Saheeh Seerah Al Albaanee English

(Ibn Katheer said): The chain of this narration is “Jayyid Qawiy” (extremely strong), and
its narrative is “Ḥasan”. And in this narration, it mentions that Abu Moosaa was one of
those who had migrated from Makkah to Abyssinia, even though the same was not
mentioned in other reports. And Allaah knows best.
Abu Nu`aim reported in his “al-Dalaa’il” from Abu Moosaa رضيُاهللُعنه that he said: “The
Prophet ﷺ instructed us to depart with Ja`far Ibn Abu Ṭaalib to Abyssinia. This
information reached Quraish, so they sent `Amr Ibn al-`Aaṣ and `Umaarah Ibn al-
Waleed (in our pursuit), and collected a gift for al-Najaashee. When they came to him,
they presented al-Najaashee with the gift, which he accepted, and they prostrated
before him. Then `Amr Ibn al-`Aaṣ said: ‘Some people from our land have abandoned
our religion and they have come to your land.’ Al-Najaashee said to them: ‘In my
country?’ They said: ‘Yes!’ So he (al-Najaashee) sent for us. So Ja`far said to us: ‘None of
you should speak, for I will be your spokesman today.’ So we were brought in the
presence of al-Najaashee when he was seated on his throne, with `Amr Ibn al-`Aaṣ to
his right and `Umaarah to his left, with the priests seated in two ranks. `Amr said to
him: ‘(Look!) They will not prostrate to you.’ When we reached them, some of his
priests and monks hurried towards us and said: ‘Prostrate to the king!’ Ja`far replied:
‘We do not prostrate (to anyone) except to Allaah ‏ُوجل ‏’.عز Al-Najaashee said to him:
‘Well, what is this all about?’ Ja`far replied: ‘Allaah has sent among us His Messenger,
عليهُالسالم and he is the (appointed) Messenger, the one about whom `Eesaa Ibn Maryam
gave the glad tidings to come after him, whose name would be Aḥmad. He (the
Messenger) commanded us to worship Allaah (alone) and to not commit Shirk
(associating partners to Him in worship), to establish the Salaah, and to give the
Zakaah, and he commanded us to do good and abstain from what is forbidden.’ Al-
Najaashee was impressed with his speech. When `Amr saw this, he said: ‘May Allaah
protect the king! They disagree with you regarding `Eesaa Ibn Maryam.’ Al-Najaashee
said: ‘And what does your companion (i.e. the Messenger ‏(ﷺ say about `Eesaa Ibn
Maryam?’ Ja`far said: ‘He says about him what Allaah تعاىل had stated: ‘He (`Eesaa) is a
Spirit (Rooh) created by Allaah, and His Word; he was born to the Virgin (Maryam)
whom no man had approached (i.e. sexually), and in whom there had been no child.’’
Al-Najaashee picked up a stick from the ground and raised it up, saying: ‘O group of
priests and monks! By Allaah, these people do not add so much as the weight of this
(stick) to what we say about `Eesaa Ibn Maryam. Welcome to you and greetings to him
from whom have you come. I testify that he is indeed the Messenger of Allaah, and it is
he about whom `Eesaa Ibn Maryam gave the glad tidings. Where it not for the duties of
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