Hadith 20667
حَدَّثَنَا
يُونُسُ ،
وَحُسَيْنٌ ، قَالَا : حَدَّثَنَا
شَيْبَانُ ، عَنْ
قَتَادَةَ ، عن
مُضارِب بن حَزْن العِجلي قَالَ : وَجَدْتُ
مِرْثَدَ بْنَ ظَبْيَانَ ، قَالَ : جَاءَنَا كِتَابٌ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَمَا وَجَدْنَا لَهُ كَاتِبًا يَقْرَؤُهُ عَلَيْنَا ، حَتَّى قَرَأَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي ضُبَيْعَةَ " مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ إِلَى بَكْرِ بْنِ وَائِلٍ ،
أَسْلِمُوا تَسْلَمُوا " .
It is narrated from Hazrat Mirthad that a letter from the Prophet (peace be upon him) came to us, but we could not find any literate person who could read it out to us. Eventually, a man from Banu Zubay‘ah read the letter to us, the contents of which were: "From the Messenger of Allah to Bakr bin Wa’il: Accept Islam and you will find safety."