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“Those to whom We gave the Scripture before it believe in it” (Qur’an 28:52) up to His words, “We have no need of the ignorant” (28:55).
[Dispatching Envoys to All the Communities Existing in His Time]
After the year of al-Hudaybiyyah and the truce with Quraysh, the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—sent emissaries to every group. He wrote to the Christians—namely, the Christians of al-Shām and Egypt—and dispatched a letter to Heraclius, the emperor of the Romans (Byzantines). It is said that this very Heraclius was the one for whom the Christians added ten days to their fast when the Romans went to war
{الَّذِينَ آتَيْنَاهُمُ الْكِتَابَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِ هُمْ بِهِ يُؤْمِنُونَ}
[القصص: ٥٢]
إِلَى قَوْلِهِ:
{لَا نَبْتَغِي الْجَاهِلِينَ}
[القصص: ٥٥]
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[إِرْسَالُ الرُّسُلِ إِلَى جَمِيعِ الطَّوَائِفِ الْمَوْجُودَةِ فِي عَهْدِهِ]
وَلَمَّا كَانَ بَعْدَ عَامِ الْحُدَيْبِيَةِ وَمُهَادَنَةِ قُرَيْشٍ أَرْسَلَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رُسُلَهُ إِلَى جَمِيعِ الطَّوَائِفِ،
فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى النَّصَارَى:
نَصَارَى الشَّامِ وَمِصْرَ، فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى هِرَقْلَ مَلِكِ الرُّومِ، وَقَدْ قِيلَ إِنَّ هِرَقْلَ هَذَا هُوَ الَّذِي زَادَتِ النَّصَارَى لَهُ فِي صَوْمِهِمْ عَشَرَةَ أَيَّامٍ لَمَّا اقْتَتَلَتِ الرُّومُ