He replied: Messenger of Allah.

He replied: Messenger of Allah. I asked: Has God really sent you? He replied: Yes. I asked: What has He sent you for? He said: That you should worship Him alone and do not associate anyone with Him. That you should break the idols and have good relations with your kin. I asked: He has sent you with a nice purpose…Amr said: I embraced Islam on listening to this.[^4] Abul Fida writes about conversion of Khalid ibn Saeed: Khalid met the Messenger of Allah (S) and asked: To what do you call us?

He replied: Faith in One God, Prophethood of Muhammad and keeping aloof from worship of stones that neither hear nor cause any harm, they neither see nor cause any benefit, and neither can they differentiate between their worshippers from others. On this point, Khalid said: I testify that there is no god, except Allah and that Muhammad is the messenger of Allah.

Thus the Messenger of Allah (S) was pleased with his acceptance of faith.[^5] The exchange that took place between the emigrant Muslims and King Negus of Abyssinia also supports this contention. Ibn Athir has narrated the story of emigration of Muslims in detail, which in brief was as follows: In the fifth year of…