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you to do this?” They replied (referring to Chosroes), “Our lord commanded us to do

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this.” The Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, said, “My Lord has
instructed me to grow my beard and to trim my moustache.”

Abu Bakrah narrates that when the Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him,
sent his envoy to Chosroes to propagate Islam, Chosroes wrote to Baham, the governor
of Yemen and surrounding countries of Arabia. In his letter he wrote, “It has reached me
that a person in your vicinity claims to be a prophet. Tell him to cease what he is doing
otherwise I will send an army that will kill him and his people.”

When Baham‟s envoy conveyed the message to the Messenger of Allah, praise and
peace be upon him, the Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, said, “If this
was something of my own accord, I would be able to stop it. However, the Glorious,
Magnificent Creator, Allah has sent me (with this mission).” The envoy remained for a
while and the Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, told him, “My Lord has