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tabarani:4562Abū Shuʿayb al-Ḥarrānī > Abū Jaʿfar al-Nufaylī > Muḥammad b. Salamah > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq

[Machine] Rifa'ah ibn Zaid Al-Judhami came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ during the peace treaty of Hudaibiyah. He presented a young boy to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and embraced Islam. His acceptance of Islam was praised and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ wrote a letter for him to his people, saying, "In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. This is a letter from Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah, to Rifa'ah ibn Zaid. I have sent him to his people, inviting them to Allah and His Messenger. Whoever accepts his invitation will be in the party of Allah and His Messenger, and whoever refuses will be under the protection of Allah for two months." When Rifa'ah returned to his people, they accepted his invitation and embraced Islam.  

الطبراني:٤٥٦٢حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو شُعَيْبٍ الْحَرَّانِيُّ ثنا أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ النُّفَيْلِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ

قَدِمَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي هُدْنَةِ الْحُدَيْبِيَةِ رِفَاعَةُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ الْجُذَامِيُّ فَأَهْدَى لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ غُلَامًا وَأَسْلَمَ فَحَسُنَ إِسْلَامُهُ وَكَتَبَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى قَوْمِهِ كِتَابًا فِيهِ «بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ هَذَا كِتَابٌ مِنْ مُحَمَّدٍ رَسُولِ اللهِ لِرَفَاعَةَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ إِنِّي بَعَثْتُهُ إِلَى قَوْمِهِ عَامَّةً وَمَنْ دَخَلَ فِيهِمْ يَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَى اللهِ وَإِلَى رَسُولِهِ فَمَنْ أَقْبَلَ فَفِي حِزْبِ اللهِ وَرَسُولِهِ وَمَنْ أَدْبَرَ فَلَهُ أَمَانٌ شَهْرَيْنِ» فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ رِفَاعَةُ إِلَى قَوْمِهِ أَجَابُوا وَأَسْلَمُوا