Islam of ʿIkrimah ibn Abī Jahl
The reason for the Islam of ʿIkrimah ibn Abī Jahl (may Allah be pleased with him) is that when the Prophet ﷺ conquered Makkah, ʿIkrimah fled from him towards the land of Abyssinia. He boarded a ship heading there, but a violent wind struck them. The people on board said to one another, “Nothing can save you except that you call upon God alone.”
ʿIkrimah said to himself: “By Allah, if nothing can benefit (us) in the sea except Him, then surely nothing can benefit (us) on land except Him. O God, I pledge to You: if You save me from this, I will go and place my hand in the hand of Muhammad ﷺ, for I will surely find him kind and merciful.”
They made it safely out of the sea, and he went to the Messenger of God ﷺ, embraced Islam, and his Islam was good. May Allah be pleased with him.
— Adwā’ al-Bayān by Muḥammad al-Amīn al-Shinqīṭī, may Allah have mercy on him.