Sahih al-Bukhari 4762

Book 65: Prophetic Commentary on the Qur'an (Tafseer of the Prophet (pbuh)) · Hadith 284

Hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُوسَى، أَخْبَرَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، أَنَّ ابْنَ جُرَيْجٍ، أَخْبَرَهُمْ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي الْقَاسِمُ بْنُ أَبِي بَزَّةَ، أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ سَعِيدَ بْنَ جُبَيْرٍ هَلْ لِمَنْ قَتَلَ مُؤْمِنًا مُتَعَمِّدًا مِنْ تَوْبَةٍ فَقَرَأْتُ عَلَيْهِ ‏{‏وَلاَ يَقْتُلُونَ النَّفْسَ الَّتِي حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ إِلاَّ بِالْحَقِّ‏}‏‏.‏ فَقَالَ سَعِيدٌ قَرَأْتُهَا عَلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ كَمَا قَرَأْتَهَا عَلَىَّ‏.‏ فَقَالَ هَذِهِ مَكِّيَّةٌ نَسَخَتْهَا آيَةٌ مَدَنِيَّةٌ، الَّتِي فِي سُورَةِ النِّسَاءِ‏.‏

Narrated Al-Qasim bin Abi Bazza:That he asked Sa`id bin Jubair, "Is there any repentance of the one who has murdered a believer intentionally?" Then I recited to him:-- "Nor kill such life as Allah has forbidden except for a just cause." Sa`id said, "I recited this very Verse before Ibn `Abbas as you have recited it before me. Ibn `Abbas said, 'This Verse was revealed in Mecca and it has been abrogated by a Verse in Surat-An-Nisa which was later revealed in Medina

Al-Qasim bin Abi Bazza bataate hain ke unhone Saeed bin Jubair se pucha, 'Kya kisi momin ko jaan-boojh kar qatl karne wale ki koi tauba (qubool) hai?' Phir maine unke saamne ye Aayat padhi: 'Na kisi jaan ko qatl karo jise Allah ne haraam kiya hai siwaaye haq ke.' Saeed ne kaha, 'Maine bhi yahi Aayat Ibn Abbas ke saamne padhi thi jaisa tumne mere saamne padha. Ibn Abbas ne kaha, "Ye Aayat Makkah mein naazil hui thi, aur ise Surah An-Nisa ki ek Aayat ne mansookh kar diya jo baad mein Madina mein naazil hui."'

Sahih al-Bukhari 4762 · Book 65, Hadith 284

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