وعنه رضي الله عنه: «كنتم خير أمة أخرجت للناس» قال: خير الناس للناس يأتون بهم في السلاسل في أعناقهم حتى يدخلوا في الإسلام
“You are the best of peoples ever raised up for (the benefit of) mankind…” (Ali ‘Imran 3:110): The best for mankind are those who bring them with chains round their necks till they embrace Islam (and thereby save them from the eternal punishment in the Hell-fire, and make them enter Jannah in the Hereafter).’.