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Chapter: The Prophet (saws) wrote to the Kings of the Kuffar, inviting them to Islam

Hadith 1774 Part A

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It has been narrated on the authority of Anas that the Prophet of Allah (ﷺ) wrote to Chosroes (King of Persia), Caesar (Emperor of Rome), Negus (King of Abyssinia) and every (other) despot inviting them to Allah, the Exalted. And this Negus was not the one for whom the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had said the funeral prayers.

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Hadith 1774 Part B

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The tradition has been narrated on the authority of Anas b. Malik (the same narrator) through a different chain of transmitters, but this version does not mention

" And he was not the Negus for whom the Prophet (ﷺ) had said the funeral prayers."

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Hadith 1774 Part C

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It has been narrated on the authority of the same narrator through another chain of transmitters with the same difference in the wording.

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