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According to Ibn Ishaq, Najashi then affirmed that he would never give up the Muslims. In fact, he converted to Islam before he went out to the Abyssinians who accused him of abandoning the state religion/their beliefs. He then asked what their beliefs were. Once they explained the Christian doctrine
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The Negus put his hand upon a parchment which was on his breast when he gave that reply. The parchment affirmed Allah's oneness and that Jesus was merely a slave of Allah and a Prophet. The Abyssinians were content and went away.
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The Najashi reigned for almost 17 years from 614–630 CE. Nothing much is known about his personal life and reign rather than during his reign,
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Sahih al-Bukhari: The Early Years of Islam》Chapter:THE BEGINNINGS OF ISLAM; Section:XIV THE DEATH OF THE NEGUS
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which is performed upon a dead Muslim if they die in a place with no Muslims to pray for the dead.
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and met the Najashi. According to a story recorded by the Muslim biographer
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about the persecution they had faced at the hands of the Arab tribe of
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He died in 630 CE. Some Muslim sources indicate that the
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Index

Ahmad ibn Ali al-Najashi
Negus

Rashid ad-Din
King of Aksum
Israel
Ioel
'Akla Wedem
C.E.
Kingdom of Axum
Negash
Kingdom of Axum
Ethiopia
Islam
Arabic
Arabic
romanized
Kingdom of Aksum
C.E.
Mecca
Axum
Muslims migrated to Abyssinia
Ibn Ishaq
Muhammad
Ja'far ibn Abi Talib
told Najashi
Quraysh
Surat Maryam
Quran
Jesus in Islam

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