Sahih al-Bukhari 2936
To preach to the people of the Scriptures, or teach them the Holy Book?
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حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ أَخْبَرَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَخِي ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عَمِّهِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ أَخْبَرَهُ
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَتَبَ إِلَى قَيْصَرَ وَقَالَ فَإِنْ تَوَلَّيْتَ فَإِنَّ عَلَيْكَ إِثْمَ الأَرِيسِيِّينَ
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Chain of narrators
- Isḥāq
- Yaʿqūb b. Ibrāhīm
- Ibn Akhī Ibn Shihāb
- ʿAmmih
- ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUtbah b. Masʿūd
- ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbbās
Messenger of Allah ﷺ wrote a letter to Caesar saying, "If you reject Islam, you will be responsible for the sins of the tillers (i.e. your people).
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