Regarding The Letters To The Idolaters
Darussalam · Volume 5
40. The Chapters On Seeking Permission And On Manners From The Messenger Of Allāh ﷺJami at-Tirmidhi Darussalam English translation
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Source no. 2716 · Volume 6 · Page 216
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2716. Anas bin Mālik narrated: "Before he died, the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ had written to Kisra, Caesar, An-Najāshī, and to every tyrant calling them to Allāh. This An-Najāshī is not the one that the Prophet ﷺ performed the funeral Salāt for." (Saḥīḥ) [Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Ḥasan Saḥīḥ Gharīb.
٢٧١٦ - حَدَّثَنَا يُوسُفُ بْنُ حَمَّادٍ الْبَصْرِيُّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى ، عَنْ سَعِيدٍ ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، «أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَتَبَ قَبْلَ مَوْتِهِ إِلَى كِسْرَى» وَإِلَى قَيْصَرَ وَإِلَى النَّجَاشِيِّ وَإِلَى كُلِّ جَبَّارٍ يَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَى اللهِ، وَلَيْسَ بِالنَّجَاشِيِّ الَّذِي صَلَّى عَلَيْهِ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ. هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ.
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It is known from this Hadīth that the disbelievers should be invited to Islam by writing as well. The Muslim rulers should invite the non-Muslim rulers to Islam, not necessarily on a one to one basis. This work may be performed by sending them authentic Islamic literature as a gift.