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{{Short description|Ethiopian ruler of the Kingdom of Aksum}}
{{for|the Twelver Shi'ite rijāl scholar (c. 982–1058)|Ahmad ibn Ali al-Najashi}}
{{Infobox royalty
| name = Najashi
| title = [[Negus]]
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| more =
| image = Armah.jpg
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| succession = [[List of kings of Axum|King of Aksum]]
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| reign = 614–630
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| predecessor = unknown
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| successor = unknown
| suc-type = Successor
| regent =
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| birth_date = Around 560 [[Common Era|C.E.]]
| birth_place = [[Kingdom of Axum]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|631|560|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Negash]], [[Kingdom of Axum]]<br/>{{small|(present-day [[Eritrea]] & [[Ethiopia]])}}
| birth_name = Armah
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| religion = [[Oriental Orthodox Churches|Oriental Orthodox]]
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'''Armah''' ({{lang-gez|አርማህ}}) or '''Aṣ-ḥamah''' ({{lang-ar|أَصْحَمَة}}),<ref name="Funeral Prayer">{{cite book |last1=al-Bukhari |first1=Imam |author-link=Muhammad al-Bukhari |translator=Muhammad Asad |title=Sahih al-Bukhari: The Early Years of Islam》Chapter:THE BEGINNINGS OF ISLAM; Section:XIV THE DEATH OF THE NEGUS |date=2013 |publisher=[[The Other Press]] |isbn=978-967-506-298-8 |page=179 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oWyNAQAAQBAJ&q=Ashamah&pg=PA179 |access-date=21 August 2020}}</ref> commonly known as '''Najashi''' ({{lang-ar|ٱلنَّجَاشِيّ|translit=An-Najāshī}}), was the ruler of the [[Kingdom of Aksum]] who reigned from 614–631 [[Common Era|C.E.]] It is agreed by Muslim scholars that Najashi gave shelter to Muslim emigrants from [[Mecca]], around 615–616 at [[Axum]].<ref>{{cite book |author1=M. Elfasi |author2=Ivan Hrbek |title=Africa from the Seventh to the Eleventh Century |year=1988 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tw0Q0tg0QLoC&pg=PA560 |publisher=[[UNESCO]] |page=560 |isbn=978-9-2310-1709-4 }}</ref><ref name="sira150">{{cite book |author=Ibn Ishāq |title=Sīratu Rasūlillāh |editor-link=Alfred Guillaume |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |year=2004 |pages=150–153 |author-link=Ibn Ishāq}}</ref>

== Reign ==
Najashi reigned for 18 years from 614–631 C.E. During his reign, [[First Hejira|Muslims migrated]] to Abyssinia and met Najashi. According to a story recorded by the Muslim biographer [[Ibn Ishaq]] ({{circa|704–767}}), [[Muhammad]]'s cousin, [[Ja'far ibn Abi Talib]], told Najashi about the persecution they had faced at the hands of the Arab tribe of [[Quraysh]]. Najashi asked if they had with them anything which had come from God. Ja'far then recited a passage from [[Maryam (surah)|Surat Maryam]] in the [[Quran]], regarding [[Jesus in Islam|Isa]] (Jesus) and [[Mary in Islam|Maryam]] (Mary). When Najashi heard it, he wept and exclaimed:
{{Quote|text=Verily, this (Quran) and what Isa brought ([[Gospel in Islam|Gospel]]) has come from the same source of light.|author=Najashi}}

According to Ibn Ishaq, Najashi then affirmed that he would never give up the Muslims.<ref name="sira150" />

== See also ==
* [[Saifu]]
* [[List of mosques in Africa]]
** [[Al Nejashi Mosque|Masjid An-Najashi]] in [[Negash]], Ethiopia
** [[Mosque of the Companions|Masjid As-Sahabah]] in [[Massawa]], [[Eritrea]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== Further reading ==
* {{cite journal |last1=Atkins |first1=Brian |last2=Juel-Jensen |first2=Bent |title=The Gold Coinage of Aksum: Further Analyses of Specific Gravity, A Contribution to Chronology |journal=[[Numismatic Chronicle]] |year=1988 |issue=148}}
* Hussein Ahmed, [https://www.jstor.org/stable/44259282 "Aksum In Muslim Historical Traditions"], ''Journal of Ethiopian Studies'', 29 (1996), pp. 47-66

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