The Life & Character of the Seal of Prophets (sa) – Volume III — Page 201
VI - All Races Invited to Islām 201 Heraclius in particular had opened the door to persecution against them. 1 In these circumstances, considering the environment of Arabia, it was only the Kingdom of Persia with which the Jews could uphold ties. These ties were developed in the era of Yezdegerd I who had a Jewish wife and reached their pinnacle in the era of Khosrow Parvez when deep relations had developed between the Jews and Persian Kingdom. 2 In the era of the Holy Prophet sa , the Jews of Arabia would persistently go to the royal court of Chosroes. They would incite Khosrow Parvez against the Holy Prophet sa as much as possible. Sir William Muir has indirectly accepted this fact as well. 3 This was the era in which the Holy Prophet sa sent a letter to Chosroes inviting him to Islām. The Holy Prophet sa sent this letter with an old and sincere companion, ‘ Abdullāh bin Ḥudhāfah Sahami ra. 4 The Holy Prophet sa advised him to take his letter to the Governor of Baḥrain first and take it to Chosroes through him. 5 Mundhar bin Sāwī was the name of this Governor of Baḥrain, who was a vassal ruler of Chosroes in this region. 6 Just as the letter to Caesar, this letter was also sent with a proper seal and its wording was as follows: 1 * The Historians’ History of the World, By Henry Smith Williams LL. D. , Volume VII, The History of the Eastern Empire: Heraclius and His Successors, p. 175 * The Encyclopaedia Britannica Co. Ltd. , Hutchinson’s Story of the Nations, Volume 2, p. 806, Under “The Jews”, Hutchinson & Co. (London) 2 The Jewish Encyclopaedia, Volume IX, p. 646/648, Under “Persia”, KATV Publishing House Inc. , Printed in the USA 3 The Life of Mahomet, By Sir William Muir, Chapter XX, Embassies to Various Sovereigns and Princes, pp. 384-385, Published by Smith, Elder & Co. London (1878) 4 * Sharḥul-‘Allāmatiz-Zarqānī ‘Alal-Mawāhibil-Ladunniyyah, By Allāmah Shihābuddīn Al-Qusṭalānī, Volume 5, p. 16, Wa Ammā Mukātabatuhū ‘Alaihiṣ-Ṣalātu Was-Salāmu Ilal-Mulūki Wa Ghairihim, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (1996) * Tārīkhul-Khamīs Fī Aḥwāli Anfasi Nafīs, By Ḥusain bin Muḥammad bin Ḥasan, Volume 2, p. 34, Kitābun-Nabiyyi sa Ilā Kisrā, Mu’assasatu Sha‘bān, Beirut 5 * Ṣaḥīḥul-Bukhārī, Kitābul-‘Ilm, Bābu Mā Yudhkaru Fil-Munāwalati Wa Kitābu Ahlil-‘Ilmi Bil-‘Ilmi Ilal-Buldān, Ḥadīth No. 64 * Ṣaḥīḥul-Bukhārī, Kitābul-Jihādi Was-Siyar, Bābu Da‘watil-Yahūdiyyi Wan-Naṣraniyyi Wa ‘Alā Mā Yuqātalūna ‘Alaihi. . . , Ḥadīth No. 2939 * Ṣaḥīḥul-Bukhārī, Kitābul-Maghāzī, Bābu Kitābin-Nabiyyi sa Ilā Kisrā Wa Qaiṣar, Ḥadīth No. 4424 [Publishers] 6 Sharḥul-‘Allāmatiz-Zarqānī ‘Alal-Mawāhibil-Ladunniyyah, By Allāmah Shihābuddīn Al-Qusṭalānī, Volume 5, p. 16, Wa Ammā Mukātabatuhū ‘Alaihiṣ-Ṣalātu Was-Salāmu Ilal-Mulūki Wa Ghairihim, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (1996)