Six (or eight, if the kings of Oman are counted individually) rulers received letters from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, these letters were invitations to Islam. We can group the rulers into three groups:
Converted to Islam
Al-Najashi of Ethiopia
Munzir of Bahrain
'Abd and Jayfar of Oman
Badhan of Yemen
Did not convert to Islam, but respected the Prophet ﷺ
Heraclius of Byzantine Rome
Cyrus of Alexandria
Did not convert to Islam, with rude attitude towards the Prophet ﷺ
Khosrow II of Persia
Hawzah of Al-Yamamah
Harith of Syria
You might be asking, why did most of the kings not convert to Islam? The answer is simple: worldy desires. They did not wish for their status in this temporary world to be tarnished and ruined if they converted to Islam. So, they didn't convert. May Allah protect us from our worldly desires and not let them control us, Ameen.
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Prophet Muhammad ﷺ and Contemporary Rulers
Non-FictionA short book, written to document the interactions of the Prophet ﷺ with the various rulers (i.e. Kings and Princes) who lived at the same time as Him. Included within this book are the stories of some kings who converted to Islam or accepted the fa...
