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said: ‘O king, I had purchased a slave from the marketplace and paid his price, but<br />
those who sold him to me have taken him away and are not returning me my money.’<br />
So this was the first test for al-Najaashee’s wisdom and justice. He said: ‘Either you<br />
return his money or give him back his slave so that he returns with what is his.’ They<br />
replied: ‘Rather, we will return his money.’” So `Urwah said: ‘This is why he had said:<br />
‘<strong>Al</strong>laah did not take from me a bribe when He restored my kingdom to me, so why<br />
should I take a bribe to go against Him (concerning them)? And He (<strong>Al</strong>laah) did not<br />
listen to the people concerning me, so why should I listen to them and go against<br />
Him?’’ 246<br />
246 I (al-<strong>Al</strong>baanee) say: The Ḥadeeth in its complete length is mentioned in “al-<strong>Seerah</strong>” of Ibn Hishaam, from his<br />
route on the authority of Ziyaad al-Bakkaa’ee from Ibn Is-ḥaaq which was mentioned earlier, with some<br />
statements preceding, and some succeeding others and some were omitted. Abu Nu`aim also reported this in his<br />
“al-Dalaa’il” (81-84) from a different route from Ibn Is-ḥaaq. Imaam Aḥmad also reported this in his “Musnad”<br />
(1740, 22498), but excluding the narration of al-Zuhree from `Urwah from `Aaishah. And its chain is “Ḥasan” and<br />
its narrators are all reliable, from the narrators of “Ṣaḥeeḥain”. <strong>Al</strong>-Haithamee said in “al-Majma`” (6/27): “It was<br />
narrated by Imaam Aḥmad and its narrators are all of the level of “Ṣaḥeeḥ” except for Ibn Is-ḥaaq, and he was<br />
clear that he heard this narration (from al-Zuhree).”<br />
[TN: In “al-Ṣaḥeeḥah (3190), Shaikh al-<strong>Al</strong>baanee said: The statement of the Prophet :ﷺ ❝In the land of al-<br />
Ḥabashah (Abyssinia) is a king who does not allow anyone living under his domain to be oppressed. So go there<br />
to his land till <strong>Al</strong>laah provides for you some relief and solution to your trouble.❞, was reported by al-Baihaqee<br />
in “al-Sunan al-Kubraa” (17734) with a concise narration, and the complete narration with its full length is in “al-<br />
Dalaa’il” (2/301).<br />
This narration is also in “al-<strong>Seerah</strong>” (1/343) of Ibn Hishaam, “on the authority of Ibn Is-ḥaaq, that he said:…”, and<br />
he narrated the Ḥadeeth without mentioning the chain, with the wording: ❝Only if you were to travel to the<br />
land of al-Ḥabashah, for there is a king who does not oppress anyone (living there) with him, and it is the land<br />
of the truthful. So go there to his land till <strong>Al</strong>laah provides for you relief and a way out of what you are going<br />
through.❞<br />
,ﷺ Imaam Aḥmad also reported this in his “Musnad” (1740, 22498), but without the statement of the Prophet<br />
and I (al-<strong>Al</strong>baanee) say that its chain is “Jayyid” (excellent). – end of quote from al-Ṣaḥeeḥah.<br />
The complete narration as reported in Musnad of Imaam Aḥmad is as follows:<br />
It was narrated that Umm Salamah ,رضيُاهللُعنها the daughter of Abu Umayyah Ibn al-Mugheerah and the wife of the<br />
Prophet ,ﷺ said: “When we came to the land of Abyssinia, we stayed under the protection of the best<br />
supporter, al-Najaashee, and we felt safe to practice our religion and we worshiped <strong>Al</strong>laah without being<br />
bothered or hearing anything we disliked. When news of that reached Quraish, they decided to send two tough<br />
men to al-Najaashee concerning us and to give al-Najaashee gifts of some of the goods of Makkah. Among the<br />
goods of Makkah that he liked best was leather, so they collected a great deal of leather and they did not leave<br />
any of his bishops except that he was given a gift. Then they sent that with `Abdullaah Ibn Abee Rabee`ah Ibn al-<br />
Mugheerah al-Makhzoomee and `Amr Ibn al-`Aaṣ Ibn Waa’il al-Sahmee, and they (Quraish) told them what to do.<br />
They said to them: ‘Give to each bishop a gift before you speak to al-Najaashee concerning them (the Muslims),<br />
then give al-Najaashee his gifts, then ask him to hand them over to you before he speaks to them.’” She said:<br />
“They set out and came to al-Najaashee when we were in the best land and under the best supporter, and they<br />
did not come to any bishop except they gave him his gift before they spoke to al-Najaashee. And they said to each<br />
bishop: ‘Some foolish young men of ours have come to the land of the king; they have left the religion of their<br />
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