The Life & Character of the Seal of Prophets (sa) – Volume III — Page 203
VI - All Races Invited to Islām 203 “He is my servant and he addresses me this way!” 1 It is narrated that when the Holy Prophet sa received news of this act of Chosroes, in the fervour of his religious indignation, the Holy Prophet sa said, “May Allāh put them to pieces. ” 2 In another narration it is recorded that on this occasion, the Holy Prophet sa said the following words: َ اَمَّا ھٰؤُلَاء ِ فَیُمَزَّقُوْن “Now these people shall themselves be shattered into pieces. ” 3 Chosroes did not only rest at tearing apart the letter of the Holy Prophet sa , rather, under the heavy influence of Jewish propaganda, he instructed his Governor in Yemen whose name was Bādhān to immediately dispatch two strong men so that they should arrest this claimant of prophethood in Ḥijāz, and present him before the Chosroes. In another narration it is related that two men should be sent to him so that they should make him repent; if he refuses, then he should be killed. Therefore, for this purpose, Bādhān selected a secretary by the name of Babawaih and appointed a strong rider to accompany him to Madīnah along with a letter addressed to the Holy Prophet sa , which stated that the Holy Prophet sa should accompany these emissaries and immediately present himself before the Chosroes. Upon reaching Madīnah, these people presented Bādhān ’ s letter to the Holy Prophet sa and counselled him to accompany them as directed in the letter, otherwise the Chosroes would destroy his country and nation. Upon hearing this, the Holy Prophet sa smiled and then invited them to Islām. After this, the Holy Prophet sa 1 * Tārīkhur-Rusuli Wal-Mulūk (Tārīkhuṭ-Ṭabarī), By Abū Ja‘far Muḥammad bin Jarīr Aṭ-Ṭabarī, Volume 3, p. 142, Dhikrul-Aḥdāthillati Kānat Fī Sanati Sittim-Minal-Hijrah/Dhikru Khurūji Rusuli Rasūlillāhi sa Ilal-Mulūk, Dārul-Fikr, Beirut, Lebanon, Second Edition (2002) * Tārīkhul-Khamīs Fī Aḥwāli Anfasi Nafīs, By Ḥusain bin Muḥammad bin Ḥasan, Volume 2, pp. 34- 35, Kitābun-Nabiyyi sa Ilā Kisrā, Mu’assasatu Sha‘bān, Beirut * Sharḥul-‘Allāmatiz-Zarqānī ‘Alal-Mawāhibil-Ladunniyyah, By Allāmah Shihābuddīn Al-Qusṭalānī, Volume 5, pp. 15-16, Wa Ammā Mukātabatuhū ‘Alaihiṣ-Ṣalātu Was-Salāmu Ilal-Mulūki Wa Ghairihim, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (1996) 2 * 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 3 Sharḥul-‘Allāmatiz-Zarqānī ‘Alal-Mawāhibil-Ladunniyyah, By Allāmah Shihābuddīn Al-Qusṭalānī, Volume 5, p. 17, Wa Ammā Mukātabatuhū ‘Alaihiṣ-Ṣalātu Was-Salāmu Ilal-Mulūki Wa Ghairihim, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (1996)