General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)
Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5136
مِنْ مُحَمَّدٍ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ إِلَى هِرَقْلَ عَظِيمِ الرُّومِ سَلاَمٌ عَلَى مَنِ اتَّبَعَ الْهُدَى
min muḥammadin rasūli-Llāh ilā hiraqla ʿaẓīmi ar-rūmi salāmun ʿalā mani āttabaʿa al-hudā
Transliteration generated from the Arabic vowel marks
The full narration
Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: The Prophet (ﷺ) wrote a letter to Heraclius: "From Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah, to Hiraql (Heraclius), Chief of the Byzantines. Peace be to those who follow the guidance." Ibn Yahya reported on the authority of Ibn Abbas that AbuSufyan said to him: We then came to see Hiraql (Heraclius) who seated us before him. He then called for the letter from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). Its contents were: "In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful, from Muhammad the Messenger of Allah, to Hiraql, chief of Byzantines. Peace be to those who follow the guidance. To proceed
Source
Sunan Abī Dāwūd · 5136
- Sahih
- Sahih
- Sahih Bukhari (7) Sahih Muslim (1773)