This is not sound; rather, he uttered it—if indeed he uttered it—after he was martyred at al-Yamāmah in 12 AH.
25 – Suhayl ibn ʿAmr, the father of the two brothers *
His teknonym was Abū Yazīd (1).
He was the spokesman of Quraysh, their most eloquent orator, and one of their nobles.
When he came to negotiate the truce, the Prophet ﷺ said, “Your affair has now been made easy” (2).
His acceptance of Islam was delayed until the Day of the Conquest, after which his faith proved excellent.
He had been taken captive at Badr but succeeded in securing his release.
He remained in Mecca urging the people to march out, proclaiming, “O sons of Ghālib! Will you leave Muhammad and those who have abandoned your religion (3) to seize your caravan? Whoever seeks wealth—here is wealth; and whoever seeks strength—here is strength!”
He was forbearing, generous, and highly articulate.
At the death of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ he stood in Mecca and delivered a sermon much like that of al-Ṣiddīq in Medina, calming the people and exalting Islam.
(*) Principal references: Ibn Saʿd, al-Tabaqat, 7/2, p. 126; al-Zubayri, Nasab Quraysh, pp. 417-419; Khalifa ibn Khayyat, al-Tabaqat, pp. 26, 300; idem, al-Tarikh, pp. 82, 90; al-Bukhari, al-Tarikh al-Kabir, 4/103-104; Ibn Qutayba, al-Maʿarif, p. 284; Ibn Abi Hatim, al-Jarh wa-al-Taʿdil, 4/245; Ibn Hibban, Mashahir ʿUlama al-Amsar, p. 180; Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr, al-Istiʿab, 4/287; Ibn al-Athir, Usd al-Ghaba, 2/480; al-Nawawi, Tahdhib al-Asmaʾ wa-al-Lughat, 1/239; al-Dhahabi, Tarikh al-Islam, 2/26; Ibn al-Fihri, al-ʿAqd al-Thamin, 4/624-630; Ibn Hajar, al-Isaba, 4/287; al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, Kanz al-ʿUmmal, 13/430; Ibn al-Imad, Shadharat al-Dhahab, 1/30.
(1) In the printed edition the name is wrongly given as “Zayd.”
(2) This sentence is part of the longer report recorded by al-Bukhari (nos. 2731-2732) in the Book of Conditions, chapter “Conditions in Jihad.” Maʿmar related, “Ayyub told me on the authority of ʿIkrima that when Suhayl ibn ʿAmr arrived, the Prophet said: ‘Your affair has now been made easy for you.’”
(3) al-Subaʾ (plural of sabiʾ) denotes someone who abandons one religion for another. The polytheists used the term for the Muslims because they had left idolatry for Islam. Al-Munajjid found the word unclear, replaced it with three dots, and noted in the margin: “Unclear term; perhaps it should read ‘and his companions.’”