Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 1109
How does one write to the People of the Book?
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حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عَبَّاسٍ
أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ أَبَا سُفْيَانَ بْنَ حَرْبٍ أَخْبَرَهُ أَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِ هِرَقْلُ مَلِكُ الرُّومِ ثُمَّ دَعَا بِكِتَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ الَّذِي أُرْسِلَ بِهِ مَعَ دِحْيَةَ الْكَلْبِيِّ إِلَى عَظِيمِ بُصْرَى فَدَفَعَهُ إِلَيَّ هِرَقْلُ فَقَرَأَهُ فَإِذَا فِيهِ بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ مِنْ مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدِ اللهِ وَرَسُولِهِ إِلَى هِرَقْلَ عَظِيمِ الرُّومِ سَلاَّمٌ عَلَى مَنِ اتَّبَعَ الْهُدَى أَمَّا بَعْدُ فَإِنِّي أَدْعُوكَ بِدِعَايَةِ الإِسْلاَمِ أَسْلِمْ تَسْلَمْ يُؤْتِكَ اللَّهُ أَجْرَكَ مَرَّتَيْنِ فَإِنْ تَوَلَّيْتَ فَإِنَّ عَلَيْكَ إِثْمَ الأَرِيسِيِّينَ وَ {يَا أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ تَعَالَوْا إِلَى كَلِمَةٍ سَوَاءٍ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكُمْ} إِلَى قَوْلِهِ {اشْهَدُوا بِأَنَّا مُسْلِمُونَ}
Translation
✧ He informed him that Abu Sufyan b. Harb informed him that Heraclius, the king of the Romans, sent for him, then he asked for the letter of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that had been sent with Dihya al-Kalbi to the governor of Busra. Heraclius handed it to me, and I read it. In it was: In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate. From Muhammad, the servant of Allah and His Messenger, to Heraclius, the great one of the Romans. Peace be upon those who follow guidance. To proceed: I call you with the call of Islam. Submit, and you will be safe. Allah will give you your reward twice. If you turn away, then upon you is the sin of the peasants. And {O People of the Book, come to a word common between us and you} up to His saying {bear witness that we are Muslims}.
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