Mishkat
al-Masabih
مشكاة المصابيح
19
Jihad
كتاب الجهاد
Chapter 4a: Writing to non-believers and Summoning them to Islam - Section 1
باب الكتاب إلى الكفار ودعائهم إلى الإسلام - الفصل الأول
Mishkat al-Masabih 3928
Anas told that the Prophet (ﷺ) wrote to Kisra, Qaisar, the Najashi, and every powerful man, summoning them to Allah, but it was not the Najashi on whom the Prophet (ﷺ) 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.
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
REFERENCE: Mishkat al-Masabih 3928
In-book reference: Mishkat al-Masabih Book 19 Chapter 4a Hadith 1
In-book reference: Mishkat al-Masabih Book 19 Chapter 4a Hadith 1