ACCOUNT OF THE DESPATCH OF EPISTLES BY THEAPOSTLE OF ALLAH, MAY ALLAH BLESS HIM, TO THECHIEFS, INVITING THEM TO JOIN THE FOLD OF ISLAM,AND WHAT THE APOSTLE OF ALLAH, MAY ALLAHBLESS HIM, WROTE TO THE PEOPLE OF ARABIA ANDOTHERS-12

He (Ibn Sa’d) said: ‘Ali Ibn Muhammad informed us on authority of
Mu`tamir, he on the authority of a person from his companions whose
name was ‘Ata, he on the authority of [P. 32] ‘Abd Allah Ibn Yahya Ibn
Salman; he said:
A son of Su’ayr lbn ‘Adda showed me an epistle from the Apostle of
Allah, may Allah bless him; its contents were: From Mubammad the
Apostle of Allah to al-Su’ayr Ibn ‘Adda. I appoint you custodian of alRahih and whatever is left by a traveller is yours