Volume 1, Parts II.73.13
He (Ibn Sa’d) said: ‘All Ibn Mubammad informed us on the authority of
Yazid Ibn ‘Iyad, he on the authority of al-Zuhri; he Said:
The Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him, wrote to al-Harith, Masruh
and Nu’aym Ibn ‘Abd Kulal, men of (the tribe of) Himyar: You are
secure if you believe in Allah and His Apostle. Verily, Allah is One and
there is no partner with Him. He raised Musa (Moses) with His signs and
created ‘Isa (Jesus) with His word. The Jews say that Uzayr was the son of Allah and the Christians claim that Allah was one of the three, and Isa was the son of Allah. (Continuing) he (Ibn Sa'd) said: He despatched the epistle with 'Ayyásh Ibn Abi Rabi'ah al-Makhzumi and said: When you reach their territory, do not enter it in the night (and wait) till it dawns; then clean yourself and make your cleanliness best and offer two rakahs
of prayer. Pray to Allah for success and acceptance (of your prayers).
Take refuge with Allah and take my epistle in your right hand, hand it
over to them in their right hand. Verily, they will accept it. Recite before
them: “Those who disbelieve among the People of the scriptures and the
idolaters could not have left off (erring) till the clear proof came unto
them”. (Qur’an, 89:1) When you have finished it, say: Mubammad is the
believer, and I am the first of the believers (to come to you) then no
argument will be offered which will not fall and no book decked with
falsehood will be presented whose illumination will not disappear. They
will read before you and when they speak in a foreign tongue, tell them to
translate into Arabic, and say; “Allah is my a1l (Qur’an, 39:38) and “I
believe in every scripture Allah had sent down, and I am commanded to be
just among you. Allah is our Lord and your Lord. Unto us our works and
unto you your works; no argument between us, and between you. Allah will
bring us together, and unto Him is the journeying.” (Qur’an, 42:15) If they
embrace Islam ask them about their three sticks before which, when
presented, they fall prostrate. They are (one) of tamarisk painted white
and yellow, (second) having knobs like those of a bamboo, and (third) is
dark black shi sham; then take them to their market and burn them.Ayyash said: I set out to carry out what the Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him, had commanded. Ultimately I entered (the town); the people had put on good clothes. He (Ayyash) said: I went to see them and I
reached near (a place) where big curtains were hanging at three doors of
the houses. I raised one curtain and entered by the middle door. I
approached the people in the court-yard of the house and proclaimed: I
am the messenger of the Apostle of Allah. I acted as he had commanded
me. They accepted (the message) and it happened as he, may Allah bless
him, had foretold.
Aal-e-Qutub Aal-e-Syed Abdullah Shah Ghazi 