Chapter 217
Remembrance 1 from Chapter 217
Who may be greeted and who may not, and who may be answered and who may not
Arabic
Romanisation
Min Muḥammadin ‘Abdi-llāhi wa Rasūlih, ilā Hiraqla ‘aẓīmi-r-Rūm. Salāmun ‘alā mani-ttaba‘a-l-hudā. . ..
Context
We relate in the Ṣaḥīḥs of al-Bukhārī and Muslim that in the hadith from Abū Sufyān 
about the story of Heraclius, he said that the Messenger of Allah 
wrote: “From Muḥammad, the slave and Messenger of Allah, to Heraclius, the Mighty [leader] of Rome. Peace be upon those who follow guidance.” [11].
References
[11] Al-Bukhārī (7) and Muslim (1773).