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an-Najāshī (the Negus of Abyssinia)
النجاشي
The Christian king of Abyssinia who gave the migrating believers refuge and refused to hand them back.
Where they appear
- Going public — and the persecution
Heard Jaʿfar ibn Abī Ṭālib رضي الله عنه recite Sūrah Maryam and wept, then refused Quraysh's demand for extradition.
How it ended
Accepted Islam; the Prophet ﷺ prayed the funeral prayer for him in absence when he died.
Musnad Aḥmad 1740; Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1245; ar-Raḥīq al-Makhtūm, al-Mubārakpūrī