Ibn Qayyim's Zad al-Ma'ad — correspondence with the Negus

زاد المعاد لابن القيم — مراسلة النجاشي

An excerpt from Ibn Qayyim's Zad al-Ma'ad, in the correspondence with the Negus, from the extracted copy; quoted within forty words per the sources policy.

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«من محمد رسول الله إلى النجاشي ملك الحبشة، أسلم أنت، فإني أحمد إليك الله الذي لا إله إلا هو الملك القدوس السلام المؤمن المهيمن، وأشهد أن عيسى ابن مريم روح الله وكلمته ألقاها إلى مريم البتول الطيبة الحصينة، فحملت بعيسى، فخلقه الله»

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

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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

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  • Zad al-Ma'ad — Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya
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