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Sahih Muslim 1774a

The Prophet of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) wrote to Chosroes (King of Persia), Caesar (Emperor of Rome), Negus (King of Abyssinia) and every (other) despot inviting them to Allah, the…

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حَدَّثَنِي يُوسُفُ بْنُ حَمَّادٍ الْمَعْنِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الأَعْلَى، عَنْ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَتَبَ إِلَى كِسْرَى وَإِلَى قَيْصَرَ وَإِلَى النَّجَاشِيِّ وَإِلَى كُلِّ جَبَّارٍ يَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَى اللَّهِ تَعَالَى وَلَيْسَ بِالنَّجَاشِيِّ الَّذِي صَلَّى عَلَيْهِ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ

The Prophet of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) wrote to Chosroes (King of Persia), Caesar (Emperor of Rome), Negus (King of Abyssinia) and every (other) despot inviting them to Allah, the Exalted. And this Negus was not the one for whom the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) had said the funeral prayers.

ইসহাক ইবনু মানসুর (রহঃ) .... আবূ হুরায়রাহ (রাযিঃ) থেকে বর্ণিত। তিনি বলেন, রসূলুল্লাহ সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম বলেছেনঃ রাতের অর্ধেক অথবা দু' তৃতীয়াংশ অতিক্রম হলে মহান ও বারাকাতময় আল্লাহ দুনিয়ার আসমানে অবতরণ করে বলতে থাকেনঃ কোন প্রার্থনাকারী আছে কি যাকে দেয়া হবে? কোন আহবানকারী আছে কি যার আহবানে সাড়া দেয়া হবে?

কোন ক্ষমা প্রার্থনাকারী আছে কি, যাকে ক্ষমা করা হবে? আল্লাহ তা'আলা ভোর প্রকাশিত না হওয়া পর্যন্ত এরূপ বলতে থাকেন। (ইসলামী ফাউন্ডেশন ১৬৪৪, ইসলামীক সেন্টার)

ابو بن سلمہ عبدالرحمان نے حضرت ابو ہریرہ رضی اللہ تعالیٰ عنہ سے حدیث بیا ن کی ، انھوں نے کہا : رسول اللہ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے فرمایا : " جب رات کا آدھا یا دو تہائی حصہ گزر جاتا ہے توا للہ تبارک وتعا لیٰ آسمان دنیا پر نزول فرماتا ہے اور کہتا ہے : کیا کوئی مانگنے والا ہے کہ اسے دیاجائے؟کیا کوئی د عا کرنے والا ہے کہ اس کی دعا قبول کیجائے؟کیاکوئی بخشش کا طلبگار ہے کہ اسے بخشا جائے حتیٰ کہ صبح پھوٹ پڑتی ہے ۔

Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Ishaq bin Manshur] telah mengabarkan kepada kami [Abul Mughirah] telah menceritakan kepada kami [Al Auza'i] telah menceritakan kepada kami [Yahya] telah menceritakan kepada kami [Abu Salamah bin Abdurrahman] dari [Abu Hurairah] ia berkata; Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam bersabda: "Jika pertengahan malam atau sepertiga malam telah berlalu, Allah Tabaraka wa Ta'ala turun ke langit dunia dan berfirman, 'Adakah orang yang meminta hingga diberi, adakah orang yang berdo'a hingga dikabulkan, dan adakah orang yang memohon ampun hingga dosanya diampuni.' Demikian itu terjadi hingga waktu Shubuh datang

Bize, îshâk b. Mansûr rivayet etti. (Dediki): Bize Ebû'I-Mugîre haber verdi. (Dediki): Bize, Evzâî rivayet etti. (Dediki): Bize, Yahya rivayet etti. (Dediki): Bize, Ebû Selemete'bnü Abdrirahmân, Ebû Hureyre'den naklen rivayet etti. Şöyle demiş: Resûlullah (Sallallahu Aleyhi ve Sellem): «Gecenin yarısı yahut üçte ikisi geçtiği zaman Allah Tebâreke ve Teâlâ alt semâya nüzul eder de: Var mı isteyen?

kendisine verilecek! Duâ eden var mı? duası kabul edilecek! İstiğfarda bulunan var mı? kendisine mağfiret olunacakdır! buyurur. (Bu) tâ sabah aydınlayıncaya kadar (böyle devam eder.)» buyurdular

Sahih Muslim 1774a, Book 32, The Book of Jihad and Expeditions, Hadith 91. 1 min read

What it means

Anas ibn Mālik (may Allah be pleased with him) informed that the Prophet (ﷺ), before his death, sent letters to the kings of the nations around him, inviting them to Islam. He wrote a letter to Khosrow (a title for every ruler of Persia), to Caesar (a title for every ruler of the Romans), and to the Negus (a title for the kings of Abyssinia).

He also wrote to every tyrannical king who subjugated and oppressed people. Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) clarified that the Negus to whom the letter was sent was not the same Negus who had embraced Islam, passed away, and for whom the Prophet (ﷺ) performed the absentee funeral prayer.

What it teaches

  • The legitimacy of inviting non-Muslims to Islam, including their kings and rulers.
  • The legitimacy of using written documents and letters.

From the Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, hadeethenc.com.

The chain

Who passed it on, from Imam Muslim back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam MuslimCompiler, died 261 AH
  2. 2Yusuf ibn HammadTold me, Fourth generation, died 245 AH
  3. 3Abd al-Ala ibn Abd al-AlaTold us, Third generation, died 184 AH
  4. 4Said ibn Abi ArubahFrom, Successor, died 150 AH
  5. 5Qatadah ibn DiamahFrom, Successor, died 117 AH
  6. 6Anas ibn MalikFrom, Companion, died 90 AH

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