that Heraclius had sent for him to come along with a group of the Quraish who were trading in Sha'm, and they came to him. Then Abu Sufyan mentioned the whole narration and said, Heraclius asked for the letter of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) . When the letter was read, its contents were as follows: 'In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. From Muhammad, Allah's slave and His Apostle to Heraclius, the Chief of Byzantines: Peace be upon him who follows the right path (guidance)! Amma ba'du (to proceed )...' (See Hadith No 6, Vol 1 for details)

':'Telah menceritakan kepada kami Muhammad bin Muqatil Abu Al Hasan telah mengabarkan kepada kami Abdullah telah mengabarkan kepada kami Yunus dari Az Zuhri dia berkata; telah mengabarkan kepadaku 'Ubaidullah bin Abdullah bin 'Utbah bahwa Ibnu Abbas telah mengabarkan kepadanya bahwa Abu Sufyan bin Harb telah mengabarkan kepadanya bahwa Heraklius (raja Ramawi) pernah mengutusnya kepada sekelompok orang orang Quraisy yaitu para pedagang di Syam setelah itu para pedagang tersebut menemuinya -lalu perawi menyebutkan riawayat hadits dia berkata; 'Kemudian Heraklius meminta surat Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam ketika dibaca ternyata di dalamnya tertulis 'BISMILLAHIR RAHMAANIR RAHIIM (dengan nama Allah yang maha pengasih lagi maha penyayang) dari Muhammad hamba Allah dan Rasul-Nya kepada Hiraklius raja Ramawi salam kesejahteraan bagi yang mengikuti petunjuk amma ba'du.''