Mishkat al-Masabih 3928
Writing to non-believers and Summoning them to Islam - Section 1
وَعَنْ أَنَسٍ: أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَتَبَ إِلَى كِسْرَى وَإِلَى قَيْصَرَ وَإِلَى النَّجَاشِيِّ وَإِلَى كُلِّ جَبَّارٍ يَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَلَيْسَ بِالنَّجَاشِيِّ الَّذِي صَلَّى عَلَيْهِ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ. رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ
Translation
Anas told that the Prophet wrote to Kisra, Qaisar, the Najashi, and every powerful man, summoning them to God, but it was not the Najashi on whom the Prophet invoked a blessing.* * It says that the Najashi (Negus) of Abyssinia to whom this letter was sent was not the same as the one who ruled at the time when the early emigration from Mecca to Abyssinia took place. Muslim transmitted it.
Grades by grader
| Ahmad Muhammad Shakir | Sahihgraded on tirmidhi:2716 | fawazahmed0 |
|---|---|---|
| Bashar Awad Maarouf | Hasan Sahihgraded on tirmidhi:2716 | fawazahmed0 |
| Muslim | Soundgraded on muslim:1774a | hadithunlocked |
| Zubair Ali Zai | Soundgraded on tirmidhi:2716 | fawazahmed0, hadithunlocked, sunnah.com |
| al-Albani | Sahihgraded on tirmidhi:2716 | fawazahmed0 |
Same hadith, other wordings
- Shahih Muslim 1774aأَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَتَبَ إِلَى كِسْرَى وَإِلَى قَيْصَرَ وَإِلَى النَّجَاشِيِّ وَإِلَى كُلِّ جَبَّارٍ يَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَى اللَّهِ تَعَالَى وَلَيْسَ بِالنَّجَاشِيِّ الَّذِي صَلَّى عَلَيْهِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ