At a glance
«قَدَمِهِ. ثُمَّ دَعَا بِكِتَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم الَّذِي بَعَثَ بِهِ دِحْيَةُ إِلَى عَظِيمِ بُصْرَى، فَدَفَعَهُ إِلَى هِرَقْلَ فَقَرَأَهُ فَإِذَا فِيهِ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ. مِنْ مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ إِلَى هِرَقْلَ عَظِيمِ الرُّومِ. سَلاَمٌ عَلَى مَنِ اتَّبَعَ الْهُدَى، أَمَّا بَعْدُ فَإِنِّي أَدْعُوكَ بِدِعَايَةِ الإِسْلاَمِ، أَسْلِمْ تَسْلَمْ، يُؤْتِكَ اللَّهُ أَجْرَكَ مَرَّتَيْنِ، فَإِنْ تَوَلَّيْت …»
A verbatim excerpt of the text, forty words at most; the full text is in the edition cited under sources
Connections
- Mentions
- Heraclius· Dihya al-Kalbi· Muhammad· Correspondence (al-mukatabat)
People and things also explored
Sahih al-Bukhari 2940· Sahih al-Bukhari 2941 — Fighting for the Cause of Allah (Jihaad)· Sahih al-Bukhari 4553 — Prophetic Commentary on the Qur'an (Tafseer of the Prophet (pbuh))· Sahih Muslim 4607 — The Book of Jihad and Expeditions· The Letters to Rulers and Kings· Sunan Abi Dawud 5136 — General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)· الجواب الصحيح — ابن تيمية — p. 114· الجواب الصحيح — ابن تيمية — p. 114
Sources
- Sahih al-Bukhari
- hadith-api (fawazahmed0): open hadith editions
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islam.museum contributors. “Sahih al-Bukhari 7 — Revelation”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/passage/bukhari-api-7/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-11.
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