Were there Jews or Christians in Yemen during the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)?
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Question:
Were there Jews or Christians in Yemen during the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)?
Answer:
Is there any doubt about this? Yemen still has Jews to this day, and the Christians were in Najran. The Christians were in Najran, and they came to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), and a discussion and debate took place between them and the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Allah mentioned this at the beginning of Surat al-Imran, in much of the beginning of the surah. The debate between the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and the Christians of Najran took up a large part of the surah. In the end, they made a truce with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) on the condition that they pay the jizyah (tax on protected non-Muslims). Yes.
Were there Jews or Christians in Yemen during the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)?
Answer:
Is there any doubt about this? Yemen still has Jews to this day, and the Christians were in Najran. The Christians were in Najran, and they came to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), and a discussion and debate took place between them and the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Allah mentioned this at the beginning of Surat al-Imran, in much of the beginning of the surah. The debate between the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and the Christians of Najran took up a large part of the surah. In the end, they made a truce with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) on the condition that they pay the jizyah (tax on protected non-Muslims). Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل كان في اليمن يهود أو نصارى في زمن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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