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Musnad Abi Ya'la 1597

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) - حَدَّثَنَا حَوْثَرَةُ بْنُ أَشْرَسَ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ خُثَيْمٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي رَاشِدٍ، قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ قَيْصَرَ جَارًا لِي زَمَنَ يَزِيدَ بْنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: أَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ كِتَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى قَيْصَرَ، فَقَالَ:

إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَرْسَلَ دِحْيَةَ الْكَلْبِيَّ إِلَى قَيْصَرَ، وَكَتَبَ مَعَهُ إِلَيْهِ كِتَابًا يُخَيِّرُهُ بَيْنَ إِحْدَى ثَلَاثٍ: إِمَّا أَنْ يُسْلِمَ وَلَهُ مَا فِي يَدَيْهِ مِنْ مُلْكِهِ، وَإِمَّا أَنْ يُؤَدِّيَ الْخَرَاجَ، وَإِمَّا أَنْ يَأْذَنَ بِحَرْبٍ. قَالَ: فَجَمَعَ قَيْصَرُ بَطَارِقَتَهُ وَقِسِّيِسِيهِ فِي قَصْرِهِ، وَأَغْلَقَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْبَابَ، وَقَالَ: إِنَّ مُحَمَّدًا كَتَبَ إِلَيَّ يُخَيِّرُنِي بَيْنَ إِحْدَى ثَلَاثٍ: إِمَّا أَنْ أُسْلِمَ وَلِي مَا فِي يَدِي مِنْ مُلْكِي، وَإِمَّا أَنْ أُؤَدِّيَ الْخَرَاجَ، وَإِمَّا أَنْ آذَنَ بِحَرْبٍ، وَقَدْ تَجِدُونَ فِيمَا تَقَرْءُونَ مِنْ كُتُبِكُمْ أَنَّهُ سَيَمْلِكُ مَا تَحْتَ قَدَمَيَّ مِنْ مُلْكِي، فَنَخَرُوا نَخْرَةً حَتَّى إِنَّ بَعْضَهُمْ خَرَجُوا مِنْ بَرَانِسِهِمْ، وَقَالُوا: تُرْسِلُ إِلَى رَجُلٍ مِنَ الْعَرَبِ، جَاءَ فِي بُرْدَيْهِ وَنَعْلَيْهِ بِالْخَرَاجِ ؟ فَقَالَ: اسْكُتُوا إِنَّمَا أَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَعْلَمَ تَمَسُّكَكُمْ بِدِينِكُمْ وَرَغْبَتَكُمْ فِيهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: ابْتَغُوا لِي رَجُلًا مِنَ الْعَرَبِ، فَجَاءُوا بِي، فَكَتَبَ مَعِي إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ كِتَابًا، وَقَالَ لِي: انْظُرْ مَا سَقَطَ عَنْكَ مِنْ قَوْلِهِ، فَلَا يَسْقُطْ عِنْدَ ذِكْرِ اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ، فَأَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ مَعَ أَصْحَابِهِ، وَهُمْ مُحْتَبُونَ بِحَمَائِلِ سُيُوفِهِمْ حَوْلَ بِئْرِ تَبُوكَ، فَقُلْتُ: أَيُّكُمْ مُحَمَّدٌ ؟ فَأَوْمَأَ بِيَدِهِ إِلَى نَفْسِهِ، فَدَفَعْتُ إِلَيْهِ الْكِتَابَ، فَدَفَعَهُ إِلَى رَجُلٍ إِلَى جَنْبِهِ، فَقُلْتُ: مَنْ هَذَا ؟ فَقَالُوا: مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ، فَقَرَأَهُ فَإِذَا فِيهِ: كَتَبْتَ تَدْعُونِي إِلَى جَنَّةٍ عَرْضُهَا السَّمَاوَاتُ وَالْأَرْضُ، فَأَيْنَ النَّارُ إِذًا ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: يَا سُبْحَانَ اللهِ، إِذَا جَاءَ اللَّيْلُ فَأَيْنَ النَّهَارُ ؟ فَكَتَبْتُهُ عَنْدِي، ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: إِنَّكَ رَسُولُ قَوْمٍ، فَإِنَّ لَكَ حَقًّا، وَلَكِنْ جِئْتَنَا وَنَحْنُ مُرْمِلُونَ، قَالَ عُثْمَانُ: أَكْسُوهُ حُلَّةً صَفُورِيَّةً، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ: عَلَيَّ ضِيَافَتُهُ. وَقَالَ لِي قَيْصَرُ فِيمَا قَالَ: انْظُرْ إِلَى ظَهْرِهِ، فَرَأَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنِّي أُرِيدُ النَّظَرَ إِلَى ظَهْرِهِ، فَأَلْقَى ثَوْبَهُ عَنْ ظَهْرِهِ، فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَى الْخَاتَمِ فِي نُغَصِ الْكَتِفِ، فَأَقْبَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ أُقَبِّلُهُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: إِنِّي كَتَبْتُ إِلَى النَّجَاشِيِّ فَأَحْرَقَ كِتَابِي، وَاللهُ مُحْرِقُهُ، وَكَتَبْتُ إِلَى كِسْرَى عَظِيمِ فَارِسَ، فَمَزَّقَ كِتَابِي، وَاللهُ مُمَزِّقُهُ، وَكَتَبْتُ إِلَى قَيْصَرَ فَرَفَعَ كِتَابِي، فَلَا يَزَالُ النَّاسُ - ذَكَرَ كَلِمَةً - مَا كَانَ فِي الْعَيْشِ خَيْرٌ.

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Chain of narrators
  1. Ḥawtharah b. Ashras
  2. Ḥammād b. Salamah
  3. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUthmān b. Khuthaym
  4. Saʿīd b. Abū Rāshid
  5. Kān Rasūl Qayṣar a neighbor Lī Zaman Yazīd b. Muʿāwiyah
  6. Lah Akhbirnī
  7. Kitāb Rasūl Allāh ﷺ
  8. Qayṣar

✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent Dihya al-Kalbi to Caesar, and wrote with him a letter giving him the choice of one of three things: either to submit and keep the kingship in his hands, or to pay the tribute, or to give permission for war. He said: Caesar gathered his patricians and priests in his palace, locked the door upon them, and said: Muhammad has written to me giving me the choice of one of three things: either to submit and keep the kingship in my hands, or to pay the tribute, or to give permission for war. You will find in what you read of your scriptures that he will possess what is under my feet of my kingdom. They snorted a snort until some of them came out of their cowls, and said: Will you send to a man of the Arabs, who has come in his two cloaks and his two sandals, regarding the tribute? He said: Be quiet. I only wanted to know your adherence to your religion and your desire for it. Then he said: Seek for me a man of the Arabs. They brought me, and he wrote with me a letter to the Prophet ﷺ, and said to me: Look at what escapes you of his speech, so let nothing escape you at the mention of the night and the day. I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he was with his companions, and they were sitting with their sword belts wrapped around them at the well of Tabuk. I said: Which of you is Muhammad? He pointed with his hand to himself. I handed him the letter, and he gave it to a man beside him. I said: Who is this? They said: Mu'awiya b. Abi Sufyan. He read it, and in it was: You have written calling me to a Paradise whose width is the heavens and the earth; so where is the Fire then? The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Glory be to Allah! When night comes, where is the day? I wrote it down with me. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: You are the messenger of a people, and you have a right, but you have come to us while we are destitute. 'Uthman said: I will clothe him with a Saffuri robe. A man of the Ansar said: I will host him. And Caesar said to me in what he said: Look at his back. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw that I wanted to look at his back, so he cast his garment off his back. I looked at the seal in the cartilage of the shoulder, and I came to him and kissed it. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: I wrote to the Negus, and he burned my letter; Allah will burn him. I wrote to Chosroes, the great one of Persia, and he tore my letter; Allah will tear him. I wrote to Caesar, and he raised my letter, so people will not cease – he mentioned a word – as long as there is good in life.

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