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مسند أبي يعلى الموصلي
Musnad Abi Ya'la al-Mawsili
أول مسند ابن عباس
Beginning of the Musnad of Ibn Abbas
أَوَّلُ مُسْنَدِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ
Beginning of the Musnad of Ibn Abbas
Musnad Abi Ya'la 2616 — the Messenger of Allah ﷺ wrote a noble letter
حَدَّثَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمُوَقَّرِيُّ ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - كَتَبَ إِلَى قَيْصَرَ يَدْعُوهُ إِلَى الْإِسْلَامِ ، فَبَعَثَ بِكِتَابِهِ مَعَ دِحْيَةَ الْكَلْبِيِّ ، وَأَمَرَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - أَنْ يَدْفَعَهُ إِلَى عَظِيمِ بُصْرَى لِيَدْفَعَهُ إِلَى قَيْصَرَ ، فَدَفَعَهُ عَظِيمُ بُصْرَى إِلَى قَيْصَرَ ، فَكَانَ قَيْصَرُ لَمَّا كَشَفَ اللهُ عَنْهُ جُنُودَ فَارِسَ ، نَذَرَ أَنْ يَمْشِيَ مِنْ حِمْصَ إِلَى إِيلِيَاءَ بِمَا أَبْلَاهُ اللهُ فِي ذَلِكَ ، فَلَمَّا جَاءَ قَيْصَرَ كِتَابُ رَسُولِ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - ، قَالَ حِينَ قَرَأَ : الْتَمِسُوا هَلْ هَاهُنَا مِنْ قَوْمِهِ أَحَدٌ لِنَسْأَلَهُمْ ، عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ . - ؟
It is narrated from Ubaydullah bin Abdullah bin Utbah bin Mas'ud (may Allah have mercy on him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) wrote a noble letter to Caesar (of Rome) inviting him to Islam, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) entrusted this blessed letter of his to Sayyiduna Dihyah al-Kalbi (may Allah be pleased with him), commanding him to hand it to the ruler of Busra so that he would deliver it to Caesar; so the ruler of Busra presented the letter to Caesar. Caesar had vowed that when Allah Almighty defeated the armies of Persia before him, he would walk from Hims to Iliya (Jerusalem) in return for this favour of Allah. When the letter of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) reached Caesar, he read it and said: "Search: is there anyone of his (the Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him)) people here, so that we may ask him some questions about the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)?"
