis of Sham, and I found them worshipping Allah while also associating partners with Him, so I said, 'This is not the religion I seek.' One of them said to me, 'You are asking about a religion that we know of no one practicing in worship of Allah except an old man in al-Jazira.' So I went out until I came to him. When he saw me, he said, 'All those you have seen are astray. Where are you from?' I said, 'I am from the people of the House of Allah, from the people of polytheism and the qaraz tree.' He said, 'What you seek has appeared in your land. A prophet has been sent, and his star has risen.' I have not learned anything more since then, Muhammad."Then he brought the food-cloth near him and asked, "What is this?"He replied, "A sheep we slaughtered for one of these idols."He said, "I would never eat anything slaughtered for other than Allah." Then they parted.Zayd bin Haritha said, The Prophet ﷺ came to the House, and I was with him, and he circumambulated it. By the House were two idols, one of brass, one called Isaf and the other Naila. Whenever the polytheists circumambulated, they would touch them.The Prophet ﷺ said, "Do not touch them, for they are filth."I said to myself, "I will surely touch them to see what he says." So I touched them.He said, "Zayd, did I not forbid you?"Then revelation came down upon the Prophet. Zayd bin Amr died, and the Prophet ﷺ said, "He will be raised on the Day of Resurrection as a nation by himself."

عن زيد بن حارثة قال

خرجت مع رسول الله ﷺ وهو مردفي في يوم حار من أيام مكة، ومعنا شاة قد ذبحناها وأصلحناها فجعلناها في سفرة، فلقيه زيد بن عمرو بن نفيل، فحيا كل واحد منهما صاحبه بتحية الجاهلية، فقال النبي ﷺ: يا زيد- يعني زيد بن عمرو- مالي أرى قومك قد شنفوا لك؟ قال: والله يا محمد، إن ذلك لغير ترة لي فيهم، ولكن خرجت أطلب هذا الدين حتى أقدم على أحبار خيبر، فوجدتهم يعبدون الله، ويشركون به، فقلت: ما هذا بالدين الذي أبتغي، فخرجت حتى أقدم على أحبار الشام، فوجدتهم يعبدون الله، ويشركون به، فقلت ما هذا بالدين الذي أبتغي، فقال رجل منهم: إنك لتسأل عن دين ما نعلم أحدا يعبد الله به إلا شيخ بالجزيرة، فخرجت حتى أقدم عليه، فلما رآني قال: إن جميع من رأيت في ضلال، فمن أين أنت؟ قلت: أنا من أهل بيت الله من أهل الشرك والقرظ، قال: إن الذي تطلب قد ظهر ببلدك، قد بعث نبي قد طلع نجمه، فلم أحس بشيء بعد يا محمد. قال: فقرب إليه السفرة، فقال: ما هذا؟ قال: شاة ذبحناها لنصب من هذه الأنصاب، قال: ما كنت لأكل شيئا ذبح لغير الله، وتفرقا. قال زيد بن حارثة: فأتى النبي ﷺ البيت، وأنا معه، فطاف به، وكان عند البيت صنمان أحدهما: من نحاس يقال لأحدهما يساف وللآخر: نائلة، وكان المشركون إذا طافوا تمسحوا بهما، فقال النبي ﷺ: لا تمسحهما فإنهما رجس قال: فقلت في نفسي: لأمسحنهما حتى أنظر ما يقول؟ فمسحتهما، فقال: يا زيد ألم تنهه، قال: وأنزل على النبي، قال: ومات زيد بن عمرو، فقال النبي ﷺ: يبعث أمة وحده.