English translation
2978. Narrated Ibn 'Abbās رضي الله عنهما: Abū Sufyān said, "Heraclius sent for me when I was in 'Ilyā' (Jerusalem). Then he asked for the letter of Allāh's Messenger ﷺ and when he had finished its reading, there was a great hue and cry around him and the voices grew louder and we were asked to quit the place. When we were turned out, I said to my companions, 'The cause of Ibn Abī Kabsha(1) has become so prominent that even the king of Banī Al-Aṣfar is afraid of him'."
