sent some pagan Arabs in order to negotiate with Negus and get all the immigrated Muslims back to Mecca.
The pagan Quraish took a lot of presents to the Negus, which pleased him very much, and they prostrated themselves to the Negus and then they told him that there is a group of evil wicked men moving about freely in his country and asked him to capture them before they cause any harm to his kingship as they did in Quraish.
But the Negus refused to do that until he calls them and questions them regarding the pleas of Quraish.
So the Negus asked the group of Muslims, to come and meet him.
The Muslims came on and chose Jaafar to be their spokesman.
The Muslims stood in front of the Negus and they did not prostrate themselves unto him.
The Quraish said: O Negus, they do not prostrate themselves unto you.
The bishops around the Negus ordered the Muslims to prostrate!
Jaafar said: we do not prostrate ourselves to anyone but to Allah.
The Negus, who was impressed by this brave Jaafar, asked: your people say that you are evil and made trouble in your tribe Quraish.
Jaafar replied: this is not the case; they came on here to take us back because we changed our religion and embraced a new one.
The Negus asked: “what is this religion that has cut you off from your people, and made you in no need of our forefather’s religion”..?
Jaafar summarized the teachings of Muhammad to explain their situation; he said:
“O King! We were living in ignorance, idolatry and immorality.
We honored no relative and assisted no neighbor.
The strong among us exploited the weak.
Then God sent us a prophet, one of our own people