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Al-Najashi

النجاشي
Definition

The Negus of Abyssinia. The Christian king who received the Muslim refugees and famously wept upon hearing Ja'far recite Surah Maryam, refusing to extradite them despite Quraysh pressure.

As understood in the classical tradition of Ibn Kathir and the scholars of his school.

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