Al-Jawāb as-Sahīh li-man baddala dīn al-Masīh - Ibn Taimiya - (2/63)

ʿAmr) ibn Umayya al-Ḍamrī, from his household, from ʿAmr ibn Umayya al-Ḍamrī. Parts of one narration merged into another, and they said:

‘When the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—returned from al-Hudaybiyah in Dhu al-Hijjah of the sixth year, he sent letters to the kings, inviting them to Islam. Someone remarked, “Messenger of Allah, monarchs do not read a letter unless it is sealed.” Accordingly, the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—had a silver signet ring made that very day; its bezel was of the same metal, and he engraved on it three lines: “Muḥammad / Messenger / of Allah.” With it he sealed the letters.

Six envoys then set out on the same day—this was in Muharram of the seventh year—and by morning each of them was speaking the language of the people to whom he had been sent.’

عَمْرِو) بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ الضَّمْرِيِّ عَنْ أَهْلِهِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ الضَّمْرِيِّ دَخَلَ حَدِيثُ بَعْضِهِمْ فِي حَدِيثِ بَعْضٍ قَالُوا «إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - لَمَّا رَجَعَ مِنَ الْحُدَيْبِيَةِ فِي ذِي الْحِجَّةِ سَنَةَ سِتٍّ أَرْسَلَ إِلَى الْمُلُوكِ يَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَى الْإِسْلَامِ وَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِمْ كُتُبًا فَقِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ الْمُلُوكَ لَا يَقْرَءُونَ كِتَابًا إِلَّا مَخْتُومًا فَاتَّخَذَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - يَوْمَئِذٍ خَاتَمًا مِنْ فِضَّةٍ فَصُّهُ مِنْهُ نَقَشَهُ ثَلَاثَةَ أَسْطُرٍ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ وَخَتَمَ بِهِ الْكُتُبَ فَخَرَجَ سِتَّةُ نَفَرٍ مِنْهُمْ فِي يَوْمٍ وَاحِدٍ وَذَلِكَ فِي الْمُحَرَّمِ سَنَةَ سَبْعٍ وَأَصْبَحَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمْ يَتَكَلَّمُ بِلِسَانِ الْقَوْمِ الَّذِينَ بَعَثَهُ إِلَيْهِمْ» .