| Arabic reference | : Book 6, Hadith 2317 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 10, Hadith 2382 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 47, Hadith 5584 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 47, Hadith 5633 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 4, Hadith 646 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 34, Hadith 7446 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 4, Hadith 9296 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 10, Hadith 12940 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 14, Hadith 14222 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 16, Hadith 17358 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 16, Hadith 17362 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 16, Hadith 17405 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 62, Hadith 8339 |
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Abbas:
Allah's Apostle wrote to Caesar and invited him to Islam and sent him his letter with Dihya Al-Kalbi whom Allah's Apostle ordered to hand it over to the Governor of Busra who would forward it to Caesar. Caesar as a sign of gratitude to Allah, had walked from Hims to Ilya (i.e. Jerusalem) when Allah had granted Him victory over the Persian forces. So, when the letter of Allah's Apostle reached Caesar, he said after reading it, 'Seek for me any one of his people! (Arabs of Quraish tribe) if present here, in order to ask him about Allah's Apostle. At that time Abu Sufyan bin Harb was in Sham with some men from Quraish who had come (to Sham) as merchants during the truce that had been concluded between Allah's Apostle; and the infidels of Quraish. Abu Sufyan said, Caesar's messenger found us somewhere in Sham so he took me and my companions to Ilya and we were admitted into Ceasar's court to find him sitting in his royal court wearing a crown and surrounded by the senior dignitaries of the Byzantine. He said to his translator. 'Ask them who amongst them is a close relation to the man who claims to be a prophet." Abu Sufyan added, "I replied, 'I am the nearest relative to him.' He asked, 'What degree of relationship do you have with him?' I replied, 'He is my cousin,' and there was none of Bani Abu Manaf in the caravan except myself. Caesar said, 'Let him come nearer.' He then ordered that my companions stand behind me near my shoulder and said to his translator, 'Tell his companions that I am going to ask this man about the man who claims to be a prophet. If he tells a lie, they should contradict him immediately." Abu Sufyan added, "By Allah! Had it not been shameful that my companions label me a liar, I would not have spoken the truth about him when he asked me. But I considered it shameful to be called a liar by my companions. So I told the truth. He then said to his translator, 'Ask him what kind of family does he belong to.' I replied, 'He belongs to a noble family amongst us.' He said, 'Have anybody else amongst you ever claimed the same before him? 'I replied, 'No.' He said, 'Had you ever blamed him for telling lies before he claimed what he claimed? ' I replied, 'No.' He said, 'Was anybody amongst his ancestors a king?' I replied, 'No.' He said, "Do the noble or the poor follow him?' I replied, 'It is the poor who follow him.' He said, 'Are they increasing or decreasing (day by day)?' I replied,' ...
| Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 2940, 2941 |
| In-book reference | : Book 56, Hadith 153 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 4, Book 52, Hadith 191 |
| (deprecated numbering scheme) |
| Reference | : Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 1109 |
| In-book reference | : Book 44, Hadith 9 |
| English translation | : Book 44, Hadith 1109 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 7, Hadith 2803 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 10, Hadith 2394 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 20, Hadith 2235 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 29, Hadith 5059 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 1, Hadith 216 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 13, Hadith 2611 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 1, Hadith 1092 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 2, Hadith 3215 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 2, Hadith 3404 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 5, Hadith 10191 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 16, Hadith 17357 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 16, Hadith 17361 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 16, Hadith 17364 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 44, Hadith 6288 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 69, Hadith 11381 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 28, Hadith 4266 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 2, Hadith 811 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 45, Hadith 5468 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 29, Hadith 5675 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 29, Hadith 6368 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 6, Hadith 13220 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 27, Hadith 4131 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 2, Hadith 2476 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 2, Hadith 3205 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 4, Hadith 9304 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 5, Hadith 10177 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 5, Hadith 10194 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 16, Hadith 17359 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 62, Hadith 8276 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 62, Hadith 8501 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 62, Hadith 8523 |
| Reference | : Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 737 |
| In-book reference | : Book 31, Hadith 134 |
| English translation | : Book 31, Hadith 737 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 62, Hadith 6757 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 44, Hadith 8200 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 48, Hadith 8687 |