أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ يَحْيَی قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَحْبُوبٌ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا أَبُو إِسْحَقَ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْجُرَيْرِيِّ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ الشِّخِّيرِ قَالَ بَيْنَا أَنَا مَعَ مُطَرِّفٍ بِالْمِرْبَدِ إِذْ دَخَلَ رَجُلٌ مَعَهُ قِطْعَةُ أَدَمٍ قَالَ کَتَبَ لِي هَذِهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَهَلْ أَحَدٌ مِنْکُمْ يَقْرَأُ قَالَ قُلْتُ أَنَا أَقْرَأُ فَإِذَا فِيهَا مِنْ مُحَمَّدٍ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لِبَنِي زُهَيْرِ بْنِ أُقَيْشٍ أَنَّهُمْ إِنْ شَهِدُوا أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ وَفَارَقُوا الْمُشْرِکِينَ وَأَقَرُّوا بِالْخُمُسِ فِي غَنَائِمِهِمْ وَسَهْمِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَصَفِيِّهِ فَإِنَّهُمْ آمِنُونَ بِأَمَانِ اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 4161
It was narrated that Yazid bin Ash-Shikhkhir said: “While I was with Mutarrif in Al-Mirbad. a man came in carrying a piece of leather and said: ‘This was written to me by the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم. Is there anyone among you who can read?’ I said: I can read.’ And it was (a letter) from Muhammad the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم to Banu Zuhair bin Uqaish. who had testified to La ilaha illallah, and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah and had left the idolaters. and had agreed to give the khumus from their spoils of war, and the share of the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم – and whatever he chose for himself, so they became safe and secure by the covenant of Allah and His Messenger.” (Sahih).
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020