Imaam Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله said, “So when Allaah سبحانه و تعالى sent His Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم, most of the people of other religions responded to him and to his Khulafaa رضي الله عنهم after him out of their own freewill and of their own choosing– and he never once forced anyone to enter the religion ever. Rather he would only fight those who declared war against him and fought him, he never fought or forced to enter the religion those who kept peace with him and had a truce with him, in conformance with the order of his Lord سبحانه where He said: