Sahih al-Bukhari 6915

Hadith text

Narrated Abu Juhaifa:I asked `Ali "Do you have anything Divine literature besides what is in the Qur'an?" Or, as Uyaina once said, "Apart from what the people have?" `Ali said, "By Him Who made the grain split (germinate) and created the soul, we have nothing except what is in the Qur'an and the ability (gift) of understanding Allah's Book which He may endow a man, with and what is written in this sheet of paper." I asked, "What is on this paper?" He replied, "The legal regulations of Diya (Blood-money) and the (ransom for) releasing of the captives, and the judgment that no Muslim should be killed in Qisas (equality in punishment) for killing a Kafir (disbeliever)

Abu Juhaifa bataate hain: Maine Ali se pucha, 'Kya aapke paas Quran ke ilaawa koi aur Ilaahi Kitaab hai?' Ya, jaisa Uyaina ne ek baar kaha, '...jo logon ke paas hai uske ilaawa?' Ali ne kaha, 'Us Zaat ki qasam jisne daana phatvaaya aur Rooh ko banaaya, hamare paas Quran ke ilaawa aur wo samajh (tohfa) ke siwa kuch nahi jo Allah kisi shaks ko apni Kitaab samajhne mein de sakta hai, aur jo is kaagaz ke tukde mein likha hai.' Maine pucha, 'Is kaagaz mein kya hai?' Unhone jawab diya, 'Diya (khoon-bahaa) ke kanooni niyam, aur qaidiyon ko riha karne (ka fidya), aur ye faisla ke koi Musalmaan kisi kaafir ko qatl karne ke Qisas mein qatl nahi kiya jaana chaahiye.'

Sahih al-Bukhari 6915 · Book 87, Hadith 53