A letter sent by Prophet Muhammad (saw) to the Byzantine emperor Heraclius, delivered by the sahabi Dihya al-Kalbi (ra).
Translation of the letter:
"In the name of God, the Gracious One, the Merciful
From Muhammad, servant of God and His apostle to Heraclius, premier of the…
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@5Pillarsuk
This letter probably written on goat or dear skin. Muslims founded it when Constantinople was conquered in 1453 by them.
It was one of the Emperor's possessions kept in Hagia Sophia. The writing dates back to the ancient Arabic that dates back to the era in which Muhammad…
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@5Pillarsuk
I believe that is it impossible for this letter to be like this today, because Heraclius disliked the fact that our Prophet (pbuh) put his blessed name before his in the letter, and he was like “ who is this man to put his name before mine?” So he tore up the letter and when the-
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@binzak
Is there a way to fact check forgeries and misinformation about Islamic history like community notes?
@shahanSean
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@5Pillarsuk
A careful study (in link) found that there is no indication that any of the supposedly-original letters of the Prophet, all "found" in the last 200 years, are actually physical original letters.
Here:
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@rsturbos3
Was there a paper like this before? Wasn't a date palm that was used for writing?
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"The Qur'an identifies the Prophet Muḥammad as al-nabī al-ummī (Q.7:157–158). Muslim consensus has come to perceive this epithet for the Prophet of Islam as indicating conclusively that he was Muḥammad, ‘the illiterate prophet."
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@5Pillarsuk
My question is who wrote this? Because the prophet (pbuh) could not read nor write so clearly this is either fake or someone wrote the letter on the behalf of the prophet (pbuh)
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@5Pillarsuk
TBH ...I don't know anything about ancient scriptures but this looks fake.Allah knows best.
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