A commission of Christians from Najran visited our master Rasulullah (alaihi-salam). Najran was a city between Hijaz and Yemen. They consisted of sixty cavalrymen, twenty-four of whom were their superiors. However, only three of them held the most superior ranks. Their chief was Abdulmasih. Of them, Abulharis bin Alqama was the most learned. He had read about the symptoms of the Last Prophet in the Injil. But, because he was fond of his worldly rank and fame, he had not converted to Islam. Being wellknown for his knowledge, he used to be favored by the rulers and used to control many churches. It was during the late afternoon prayer when the Christian group arrived in Medina and, after the prayer, they entered the Masjid Sharif. They were clad in ornamented priestly garments. It being the time for them to pray, they stood up to pray in the Masjid Sharif and Rasulullah (alaihisalam) said, “Let them pray.”
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