حَدَّثَنَا عَبَّادُ بْنُ مُوسَی حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَعِيلُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَقَ عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ أَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ نَنْطَلِقَ إِلَی أَرْضِ النَّجَاشِيِّ فَذَکَرَ حَدِيثَهُ قَالَ النَّجَاشِيُّ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَأَنَّهُ الَّذِي بَشَّرَ بِهِ عِيسَی ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ وَلَوْلَا مَا أَنَا فِيهِ مِنْ الْمُلْکِ لَأَتَيْتُهُ حَتَّی أَحْمِلَ نَعْلَيْهِ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 3205
Narrated Abu Burdah: On the authority of his father: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded us to proceed to the land of Negus. Mentioning the rest of the tradition he said that Negus said: I bear witness that he is the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and it is he about whom Christ son of Mary gave good news. It I were not in the land which I am, I would come to him and carry his shoes.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020