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al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 4198

✧ Who is named Khalid?

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حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ وَالْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ قَالَا ثنا يَحْيَى الْحِمَّانِيُّ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ كُهَيْلٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ شَدَّادٍ عَنْ دِحْيَةَ الْكَلْبِيِّ قَالَ

بَعَثَنِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِلَى قَيْصَرَ صَاحِبِ الرُّومِ بِكِتَابٍ فَقُلْتُ اسْتَأْذَنُوا لِرَسُولِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَأُتِيَ قَيْصَرُ فَقِيلَ لَهُ إِنَّ عَلَى الْبَابِ رَجُلًا يَزْعُمُ أَنَّهُ رَسُولُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَفَزِعُوا لِذَلِكَ فَقَالَ أَدْخِلْهُ فَأَدْخَلَنِي عَلَيْهِ وَعِنْدَهُ بَطَارِقَتُهُ فَأَعْطَيْتُهُ الْكِتَابَ فَقُرِئَ عَلَيْهِ فَإِذَا فِيهِ «بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ مِنْ مُحَمَّدٍ رَسُولِ اللهِ إِلَى قَيْصَرَ صَاحِبِ الرُّومِ» فَنَخَرَ ابْنُ أَخٍ لَهُ أَحْمَرُ أَزْرَقُ سَبِطٌ فَقَالَ لَا تَقْرَإِ الْكِتَابَ الْيَوْمَ بَدَأَ بِنَفْسِهِ وَكَتَبَ صَاحِبَ الرُّومِ لَمْ يَكْتُبْ مَلِكَ الرُّومِ قَالَ فَقُرِئَ الْكِتَابُ حَتَّى فَرَغَ مِنْهُمْ ثُمَّ أَمَرَهُمْ فَخَرَجُوا مِنْ عِنْدِهِ ثُمَّ بَعَثَ إِلَيَّ فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَسَأَلَنِي فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ فَبَعَثَ إِلَى الْأَسْقُفِّ فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ وَكَانَ صَاحِبَ أَمْرِهِمْ يَصْدُرُونَ عَنْ رَأْيَهُ وَعَنْ قَوْلِهِ فَلَمَّا قَرَأَ الْكِتَابَ قَالَ الْأُسْقُفُّ هُوَ وَاللهِ الَّذِي بَشَّرَنَا بِهِ مُوسَى وَعِيسَى الَّذِي كُنَّا نَنْتَظِرُ قَالَ قَيْصَرُ فَمَا تَأْمُرُنِي؟ قَالَ أَمَّا أَنَا فَإِنِّي مُصَدِّقُهُ ومُتَّبِعُهُ فَقَالَ قَيْصَرُ أَعْرِفُ أَنَّهُ كَذَلِكَ وَلَكِنْ لَا أَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ أَفْعَلَ إِنْ فَعَلْتُ ذَهَبَ مُلْكِي وقَتَلَنِي الرُّومُ

Translation

Chain of narrators
  1. Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥaḍramī And al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq al-Tustarī
  2. Yaḥyá al-Ḥimmānī
  3. Yaḥyá b. Salamah b. Kuhayl from his father
  4. ʿAbdullāh b. Shaddād
  5. Diḥyah al-Kalbī

✧ The Prophet ﷺ sent me to Caesar, the ruler of the Romans, with a letter. I said, 'Ask permission for the messenger of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.' It was told to Caesar, 'There is a man at the door who claims that he is the messenger of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.' They were alarmed at that. He said, 'Let him enter.' So he admitted me to him, and with him were his patricians. I gave him the letter, and it was read to him. In it was: 'In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. From Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah, to Caesar, the ruler of the Romans.' A nephew of his, ruddy, blue-eyed, and lank-haired, snorted and said, 'Do not read the letter today. He began with himself and wrote "ruler of the Romans" and did not write "king of the Romans."' He said: The letter was read until they finished, then he ordered them and they left his presence. Then he sent for me, so I entered upon him. He asked me and I informed him. He sent for the bishop, and he entered upon him; he was the one in charge of their affairs, and they acted according to his opinion and his word. When he read the letter, the bishop said, 'By Allah, he is the one whom Moses and Jesus gave us glad tidings of, the one we have been waiting for.' Caesar said, 'What do you command me?' He said, 'As for me, I believe in him and follow him.' Caesar said, 'I know that it is so, but I cannot do it. If I do, my kingdom will be gone and the Romans will kill me.'

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