Saheeh Seerah Al Albaanee English

Umm Salamah continued: “When they entered upon him and gave him his gifts, they
said to him: ‘O king! Some of our foolish young men have abandoned the religion of
their people and they have not entered your religion. They have invented a religion
that neither we [nor you] recognize, and they have taken refuge in your land. The
nobles of their people, their own fathers, uncles, and tribes have sent us to you so that
you return them to their people. They know best how to handle them. And (of a surety)
they will not enter your religion, and you should prevent them from doing so.’ But al-
Najaashee got angry and said: ‘No, by Allaah, I shall never hand them over to them
before summoning these people and speaking to them to discover their affairs. They are
a people who have taken refuge in my land and sought my protection above that of all
others. If they are indeed as your people say, I will return them to their people. But if
they are otherwise, I shall protect them, give their people no access to them and no
satisfaction.’” (The sub-narrator added): The generals advised the king to return them
to their people, but he said: ‘No, by Allaah! Not until I hear what they have to say, and
know what they are upon.’
Umm Salamah added: “When they (the Muslims) entered upon him, they greeted him
with “Salaam” but did not prostrate to him. He (al-Najaashee) said (to Ja`far): ‘O chief,
will you not explain to me why you don’t greet me in the same manner as those who
come to us from your people? And tell me what it is you say about `Eesaa? And what is
your religion? Are you Christians?’ He (Ja`far) said: ‘No.’ He asked: ‘Are you Jews?’ He
said: ‘No.’ He asked: ‘Are you upon the religion of your people?’ He said: ‘No.’ He asked:
‘Then what is your religion?’ He replied: ‘Islaam (is our religion).’ He asked: ‘And what is
Islaam?’ He replied: ‘We worship Allaah alone and associate no partners with Him in
worship.’ He asked: ‘Who brought you this?’ He replied: ‘A man from among ourselves,
whose face, lineage (sincerity, trustworthiness, and dignity) we knew. Allaah sent him
‏(ﷺ to us like how He sent Messengers to those before us. He (the Messenger
commanded us to be righteous, speak the truth, fulfill the promises, render back trusts;
he forbade us to worship idols, and instructed us to worship Allaah alone, and not
associate anything with Him (in worship). We believed in him and recognized the Words
of Allaah, and we realized that what he has brought is indeed from Allaah. But when we
did that, our people turned against us, and they turned against the truthful Prophet,
and they disbelieved in him and sought to kill him. They tried to make us (give up our
religion and) go back to worshiping idols. So we fled to you with our religion, our blood
‏(عليه ‏ُالسالم)‏ and our people.’ Then al-Najaashee said: ‘By Allaah, this and what Moosaa
brought came from the same lamp.’ Ja`far said: ‘As for our greetings, the Messenger of
Allaah ﷺ informed us that the people of Paradise greet each other with saying:
“Assalaamu `Alaikum”, and he commanded us to do the same. So we greeted you the
same way we greet each other. And as for `Eesaa Ibn Maryam, then he is the slave of
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