Ibn Sayyid al-Nas's Uyun al-Athar — correspondence with the Negus

عيون الأثر لابن سيد الناس — مراسلة النجاشي

An excerpt from Ibn Sayyid al-Nas's Uyun al-Athar, in the correspondence with the Negus, from the extracted copy; quoted within forty words per the sources policy.

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«لوا لهم : سلام عليكم لانجاهلكم لنا ما نحن عليه ، ولكم ما انتم عليه لم نال من انفسنا خيرا . ويقال ان النفر من النصاري من اهل نجران ، ويقال فيهم نزلت : ( الذين اتيناهم الكتاب من قبله هم به»

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Correspondence (al-mukatabat)· Muhammad· the Negus of Aksum

People and things also explored

Sunan Abi Dawud 155 — Purification (Kitab Al-Taharah)· Sunan Abi Dawud 2107 — Marriage (Kitab Al-Nikah)· Sunan Abi Dawud 2108 — Marriage (Kitab Al-Nikah)· Sahih al-Bukhari 3136 — One-fifth of Booty to the Cause of Allah (Khumus)· Sahih al-Bukhari 4230 — Military Expeditions led by the Prophet (pbuh) (Al-Maghaazi)· al-Bayhaqi's Dalail al-Nubuwwa — correspondence with the Negus· Sunan Ibn Majah 3644 — Chapters on Dress· Sahih Muslim 5482 — The Book of Clothes and Adornment

Sources

  • Ibn Abi Usaybi'a, 'Uyun al-anba' fi tabaqat al-atibba', ed. August Müller
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