Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُقَاتِلٍ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ، أَنَّ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ، أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ أَبَا سُفْيَانَ بْنَ حَرْبٍ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ هِرَقْلَ أَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِ فِي نَفَرٍ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ وَكَانُوا تِجَارًا بِالشَّأْمِ، فَأَتَوْهُ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ قَالَ ثُمَّ دَعَا بِكِتَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقُرِئَ فَإِذَا فِيهِ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ، مِنْ مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ إِلَى هِرَقْلَ عَظِيمِ الرُّومِ، السَّلاَمُ عَلَى مَنِ اتَّبَعَ الْهُدَى، أَمَّا بَعْدُ .
isnad (chain of narrators) text
Chain of Narrators (Isnad)
The chain reads from the compiler towards the source of the saying; each link transmits from the next. Click a narrator to list every hadith in which he appears.
- Compiler Muhammad ibn Isma'il al-Bukhari
- حدثنا haddesenâ محمد بن مقاتل ابو الحسن Muhammed b. Mukâtil Ebû Hasan (15)
- اخبرنا ahberanâ عبد الله Abdullah (464)
- اخبرنا ahberanâ يونس Yûnus (225)
- عن an الزهري ez-Zührî (595)
- اخبرني ahberanî عبيد الله بن عبد الله بن عتبه Ubeydullah b. Abdullah b. Utbe (53)
- ان enne ابن عباس اخبره İbn Abbâs Ahbereh (11)
- ان enne ابا سفيان بن حرب اخبره Ebû Süfyân b. Harb Ahbereh (3) Source of the saying
Chain length: 7 narrators. Narrator names are parsed automatically from the isnad; identity matching and biographies (death year, jarh wa ta'dil) are being added progressively.
Muhammad Muhsin Khan (1997)
Narrated Abu Sufyan bin Harb: that Heraclius had sent for him to come along with a group of the Quraish who were trading in Sha'm, and they came to him. Then Abu Sufyan mentioned the whole narration and said, "Heraclius asked for the letter of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) . When the letter was read, its contents were as follows: 'In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. From Muhammad, Allah's slave and His Apostle to Heraclius, the Chief of Byzantines: Peace be upon him who follows the right path (guidance)! Amma ba'du (to proceed )...' (See Hadith No 6, Vol 1 for details)
