{"id":7,"collection_id":1,"collection":"bukhari","collection_name":"Sahih al-Bukhari","book_number":"1","bab_id":6.0,"english_bab_number":"6","arabic_bab_number":"6","hadith_number":"7","our_hadith_number":7,"arabic_urn":100070,"arabic_bab_name":"باب","arabic_text":"أَيُّكُمْ أَقْرَبُ نَسَبًا بِهَذَا الرَّجُلِ الَّذِي يَزْعُمُ أَنَّهُ نَبِيٌّ فَقَالَ أَبُو سُفْيَانَ فَقُلْتُ أَنَا أَقْرَبُهُمْ نَسَبًا‏.‏ فَقَالَ أَدْنُوهُ مِنِّي، وَقَرِّبُوا أَصْحَابَهُ، فَاجْعَلُوهُمْ عِنْدَ ظَهْرِهِ‏.‏ ثُمَّ قَالَ لِتَرْجُمَانِهِ قُلْ لَهُمْ إِنِّي سَائِلٌ هَذَا عَنْ هَذَا الرَّجُلِ، فَإِنْ كَذَبَنِي فَكَذِّبُوهُ‏.‏ فَوَاللَّهِ لَوْلاَ الْحَيَاءُ مِنْ أَنْ يَأْثِرُوا عَلَىَّ كَذِبًا لَكَذَبْتُ عَنْهُ، ثُمَّ كَانَ أَوَّلَ مَا سَأَلَنِي عَنْهُ أَنْ قَالَ كَيْفَ نَسَبُهُ فِيكُمْ قُلْتُ هُوَ فِينَا ذُو نَسَبٍ‏.‏ قَالَ فَهَلْ قَالَ هَذَا الْقَوْلَ مِنْكُمْ أَحَدٌ قَطُّ قَبْلَهُ قُلْتُ لاَ‏.‏ قَالَ فَهَلْ كَانَ مِنْ آبَائِهِ مِنْ مَلِكٍ قُلْتُ لاَ‏.‏ قَالَ فَأَشْرَافُ النَّاسِ يَتَّبِعُونَهُ أَمْ ضُعَفَاؤُهُمْ فَقُلْتُ بَلْ ضُعَفَاؤُهُمْ‏.‏ قَالَ أَيَزِيدُونَ أَمْ يَنْقُصُونَ قُلْتُ بَلْ يَزِيدُونَ‏.‏ قَالَ فَهَلْ يَرْتَدُّ أَحَدٌ مِنْهُمْ سَخْطَةً لِدِينِهِ بَعْدَ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ فِيهِ قُلْتُ لاَ‏.‏ قَالَ فَهَلْ كُنْتُمْ تَتَّهِمُونَهُ بِالْكَذِبِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَقُولَ مَا قَالَ قُلْتُ لاَ‏.‏ قَالَ فَهَلْ يَغْدِرُ قُلْتُ لاَ، وَنَحْنُ مِنْهُ فِي مُدَّةٍ لاَ نَدْرِي مَا هُوَ فَاعِلٌ فِيهَا‏.‏ قَالَ وَلَمْ تُمْكِنِّي كَلِمَةٌ أُدْخِلُ فِيهَا شَيْئًا غَيْرُ هَذِهِ الْكَلِمَةِ‏.‏ قَالَ فَهَلْ قَاتَلْتُمُوهُ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ‏.‏ قَالَ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ قِتَالُكُمْ إِيَّاهُ قُلْتُ الْحَرْبُ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَهُ سِجَالٌ، يَنَالُ مِنَّا وَنَنَالُ مِنْهُ‏.‏ قَالَ مَاذَا يَأْمُرُكُمْ قُلْتُ يَقُولُ اعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ وَحْدَهُ، وَلاَ تُشْرِكُوا بِهِ شَيْئًا، وَاتْرُكُوا مَا يَقُولُ آبَاؤُكُمْ، وَيَأْمُرُنَا بِالصَّلاَةِ وَالصِّدْقِ وَالْعَفَافِ وَالصِّلَةِ‏.‏ فَقَالَ لِلتَّرْجُمَانِ قُلْ لَهُ سَأَلْتُكَ عَنْ نَسَبِهِ، فَذَكَرْتَ أَنَّهُ فِيكُمْ ذُو نَسَبٍ، فَكَذَلِكَ الرُّسُلُ تُبْعَثُ فِي نَسَبِ قَوْمِهَا، وَسَأَلْتُكَ هَلْ قَالَ أَحَدٌ مِنْكُمْ هَذَا الْقَوْلَ فَذَكَرْتَ أَنْ لاَ، فَقُلْتُ لَوْ كَانَ أَحَدٌ قَالَ هَذَا الْقَوْلَ قَبْلَهُ لَقُلْتُ رَجُلٌ يَأْتَسِي بِقَوْلٍ قِيلَ قَبْلَهُ، وَسَأَلْتُكَ هَلْ كَانَ مِنْ آبَائِهِ مِنْ مَلِكٍ فَذَكَرْتَ أَنْ لاَ، قُلْتُ فَلَوْ كَانَ مِنْ آبَائِهِ مِنْ مَلِكٍ قُلْتُ رَجُلٌ يَطْلُبُ مُلْكَ أَبِيهِ، وَسَأَلْتُكَ هَلْ كُنْتُمْ تَتَّهِمُونَهُ بِالْكَذِبِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَقُولَ مَا قَالَ فَذَكَرْتَ أَنْ لاَ، فَقَدْ أَعْرِفُ أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِيَذَرَ الْكَذِبَ عَلَى النَّاسِ وَيَكْذِبَ عَلَى اللَّهِ، وَسَأَلْتُكَ أَشْرَافُ النَّاسِ اتَّبَعُوهُ أَمْ ضُعَفَاؤُهُمْ فَذَكَرْتَ أَنَّ ضُعَفَاءَهُمُ اتَّبَعُوهُ، وَهُمْ أَتْبَاعُ الرُّسُلِ، وَسَأَلْتُكَ أَيَزِيدُونَ أَمْ يَنْقُصُونَ فَذَكَرْتَ أَنَّهُمْ يَزِيدُونَ، وَكَذَلِكَ أَمْرُ الإِيمَانِ حَتَّى يَتِمَّ، وَسَأَلْتُكَ أَيَرْتَدُّ أَحَدٌ سَخْطَةً لِدِينِهِ بَعْدَ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ فِيهِ فَذَكَرْتَ أَنْ لاَ، وَكَذَلِكَ الإِيمَانُ حِينَ تُخَالِطُ بَشَاشَتُهُ الْقُلُوبَ، وَسَأَلْتُكَ هَلْ يَغْدِرُ فَذَكَرْتَ أَنْ لاَ، وَكَذَلِكَ الرُّسُلُ لاَ تَغْدِرُ، وَسَأَلْتُكَ بِمَا يَأْمُرُكُمْ، فَذَكَرْتَ أَنَّهُ يَأْمُرُكُمْ أَنْ تَعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ، وَلاَ تُشْرِكُوا بِهِ شَيْئًا، وَيَنْهَاكُمْ عَنْ عِبَادَةِ الأَوْثَانِ، وَيَأْمُرُكُمْ بِالصَّلاَةِ وَالصِّدْقِ وَالْعَفَافِ‏.‏ فَإِنْ كَانَ مَا تَقُولُ حَقًّا فَسَيَمْلِكُ مَوْضِعَ قَدَمَىَّ هَاتَيْنِ، وَقَدْ كُنْتُ أَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ خَارِجٌ، لَمْ أَكُنْ أَظُنُّ أَنَّهُ مِنْكُمْ، فَلَوْ أَنِّي أَعْلَمُ أَنِّي أَخْلُصُ إِلَيْهِ لَتَجَشَّمْتُ لِقَاءَهُ، وَلَوْ كُنْتُ عِنْدَهُ لَغَسَلْتُ عَنْ قَدَمِهِ‏.‏ ثُمَّ دَعَا بِكِتَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم الَّذِي بَعَثَ بِهِ دِحْيَةُ إِلَى عَظِيمِ بُصْرَى، فَدَفَعَهُ إِلَى هِرَقْلَ فَقَرَأَهُ فَإِذَا فِيهِ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ‏.‏ مِنْ مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ إِلَى هِرَقْلَ عَظِيمِ الرُّومِ‏.‏ سَلاَمٌ عَلَى مَنِ اتَّبَعَ الْهُدَى، أَمَّا بَعْدُ فَإِنِّي أَدْعُوكَ بِدِعَايَةِ الإِسْلاَمِ، أَسْلِمْ تَسْلَمْ، يُؤْتِكَ اللَّهُ أَجْرَكَ مَرَّتَيْنِ، فَإِنْ تَوَلَّيْتَ فَإِنَّ عَلَيْكَ إِثْمَ الأَرِيسِيِّينَ وَ‏{‏يَا أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ تَعَالَوْا إِلَى كَلِمَةٍ سَوَاءٍ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكُمْ أَنْ لاَ نَعْبُدَ إِلاَّ اللَّهَ وَلاَ نُشْرِكَ بِهِ شَيْئًا وَلاَ يَتَّخِذَ بَعْضُنَا بَعْضًا أَرْبَابًا مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ فَإِنْ تَوَلَّوْا فَقُولُوا اشْهَدُوا بِأَنَّا مُسْلِمُونَ‏}‏ قَالَ أَبُو سُفْيَانَ فَلَمَّا قَالَ مَا قَالَ، وَفَرَغَ مِنْ قِرَاءَةِ الْكِتَابِ كَثُرَ عِنْدَهُ الصَّخَبُ، وَارْتَفَعَتِ الأَصْوَاتُ وَأُخْرِجْنَا، فَقُلْتُ لأَصْحَابِي حِينَ أُخْرِجْنَا لَقَدْ أَمِرَ أَمْرُ ابْنِ أَبِي كَبْشَةَ، إِنَّهُ يَخَافُهُ مَلِكُ بَنِي الأَصْفَرِ‏.‏ فَمَا زِلْتُ مُوقِنًا أَنَّهُ سَيَظْهَرُ حَتَّى أَدْخَلَ اللَّهُ عَلَىَّ الإِسْلاَمَ‏.‏ وَكَانَ ابْنُ النَّاظُورِ صَاحِبُ إِيلِيَاءَ وَهِرَقْلَ سُقُفًّا عَلَى نَصَارَى الشَّأْمِ، يُحَدِّثُ أَنَّ هِرَقْلَ حِينَ قَدِمَ إِيلِيَاءَ أَصْبَحَ يَوْمًا خَبِيثَ النَّفْسِ، فَقَالَ بَعْضُ بَطَارِقَتِهِ قَدِ اسْتَنْكَرْنَا هَيْئَتَكَ‏.‏ قَالَ ابْنُ النَّاظُورِ وَكَانَ هِرَقْلُ حَزَّاءً يَنْظُرُ فِي النُّجُومِ، فَقَالَ لَهُمْ حِينَ سَأَلُوهُ إِنِّي رَأَيْتُ اللَّيْلَةَ حِينَ نَظَرْتُ فِي النُّجُومِ مَلِكَ الْخِتَانِ قَدْ ظَهَرَ، فَمَنْ يَخْتَتِنُ مِنْ هَذِهِ الأُمَّةِ قَالُوا لَيْسَ يَخْتَتِنُ إِلاَّ الْيَهُودُ فَلاَ يُهِمَّنَّكَ شَأْنُهُمْ وَاكْتُبْ إِلَى مَدَايِنِ مُلْكِكَ، فَيَقْتُلُوا مَنْ فِيهِمْ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ‏.‏ فَبَيْنَمَا هُمْ عَلَى أَمْرِهِمْ أُتِيَ هِرَقْلُ بِرَجُلٍ أَرْسَلَ بِهِ مَلِكُ غَسَّانَ، يُخْبِرُ عَنْ خَبَرِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَلَمَّا اسْتَخْبَرَهُ هِرَقْلُ قَالَ اذْهَبُوا فَانْظُرُوا أَمُخْتَتِنٌ هُوَ أَمْ لاَ‏.‏ فَنَظَرُوا إِلَيْهِ، فَحَدَّثُوهُ أَنَّهُ مُخْتَتِنٌ، وَسَأَلَهُ عَنِ الْعَرَبِ فَقَالَ هُمْ يَخْتَتِنُونَ‏.‏ فَقَالَ هِرَقْلُ هَذَا مَلِكُ هَذِهِ الأُمَّةِ قَدْ ظَهَرَ‏.‏ ثُمَّ كَتَبَ هِرَقْلُ إِلَى صَاحِبٍ لَهُ بِرُومِيَةَ، وَكَانَ نَظِيرَهُ فِي الْعِلْمِ، وَسَارَ هِرَقْلُ إِلَى حِمْصَ، فَلَمْ يَرِمْ حِمْصَ حَتَّى أَتَاهُ كِتَابٌ مِنْ صَاحِبِهِ يُوَافِقُ رَأْىَ هِرَقْلَ عَلَى خُرُوجِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَأَنَّهُ نَبِيٌّ، فَأَذِنَ هِرَقْلُ لِعُظَمَاءِ الرُّومِ فِي دَسْكَرَةٍ لَهُ بِحِمْصَ ثُمَّ أَمَرَ بِأَبْوَابِهَا فَغُلِّقَتْ، ثُمَّ اطَّلَعَ فَقَالَ يَا مَعْشَرَ الرُّومِ، هَلْ لَكُمْ فِي الْفَلاَحِ وَالرُّشْدِ وَأَنْ يَثْبُتَ مُلْكُكُمْ فَتُبَايِعُوا هَذَا النَّبِيَّ، فَحَاصُوا حَيْصَةَ حُمُرِ الْوَحْشِ إِلَى الأَبْوَابِ، فَوَجَدُوهَا قَدْ غُلِّقَتْ، فَلَمَّا رَأَى هِرَقْلُ نَفْرَتَهُمْ، وَأَيِسَ مِنَ الإِيمَانِ قَالَ رُدُّوهُمْ عَلَىَّ‏.‏ وَقَالَ إِنِّي قُلْتُ مَقَالَتِي آنِفًا أَخْتَبِرُ بِهَا شِدَّتَكُمْ عَلَى دِينِكُمْ، فَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ‏.‏ فَسَجَدُوا لَهُ وَرَضُوا عَنْهُ، فَكَانَ ذَلِكَ آخِرَ شَأْنِ هِرَقْلَ‏.‏","arabic_transliteration":"'ayyukum 'aqrabu nasabana bihadhaa alrrajuli alladhiy yaz'umu 'annahu nabiyyun faqaala 'abuw sufyaana faqultu 'anaa 'aqrabuhum nasabana‏.‏ faqaala 'adnuwhu minniy، waqarribuwa 'ashaabahu، faaj'aluwhum 'inda zahrihi‏.‏ thumma qaala litarjumaanihi qul lahum 'inniy saa'ilun hadhaa 'an hadhaa alrrajuli، fa'in kadhabaniy fakadhdhibuwhu‏.‏ fawaalllahi lawlaa alhayaa'u min 'an ya'thiruwa 'alayya kadhibana lakadhabtu 'anhu، thumma kaana 'awwala maa sa'alaniy 'anhu 'an qaala kayfa nasabuhu fiykum qultu huwa fiynaa dhuw nasabin‏.‏ qaala fahal qaala hadhaa alqawla minkum 'ahadun qattu qablahu qultu laa‏.‏ qaala fahal kaana min 'aabaa'ihi min malikin qultu laa‏.‏ qaala fa'ashraafu alnnaasi yattabi'uwnahu 'am du'afaa'uhum faqultu bal du'afaa'uhum‏.‏ qaala 'ayaziyduwna 'am yanqusuwna qultu bal yaziyduwna‏.‏ qaala fahal yartaddu 'ahadun minhum sakhtahan lidiynihi ba'da 'an yadkhula fiyhi qultu laa‏.‏ qaala fahal kuntum tattahimuwnahu bialkadhibi qabla 'an yaquwla maa qaala qultu laa‏.‏ qaala fahal yaghdiru qultu laa، wanahnu minhu fiy muddahin laa nadriy maa huwa faa'ilun fiyhaa‏.‏ qaala walam tumkinniy kalimahun 'udkhilu fiyhaa shay'ana ghayru hadhihi alkalimahi‏.‏ qaala fahal qaataltumuwhu qultu na'am‏.‏ qaala fakayfa kaana qitaalukum 'iyyaahu qultu alharbu baynanaa wabaynahu sijaalun، yanaalu minnaa wananaalu minhu‏.‏ qaala maadhaa ya'murukum qultu yaquwlu a'buduwa alllaha wahdahu، walaa tushrikuwa bihi shay'ana، waatrukuwa maa yaquwlu 'aabaa'ukum، waya'murunaa bialssalaahi waalssidqi waal'afaafi waalssilahi‏.‏ faqaala lilttarjumaani qul lahu sa'altuka 'an nasabihi، fadhakarta 'annahu fiykum dhuw nasabin، fakadhalika alrrusulu tub'athu fiy nasabi qawmihaa، wasa'altuka hal qaala 'ahadun minkum hadhaa alqawla fadhakarta 'an laa، faqultu law kaana 'ahadun qaala hadhaa alqawla qablahu laqultu rajulun ya'tasiy biqawlin qiyla qablahu، wasa'altuka hal kaana min 'aabaa'ihi min malikin fadhakarta 'an laa، qultu falaw kaana min 'aabaa'ihi min malikin qultu rajulun yatlubu mulka 'abiyhi، wasa'altuka hal kuntum tattahimuwnahu bialkadhibi qabla 'an yaquwla maa qaala fadhakarta 'an laa، faqad 'a'rifu 'annahu lam yakun liyadhara alkadhiba 'alay alnnaasi wayakdhiba 'alay alllahi، wasa'altuka 'ashraafu alnnaasi attaba'uwhu 'am du'afaa'uhum fadhakarta 'anna du'afaa'ahumu attaba'uwhu، wahum 'atbaa'u alrrusuli، wasa'altuka 'ayaziyduwna 'am yanqusuwna fadhakarta 'annahum yaziyduwna، wakadhalika 'amru al'iymaani hattay yatimma، wasa'altuka 'ayartaddu 'ahadun sakhtahan lidiynihi ba'da 'an yadkhula fiyhi fadhakarta 'an laa، wakadhalika al'iymaanu hiyna tukhaalitu bashaashatuhu alquluwba، wasa'altuka hal yaghdiru fadhakarta 'an laa، wakadhalika alrrusulu laa taghdiru، wasa'altuka bimaa ya'murukum، fadhakarta 'annahu ya'murukum 'an ta'buduwa alllaha، walaa tushrikuwa bihi shay'ana، wayanhaakum 'an 'ibaadahi al'awthaani، waya'murukum bialssalaahi waalssidqi waal'afaafi‏.‏ fa'in kaana maa taquwlu haqqana fasayamliku mawdi'a qadamayya haatayni، waqad kuntu 'a'lamu 'annahu khaarijun، lam 'akun 'azunnu 'annahu minkum، falaw 'anniy 'a'lamu 'anniy 'akhlusu 'ilayhi latajashshamtu liqaa'ahu، walaw kuntu 'indahu laghasaltu 'an qadamihi‏.‏ thumma da'aa bikitaabi rasuwli alllahi sly allh 'lyh wslm alladhiy ba'atha bihi dihyahu 'ilay 'aziymi busray، fadafa'ahu 'ilay hiraqla faqara'ahu fa'idhaa fiyhi bismi alllahi alrrahmani alrrahiymi‏.‏ min muhammadin 'abdi alllahi warasuwlihi 'ilay hiraqla 'aziymi alrruwmi‏.‏ salaamun 'alay mani attaba'a alhuday، 'ammaa ba'du fa'inniy 'ad'uwka bidi'aayahi al'islaami، 'aslim taslam، yu'tika alllahu 'ajraka marratayni، fa'in tawallayta fa'inna 'alayka 'ithma al'ariysiyyiyna wa‏{‏yaa 'ahla alkitaabi ta'aalawa 'ilay kalimahin sawaa'in baynanaa wabaynakum 'an laa na'buda 'ilaaa alllaha walaa nushrika bihi shay'ana walaa yattakhidha ba'dunaa ba'dana 'arbaabana min duwni alllahi fa'in tawallawa faquwluwa ashhaduwa bi'annaa muslimuwna‏}‏ qaala 'abuw sufyaana falammaa qaala maa qaala، wafaragha min qiraa'ahi alkitaabi kathura 'indahu alssakhabu، waartafa'ati al'aswaatu wa'ukhrijnaa، faqultu l'ashaabiy hiyna 'ukhrijnaa laqad 'amira 'amru abni 'abiy kabshaha، 'innahu yakhaafuhu maliku baniy al'asfari‏.‏ famaa ziltu muwqinana 'annahu sayazharu hattay 'adkhala alllahu 'alayya al'islaama‏.‏ wakaana abnu alnnaazuwri saahibu 'iyliyaa'a wahiraqla suquffana 'alay nasaaray alshsha'mi، yuhaddithu 'anna hiraqla hiyna qadima 'iyliyaa'a 'asbaha yawmana khabiytha alnnafsi، faqaala ba'du bataariqatihi qadi astankarnaa hay'ataka‏.‏ qaala abnu alnnaazuwri wakaana hiraqlu hazzaa'an yanzuru fiy alnnujuwmi، faqaala lahum hiyna sa'aluwhu 'inniy ra'aytu alllaylaha hiyna nazartu fiy alnnujuwmi malika alkhitaani qad zahara، faman yakhtatinu min hadhihi al'ummahi qaaluwa laysa yakhtatinu 'ilaaa alyahuwdu falaa yuhimmannaka sha'nuhum waaktub 'ilay madaayini mulkika، fayaqtuluwa man fiyhim mina alyahuwdi‏.‏ fabaynamaa hum 'alay 'amrihim 'utiya hiraqlu birajulin 'arsala bihi maliku ghassaana، yukhbiru 'an khabari rasuwli alllahi sly allh 'lyh wslm falammaa astakhbarahu hiraqlu qaala adhhabuwa faanzuruwa 'amukhtatinun huwa 'am laa‏.‏ fanazaruwa 'ilayhi، fahaddathuwhu 'annahu mukhtatinun، wasa'alahu 'ani al'arabi faqaala hum yakhtatinuwna‏.‏ faqaala hiraqlu hadhaa maliku hadhihi al'ummahi qad zahara‏.‏ thumma kataba hiraqlu 'ilay saahibin lahu biruwmiyaha، wakaana naziyrahu fiy al'ilmi، wasaara hiraqlu 'ilay himsa، falam yarim himsa hattay 'ataahu kitaabun min saahibihi yuwaafiqu ra'ya hiraqla 'alay khuruwji alnnabiyyi sly allh 'lyh wslm wa'annahu nabiyyun، fa'adhina hiraqlu li'uzamaa'i alrruwmi fiy daskarahin lahu bihimsa thumma 'amara bi'abwaabihaa faghulliqat، thumma attala'a faqaala yaa ma'shara alrruwmi، hal lakum fiy alfalaahi waalrrushdi wa'an yathbuta mulkukum fatubaayi'uwa hadhaa alnnabiyya، fahaasuwa haysaha humuri alwahshi 'ilay al'abwaabi، fawajaduwhaa qad ghulliqat، falammaa ra'ay hiraqlu nafratahum، wa'ayisa mina al'iymaani qaala rudduwhum 'alayya‏.‏ waqaala 'inniy qultu maqaalatiy 'aanifana 'akhtabiru bihaa shiddatakum 'alay diynikum، faqad ra'aytu‏.‏ fasajaduwa lahu waraduwa 'anhu، fakaana dhalika 'aakhira sha'ni hiraqla‏.‏","arabic_grade":"صحيح","english_urn":60,"english_bab_name":null,"english_text":"

\n\n Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Abbas:\n

\n\n Abu Sufyan bin Harb informed me that Heraclius had sent a messenger to\n him while he had been accompanying a caravan from Quraish. They were \n merchants doing business in Sham (Syria, Palestine, Lebanon and \n Jordan), at the time when Allah's Apostle had truce with Abu Sufyan \n and Quraish infidels. So Abu Sufyan and his companions went to \n Heraclius at Ilya (Jerusalem). Heraclius called them in the court and \n he had all the senior Roman dignitaries around him. He called for his \n translator who, translating Heraclius's question said to them, \"Who \n amongst you is closely related to that man who claims to be a \n Prophet?\" Abu Sufyan replied, \"I am the nearest relative to him \n (amongst the group).\"\n

\n\n Heraclius said, \"Bring him (Abu Sufyan) close to me and make his \n companions stand behind him.\" Abu Sufyan added, Heraclius told his \n translator to tell my companions that he wanted to put some questions \n to me regarding that man (The Prophet) and that if I told a lie they \n (my companions) should contradict me.\" Abu Sufyan added, \"By Allah! \n Had I not been afraid of my companions labeling me a liar, I would not\n have spoken the truth about the Prophet. The first question he asked \n me about him was:\n

\n\n 'What is his family status amongst you?' \n

\n\n I replied, 'He belongs to a good (noble) family amongst us.' \n

\n\n Heraclius further asked, 'Has anybody amongst you ever claimed the \n same (i.e. to be a Prophet) before him?'\n

\n\n I replied, 'No.'\n

\n\n He said, 'Was anybody amongst his ancestors a king?'\n

\n\n I replied, 'No.'\n

\n\n Heraclius asked, 'Do the nobles or the poor follow him?'\n

\n\n I replied, 'It is the poor who follow him.'\n

\n\n He said, 'Are his followers increasing decreasing (day by day)?'\n

\n\n I replied, 'They are increasing.'\n

\n\n He then asked, 'Does anybody amongst those who embrace his religion \n become displeased and renounce the religion afterwards?'\n

\n\n I replied, 'No.'\n

\n\n Heraclius said, 'Have you ever accused him of telling lies before his \n claim (to be a Prophet)?'\n

\n\n I replied, 'No. '\n

\n\n Heraclius said, 'Does he break his promises?'\n

\n\n I replied, 'No. We are at truce with him but we do not know what he \n will do in it.' I could not find opportunity to say anything against \n him except that.\n

\n\n Heraclius asked, 'Have you ever had a war with him?'\n

\n\n I replied, 'Yes.'\n

\n\n Then he said, 'What was the outcome of the battles?'\n

\n\n I replied, 'Sometimes he was victorious and sometimes we.'\n

\n\n Heraclius said, 'What does he order you to do?'\n

\n\n I said, 'He tells us to worship Allah and Allah alone and not to \n worship anything along with Him, and to renounce all that our \n ancestors had said. He orders us to pray, to speak the truth, to be \n chaste and to keep good relations with our Kith and kin.'\n

\n\n Heraclius asked the translator to convey to me the following, I asked \n you about his family and your reply was that he belonged to a very \n noble family. In fact all the Apostles come from noble families \n amongst their respective peoples. I questioned you whether anybody \n else amongst you claimed such a thing, your reply was in the negative.\n If the answer had been in the affirmative, I would have thought that \n this man was following the previous man's statement. Then I asked you \n whether anyone of his ancestors was a king. Your reply was in the \n negative, and if it had been in the affirmative, I would have thought \n that this man wanted to take back his ancestral kingdom.\n

\n\n I further asked whether he was ever accused of telling lies before he \n said what he said, and your reply was in the negative. So I wondered \n how a person who does not tell a lie about others could ever tell a \n lie about Allah. I, then asked you whether the rich people followed \n him or the poor. You replied that it was the poor who followed him. \n And in fact all the Apostle have been followed by this very class of \n people. Then I asked you whether his followers were increasing or \n decreasing. You replied that they were increasing, and in fact this is\n the way of true faith, till it is complete in all respects. I further \n asked you whether there was anybody, who, after embracing his \n religion, became displeased and discarded his religion. Your reply was\n in the negative, and in fact this is (the sign of) true faith, when \n its delight enters the hearts and mixes with them completely. I asked \n you whether he had ever betrayed. You replied in the negative and \n likewise the Apostles never betray. Then I asked you what he ordered \n you to do. You replied that he ordered you to worship Allah and Allah \n alone and not to worship any thing along with Him and forbade you to \n worship idols and ordered you to pray, to speak the truth and to be \n chaste. If what you have said is true, he will very soon occupy this \n place underneath my feet and I knew it (from the scriptures) that he \n was going to appear but I did not know that he would be from you, and \n if I could reach him definitely, I would go immediately to meet him \n and if I were with him, I would certainly wash his feet.' Heraclius \n then asked for the letter addressed by Allah's Apostle\n

\n\n which was delivered by Dihya to the Governor of Busra, who forwarded \n it to Heraclius to read. The contents of the letter were as follows: \n \"In the name of Allah the Beneficent, the Merciful (This letter is) \n from Muhammad the slave of Allah and His Apostle to Heraclius the \n ruler of Byzantine. Peace be upon him, who follows the right path. \n Furthermore I invite you to Islam, and if you become a Muslim you will\n be safe, and Allah will double your reward, and if you reject this \n invitation of Islam you will be committing a sin of\n Arisiyin (tillers, farmers i.e. your people). And (Allah's Statement:)\n

\n\n 'O people of the scripture! Come to a word common to you and us that \n we worship none but Allah and that we associate nothing in worship \n with Him, and that none of us shall take others as Lords beside Allah.\n Then, if they turn away, say: Bear witness that we are Muslims (those \n who have surrendered to Allah).' (3:64).\n

\n\n Abu Sufyan then added, \"When Heraclius had finished his speech and had\n read the letter, there was a great hue and cry in the Royal Court. So \n we were turned out of the court. I told my companions that the \n question of Ibn-Abi-Kabsha) (the Prophet Muhammad) has become so \n prominent that even the King of Bani Al-Asfar (Byzantine) is afraid of\n him. Then I started to become sure that he (the Prophet) would be the \n conqueror in the near future till I embraced Islam (i.e. Allah guided \n me to it).\"\n

\n\n The sub narrator adds, \"Ibn An-Natur was the Governor of llya' \n (Jerusalem) and Heraclius was the head of the Christians of Sham. Ibn \n An-Natur narrates that once while Heraclius was visiting ilya' \n (Jerusalem), he got up in the morning with a sad mood. Some of his \n priests asked him why he was in that mood? Heraclius was a foreteller \n and an astrologer. He replied, 'At night when I looked at the stars, I\n saw that the leader of those who practice circumcision had appeared \n (become the conqueror). Who are they who practice circumcision?' The \n people replied, 'Except the Jews nobody practices circumcision, so you\n should not be afraid of them (Jews).\n

\n\n 'Just Issue orders to kill every Jew present in the country.'\n

\n\n While they were discussing it, a messenger sent by the king of Ghassan\n to convey the news of Allah's Apostle to Heraclius was brought in. \n Having heard the news, he (Heraclius) ordered the people to go and see\n whether the messenger of Ghassan was circumcised. The people, after \n seeing him, told Heraclius that he was circumcised. Heraclius then \n asked him about the Arabs. The messenger replied, 'Arabs also practice\n circumcision.'\n

\n\n (After hearing that) Heraclius remarked that sovereignty of the 'Arabs\n had appeared. Heraclius then wrote a letter to his friend in Rome who \n was as good as Heraclius in knowledge. Heraclius then left for Homs. \n (a town in Syrian and stayed there till he received the reply of his \n letter from his friend who agreed with him in his opinion about the \n emergence of the Prophet and the fact that he was a Prophet. On that \n Heraclius invited all the heads of the Byzantines to assemble in his \n palace at Homs. When they assembled, he ordered that all the doors of \n his palace be closed. Then he came out and said, 'O Byzantines! If \n success is your desire and if you seek right guidance and want your \n empire to remain then give a pledge of allegiance to this Prophet \n (i.e. embrace Islam).'\n

\n\n (On hearing the views of Heraclius) the people ran towards the gates \n of the palace like onagers but found the doors closed. Heraclius \n realized their hatred towards Islam and when he lost the hope of their\n embracing Islam, he ordered that they should be brought back in \n audience.\n

\n\n (When they returned) he said, 'What already said was just to test the \n strength of your conviction and I have seen it.' The people prostrated\n before him and became pleased with him, and this was the end of \n Heraclius's story (in connection with his faith).\n

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