[Machine] This is the book of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that is with us, which he wrote to 'Amr ibn Hazm when he sent him to Yemen. He mentioned in it towards the end that whoever among the Jews or Christians embraces Islam sincerely from himself, then he has the same rights and responsibilities as the believers. And whoever remains on Christianity or Judaism, then he will not be tempted away from it. And in any case, whether male or female, free or slave, if someone pays the prescribed tribute or gives up their wealth, such as clothing, then he will have the protection of Allah and the protection of His Messenger. And whoever refuses to do so, then he is an enemy of Allah and His Messenger and the believers. This narration is disconnected and does not have a continuous chain of narration. It was also narrated from another source that is also disconnected. Abu 'Abdullah al-Hafiz informed us, reporting from Abu Ja'far al-Baghdadi, reporting from Abu 'Utah, reporting from his father, reporting from Ibn Lahi'ah, who reported from Abu al-Aswad, who reported from 'Urwah, who said: "This is a book from Muhammad ﷺ to the people of Yemen, in which he mentioned the hadith in a way similar to the hadith of Ibn Hazm."  

هَذَا كِتَابُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ عِنْدَنَا الَّذِي كَتَبَهُ لِعَمْرِو بْنِ حَزْمٍ حِينَ بَعَثَهُ إِلَى الْيَمَنِ فَذَكَرَهُ وَفِي آخِرِهِ وَأَنَّهُ مَنْ أَسْلَمَ مِنْ يَهُودِيٍّ أَوْ نَصْرَانِيٍّ إِسْلَامًا خَالِصًا مِنْ نَفْسِهِ فَدَانَ دِينَ الْإِسْلَامِ فَإِنَّهُ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ لَهُ مَا لَهُمْ وَعَلَيْهِ مَا عَلَيْهِمْ وَمَنْ كَانَ عَلَى نَصْرَانِيَّةٍ أَوْ يَهُودِيَّةٍ فَإِنَّهُ لَا يُفْتَنُ عَنْهَا وَعَلَى كُلِّ حَالِمٍ ذَكَرٍ أَوْ أُنْثَى حُرٍّ أَوْ عَبْدٍ دِينَارٌ وَافٍ أَوْ عَرْضُهُ مِنَ الثِّيَابِ فَمَنْ أَدَّى ذَلِكَ فَإِنَّ لَهُ ذِمَّةَ اللهِ وَذِمَّةَ رَسُولِهِ وَمَنْ مَنَعَ ذَلِكَ فَإِنَّهُ عَدُوُّ اللهِ وَرَسُولِهِ وَالْمُؤْمِنِينَ هَذَا مُنْقَطِعٌ وَلَيْسَ فِي الرِّوَايَةِ الْمَوْصُولَةِ 18675 وَرُوِيَ مِنْ وَجْهٍ آخَرَ مُنْقَطِعًا أَخْبَرَنَاهُ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أنبأ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ الْبَغْدَادِيُّ ثنا أَبُو عُلَاثَةَ ثنا أَبِي ثنا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ قَالَ هَذَا كِتَابٌ مِنْ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ إِلَى أَهْلِ الْيَمَنِ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ بِنَحْوٍ مِنْ حَدِيثِ ابْنِ حَزْمٍ