مصنف ابن ابي شيبه
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah
كتاب المغازيBook of Battles
ما ذكر في كتب النبي ﷺ وبعوثهHadiths Mentioning the Letters and Messengers of the Prophet (ﷺ)
Hadith 39389
٣٩٣٨٩ - حدثنا حاتم بن إسماعيل عن يعقوب عن جعفر بن عمرو قال: بعث رسول اللَّه ﷺ أربعة نفر إلى أربعة وجوه: رجلا إلى كسرى، ورجلا إلى قيصر، ورجلا إلى المقوقس، وبعث عمرو بن أمية إلى النجاشي، فأصبح كل رجل منهم يتكلم بلسان القوم الذين بعث إليهم، فلما أتى عمروُ بن أمية النجاشي وجد لهم بابا صغيرا يدخلون منه مكفرين (١)، فلما رأى عمرو ذلك ولى ظهره القهقري، قال: فشق ذلك على الحبشة في مجلسهم عند النجاشي حتى هموا به حتى قالوا للنجاشي: إن هذا لم يدخل كما دخلنا، قال: ما منعك أن تدخل كما دخلوا؟ قال: إنا لا نصنع هذا بنبينا (٢)، ولو صنعناه بأحد صنعناه به، قال: صدق، قال: دعوه، قالوا للنجاشي: هذا يزعم أن عيسى (٣) مملوك، قال: فما تقول في عيسى (٤)؟ قال: كلمة ⦗٤١١⦘ اللَّه وروحه، قال: (ما استطاع) (٥) عيسى أن يعدو ذلك (٦).
Hazrat Ja'far bin Amr says: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent four individuals as envoys to four people. One man to Kisra, one man to Caesar, one man to Muqawqis, and Amr bin Umayyah to Najashi. Each of these men became a speaker of the language of the people to whom they were sent as envoys. So when Hazrat Amr bin Umayyah arrived at Najashi, he found there a small door through which people would pass by bowing. When Hazrat Amr saw this, he turned back on his heels. The narrator says: This act was resented by the Abyssinians sitting in Najashi’s assembly to the extent that they intended to harm him, and to the extent that they complained to King Najashi, saying: This man did not enter in the way we enter. Najashi asked: What prevented you from entering as people do? Hazrat Amr replied: We do not do this with our Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and if we were to do this with anyone, we would do it with our Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Najashi said: He has spoken the truth, and Najashi said: Leave him alone. The people said to Najashi: This man thinks that Isa (Jesus) is a slave. Najashi asked: What do you say about Isa? Hazrat Amr replied: He is Allah’s word and a spirit from Allah. Najashi said: Isa cannot go beyond this (i.e., this is indeed the reality).
