Hadith 1774
حَدَّثَنِي
يُوسُفُ بْنُ حَمَّادٍ الْمَعْنِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا
عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى ، 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 " ،
It has been narrated on the authority of Anas that the Prophet (ﷺ) of Allah (ﷺ) 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 (ﷺ) had said the funeral prayers.
Hadith 1774
The tradition has been narrated on the authority of Anas bin Malik (RA) (the same narrator) through a different chain of transmitters, but this version does not mention: "And he was not the Negus for whom the Prophet (ﷺ) had said the funeral prayers."
Hadith 1774
It has been narrated on the authority of the same narrator through another chain of transmitters with the same difference in the wording.