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  "ar": "كتاب مسيلمة إلى النبي والجواب عنه",
  "en": "Musaylima's letter to the Prophet and the reply"
 },
 "summary": {
  "ar": "كتب مسيلمة بن حبيب إلى النبي في آخر سنة عشر: من مسيلمة رسول الله إلى محمد رسول الله، أما بعد فإني قد أُشركت في الأمر معك، وإن لنا نصف الأرض ولقريش نصف الأرض، ولكن قريشاً قوم يعتدون؛ وقدم به رسولان له. فسألهما النبي: فما تقولان أنتما؟ قالا: نقول كما قال؛ فقال: لولا أن الرسل لا تُقتل لضربت أعناقكما، ثم كتب: من محمد رسول الله إلى مسيلمة الكذاب، السلام على من اتبع الهدى، أما بعد فإن الأرض لله يورثها من يشاء من عباده والعاقبة للمتقين.",
  "en": "At the end of 10 AH Musaylima ibn Habib wrote to the Prophet: from Musaylima the messenger of God to Muhammad the messenger of God; I have been made a partner with you in the matter, half the earth is ours and half Quraysh's, but Quraysh are a people who transgress. Two envoys brought it. The Prophet asked what they themselves said; they said, as he says; he said that were envoys not immune from death he would have struck off their heads, then wrote: from Muhammad the messenger of God to Musaylima the liar, peace on whoever follows guidance; the earth is God's, He gives it to whom He wills of His servants, and the outcome is for the God-fearing."
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  "arabia"
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  "prophets",
  "laws-of-war-and-peace"
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  "latest": 632.2476847573555
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   "edtf": "0632-03~",
   "hijri": "0010-12~",
   "calendar": "julian",
   "precision": "month",
   "status": "tradition",
   "note": "«وذلك في آخر سنة عشر» (ص247)؛ الشهر مستنتج؛ الرحيق ص452.",
   "derived": true,
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   "edtf": "0632-03~",
   "hijri": "0010-12~",
   "calendar": "julian",
   "precision": "month",
   "status": "tradition",
   "note": "«وذلك في آخر سنة عشر» (ص247)؛ الشهر مستنتج؛ الرحيق ص452.",
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    "edtf": "0632-03~",
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    "calendar": "julian",
    "precision": "month",
    "status": "tradition",
    "note": "«وذلك في آخر سنة عشر» (ص247)؛ الشهر مستنتج؛ الرحيق ص452.",
    "derived": true,
    "sources": [
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  "provenance": {
   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "sira-ibn-hisham saqqa 1936, juz' 4 p. 247",
   "generated_by": "Claude Code",
   "model": "claude-fable-5-1",
   "run": "ibn-hisham-batch-9c"
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   "source/tabari-donner-1993"
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  "status": {
   "review": "draft",
   "completeness": 2,
   "generated_by": "Claude Fable 5.1; mined from Ibn Hisham juz' 4 p. 247"
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "كتب [[person/musaylima|مسيلمة بن حبيب]] إلى النبي في آخر سنة عشر يدعي الشركة في الأمر ويطلب نصف الأرض، فأجابه النبي بأن الأرض لله يورثها من يشاء من عباده. {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/247}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "كتاب مسيلمة",
     "markdown": "نص الكتاب عند ابن إسحاق: «من مسيلمة رسول الله إلى محمد رسول الله، سلام عليك، أما بعد فإني قد أُشركت في الأمر معك، وإن لنا نصف الأرض ولقريش نصف الأرض، ولكن قريشاً قوم يعتدون»؛ وقدم به رسولان له. {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/247} انظر [[work/letter-of-musaylima-to-the-prophet|كتاب مسيلمة]]."
    },
    {
     "heading": "الجواب",
     "markdown": "يروي ابن إسحاق عن شيخ من أشجع عن سلمة بن نعيم بن مسعود الأشجعي عن أبيه [[person/nuaym-ibn-masud|نعيم]] أنه سمع النبي يقول للرسولين حين قرأ الكتاب: فما تقولان أنتما؟ قالا: نقول كما قال؛ فقال: «أما والله لولا أن الرسل لا تُقتل لضربت أعناقكما». {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/247} ثم كتب إلى مسيلمة: «من محمد رسول الله إلى مسيلمة الكذاب، السلام على من اتبع الهدى، أما بعد فإن الأرض لله يورثها من يشاء من عباده والعاقبة للمتقين». {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/247} وذلك في آخر سنة عشر. {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/247} وعبارة الجواب الأخيرة على نحو [[passage/quran-7-128|الأعراف 128]]."
    },
    {
     "heading": "ما يُستفاد",
     "markdown": "قول النبي إن الرسل لا تُقتل يذكره التراث أصلاً في أمان الرسل والسفراء. {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/247}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "علامات الرواية",
     "markdown": "- إسناد الخبر إلى نعيم بن مسعود عن شيخ من أشجع. {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/247}\n- «الكذاب» في عنوان الجواب لفظ الكتاب كما نقله ابن إسحاق. {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/247}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "event/musaylimas-letter-and-the-prophets-reply",
    "lang": "ar",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": []
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  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Overview",
     "markdown": "[[person/musaylima|Musaylima ibn Habib]] wrote to the Prophet at the end of year ten, claiming a share in the affair and asking for half the land, and the Prophet answered him that the land belongs to God, who gives it as an inheritance to whom He pleases of His servants. {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/247}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Musaylima's letter",
     "markdown": "The text of the letter in Ibn Ishaq: \"From Musaylima, Messenger of God, to Muhammad, Messenger of God. Peace be upon you. To proceed: I have been given a share in the affair with you, and for us is half the land and for Quraysh is half the land; but Quraysh are a people who transgress.\" Two of his messengers brought it. {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/247} See [[work/letter-of-musaylima-to-the-prophet|Musaylima's letter]]."
    },
    {
     "heading": "The reply",
     "markdown": "Ibn Ishaq relates from a shaykh of Ashja' from Salama ibn Nu'aym ibn Mas'ud al-Ashja'i, from his father [[person/nuaym-ibn-masud|Nu'aym]], that he heard the Prophet say to the two messengers when he had read the letter: what do you two say? They said: we say as he said. He said: \"By God, were it not that messengers are not killed, I would have struck your necks.\" {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/247} He then wrote to Musaylima: \"From Muhammad, Messenger of God, to Musaylima the liar. Peace upon him who follows the guidance. To proceed: the land belongs to God, who gives it as an inheritance to whom He pleases of His servants, and the outcome is for the righteous.\" {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/247} This was at the end of year ten. {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/247} The last phrase of the reply resembles [[passage/quran-7-128|Al-A'raf 128]]."
    },
    {
     "heading": "What may be drawn from it",
     "markdown": "The Prophet's words that messengers are not killed echo a tradition of safe conduct for messengers and envoys. {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/247}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Marks of the report",
     "markdown": "- The report's chain runs to Nu'aym ibn Mas'ud from a shaykh of Ashja'. {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/247}\n- \"The liar\" in the heading of the reply is the wording of the letter as Ibn Ishaq transmits it. {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/247}"
    }
   ],
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    "id": "event/musaylimas-letter-and-the-prophets-reply",
    "lang": "en",
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     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
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