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625. Ibn 'Abbās narrated that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ sent Mu'ād̄h to Yemen and said to him: "You are going to a people from the People of the Book, so invite them to testify that none has right to be worshipped but Allāh, and that I am the Messenger of Allāh. If they comply with that, then inform them that Allāh has made five prayers obligatory upon them in a day and a night. If they comply with that, then inform them that Allāh has ordained a charity upon their wealth, which is to be taken from the rich among them and given to the poor among them. If they comply with that, then beware of their most precious wealth, and protect yourself from the supplication of the oppressed, for there is no barrier between it and Allāh." (Ṣaḥīḥ)
There is a similar narration on this from Aṣ-Ṣunābīḥī.
Abū 'Eisā said: The Ḥadīth of Ibn 'Abbās is a Ḥasan Ṣaḥīḥ Ḥadīth. Abū Ma'bad's (one of the narrators) name, the freed slave of Ibn 'Abbās, is Nāfidh.
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Commentary
According to the majority biographers, Mu'ād̄h bin Jabal was appointed a judge and governor of Yemen in 9th year of Hijrah/Emigration. Imām Al-
Bukhārī and some other people of knowledge hold that he was sent in the 10th year of Hijrah. Nevertheless, sending him to Yemen, the Prophet ﷺ told him this wise manner of calling and inviting to Islam.
