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ahmad:3070ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Ḥumayd al-Aʿraj > Mujāhid

[Machine] Which verse is it? I said, "If you disclose what is within yourselves or conceal it, Allah will evaluate you for it." [Al-Baqarah 284]. Ibn Abbas said: When this verse was revealed, the companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ became greatly distressed and angered. They said, "O Messenger of Allah, have we been destroyed if we are held accountable for what we say and do? As for our hearts, they are not in our control." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ told them, "Say, 'We hear and obey.'" They said, "We hear and obey." He said, "It has been abrogated by this verse, 'The Messenger has believed in what was revealed to him from his Lord, and [so have] the believers.'" [Al-Baqarah 285], to 'Allah does not burden a soul beyond that it can bear...' [Al-Baqarah 286]. Therefore, they were relieved from the responsibility of what is within themselves, but they were still held accountable for their actions.  

أحمد:٣٠٧٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ قَالَ دَخَلْتُ عَلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ فَقُلْتُ يَا أَبَا عَبَّاسٍ كُنْتُ عِنْدَ ابْنِ عُمَرَ فَقَرَأَ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ فَبَكَى قَالَ

أَيَّةُ آيَةٍ؟ قُلْتُ {إِنْ تُبْدُوا مَا فِي أَنْفُسِكُمْ أَوْ تُخْفُوهُ يُحَاسِبْكُمْ بِهِ اللهُ} [البقرة 284] قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ إِنَّ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ حِينَ أُنْزِلَتْ غَمَّتْ أَصْحَابَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ غَمًّا شَدِيدًا وَغَاظَتْهُمْ غَيْظًا شَدِيدًا يَعْنِي وَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِهَلَكْنَا إِنْ كُنَّا نُؤَاخَذُ بِمَا تَكَلَّمْنَا وَبِمَا نَعْمَلُ فَأَمَّا قُلُوبُنَا فَلَيْسَتْ بِأَيْدِينَا فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قُولُوا سَمِعْنَا وَأَطَعْنَا قَالُوا سَمِعْنَا وَأَطَعْنَا قَالَ فَنَسَخَتْهَا هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ {آمَنَ الرَّسُولُ بِمَا أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ رَبِّهِ وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ} [البقرة 285] إِلَى {لَا يُكَلِّفُ اللهُ نَفْسًا إِلا وُسْعَهَا لَهَا مَا كَسَبَتْ وَعَلَيْهَا مَا اكْتَسَبَتْ} [البقرة 286] فَتُجُوِّزَ لَهُمْ عَنْ حَدِيثِ النَّفْسِ وَأُخِذُوا بِالْأَعْمَالِ  


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ahmad:2070Wakīʿ > Sufyān > Ādam b. Sulaymān a freed slave of Khālid b. Khālid > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

"When this Ayah was revealed: And whether you disclose what is in yourselves or conceal it, Allah will call you to account for it (2:284). Somethings entered their hearts that had not entered before. So they mentioned that to the Prophet ﷺ and he said: 'Say: "We hear and we obey." So Allah put faith into their hearts and Allah Blessed and Most High revealed the Ayah: The Messenger believes in what has been sent down to him from his Lord, and (so do) the believers (and) Allah does not burden a soul beyond what it can bear, for it is what it has earned and against it is what it has wrought. "Our Lord! Punish us not if we forget or fall into error (2:286)." He said: 'I have done so (as requested).' Our Lord! Lay not upon us a burden like that which You did upon those before us. He said: ['I have done so (as requested).'] Our Lord! Put not a burden upon us greater than we have strength for. Pardon us and grant us forgiveness. Have mercy on us (2:286). He said: 'I have done so (as requested).'" (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2992)   

أحمد:٢٠٧٠حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ آدَمَ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ مَوْلَى خَالِدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سَعِيدَ بْنَ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ {إِنْ تُبْدُوا مَا فِي أَنْفُسِكُمْ أَوْ تُخْفُوهُ يُحَاسِبْكُمْ بِهِ اللهُ} [البقرة 284] قَالَ دَخَلَ قُلُوبَهُمْ مِنْهَا شَيْءٌ لَمْ يَدْخُلْ قُلُوبَهُمْ مِنْ شَيْءٍ قَالَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ قُولُوا سَمِعْنَا وَأَطَعْنَا وَسَلَّمْنَا فَأَلْقَى اللهُ الْإِيمَانَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ ﷻ {آمَنَ الرَّسُولُ بِمَا أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ رَبِّهِ وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ كُلٌّ آمَنَ بِاللهِ وَمَلائِكَتِهِ وَكُتُبِهِ وَرُسُلِهِ لَا نُفَرِّقُ بَيْنَ أَحَدٍ مِنْ رُسُلِهِ وَقَالُوا سَمِعْنَا وَأَطَعْنَا غُفْرَانَكَ رَبَّنَا وَإِلَيْكَ الْمَصِيرُ لَا يُكَلِّفُ اللهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَا لَهَا مَا كَسَبَتْ وَعَلَيْهَا مَا اكْتَسَبَتْ رَبَّنَا لَا تُؤَاخِذْنَا إِنْ نَسِينَا أَوْ أَخْطَأْنَا رَبَّنَا وَلَا تَحْمِلْ عَلَيْنَا إِصْرًا كَمَا حَمَلْتَهُ عَلَى الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِنَا رَبَّنَا وَلَا تُحَمِّلْنَا مَا لَا طَاقَةَ لَنَا بِهِ وَاعْفُ عَنَّا وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا وَارْحَمْنَا أَنْتَ مَوْلَانَا فَانْصُرْنَا عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْكَافِرِينَ} [البقرة 285286]  

hakim:3132Abū Zakariyyā Yaḥyá b. Muḥammad al-ʿAnbarī > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Salām > Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Wakīʿ > Sufyān > Ādam b. Sulaymān > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās > Lammā Nazalat Hadhih al-Āyah In Tubdūā

[Machine] "When this verse was revealed, 'If you disclose what is in your hearts or conceal it, Allah will call you to account for it,' (2:284) it became difficult for them. They felt overwhelmed by the weight of it, so the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said to them, 'Say, "We hear and we obey."' Then Allah instilled faith in their hearts and they said, 'We hear and we obey.' Then Allah, the Almighty said, 'Allah does not burden a soul beyond that it can bear...' (2:286) until the statement, 'or we have made a mistake.' (2:286) He said, 'I have done [what is required] until the end of Al-Baqarah.'"  

الحاكم:٣١٣٢أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو زَكَرِيَّا يَحْيَى بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْعَنْبَرِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ السَّلَامِ ثنا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أَنْبَأَ وَكِيعٌ ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ آدَمَ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سَعِيدَ بْنَ جُبَيْرٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ {إِنْ تُبْدُوا مَا فِي أَنْفُسِكُمْ أَوْ تُخْفُوهُ يُحَاسِبْكُمْ بِهِ اللَّهُ} [البقرة 284] شَقَّ ذَلِكَ عَلَيْهِمْ مَا لَمْ يَشُقَّ عَلَيْهِمْ مِثْلُ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «قُولُوا سَمِعْنَا وَأَطَعْنَا» فَأَلْقَى اللَّهُ الْإِيمَانَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ فَقَالُوا سَمِعْنَا وَأَطَعْنَا فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ ﷻ {لَا يُكَلِّفُ اللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَا لَهَا مَا كَسَبَتْ وَعَلَيْهَا مَا اكْتَسَبَتْ} [البقرة 286] إِلَى قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى {أَوْ أَخْطَأْنَا} [البقرة 286] قَالَ قَدْ فَعَلْتُ إِلَى آخِرِ الْبَقَرَةِ  

«هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخْرِجَاهُ» صحيح

قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى {وَإِنْ تُبْدُوا مَا فِي أَنْفُسِكُمْ أَوْ تُخْفُوهُ} [البقرة: 284]

nasai-kubra:10993Maḥmūd b. Ghaylān > Wakīʿ > Sufyān > Ādam b. Sulaymān > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

When this verse:" Whether you disclose that which is in your mind or conceal it, Allah will call you to account according to it" (ii 284), there entered in their minds something (of that fear) such as had never entered their hearts (before). The Apostle ﷺ observed: Say: We have heard and obeyed and submitted ourselves. He (the reporter) said: Allah instilled faith in their hearts and He revealed this verse:" Allah burdens not a soul beyond its capacity. It gets every good that it earns and it suffers every ill that it earns. Our Lord, call us not to account if we forget or make a mistake. He the (Lord) said: I indeed did it. Our Lord! do not lay on us a burden as Thou didst lay on those before us. He (our Lord) said: I indeed did it. And pardon us, have mercy on us. Thou art our Protector" (ii. 286). He said: I indeed did it. (Using translation from Muslim 126)   

الكبرى للنسائي:١٠٩٩٣أَخْبَرَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلَانَ أَخْبَرَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ آدَمَ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ {وَإِنْ تُبْدُوا مَا فِي أَنْفُسِكُمْ أَوْ تُخْفُوهُ يُحَاسِبْكُمْ بِهِ اللهُ} [البقرة 284] دَخَلَ قُلُوبَهُمْ مِنْهَا شَيْءٌ لَمْ يَدْخُلْهُ مِنْ شَيْءٍ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ قُولُوا سَمِعْنَا وَأَطَعْنَا وَسَلَّمْنَا فَأَلْقَى اللهُ الْإِيمَانَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ ﷻ {آمَنَ الرَّسُولُ بِمَا أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ رَبِّهِ وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ} [البقرة 285] الْآيَةُ {لَا يُكَلِّفُ اللهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَا لَهَا مَا كَسَبَتْ وَعَلَيْهَا مَا اكْتَسَبَتْ رَبَّنَا لَا تُؤَاخِذْنَا إِنْ نَسِينَا أَوْ أَخْطَأْنَا} [البقرة 286] قَالَ قَدْ فَعَلْتُ {رَبَّنَا وَلَا تَحْمِلْ عَلَيْنَا إِصْرًا كَمَا حَمَلْتَهُ عَلَى الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِنَا} [البقرة 286] قَالَ قَدْ فَعَلْتُ {رَبَّنَا وَلَا تُحَمِّلْنَا مَا لَا طَاقَةَ لَنَا بِهِ وَاعْفُ عَنَّا وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا وَارْحَمْنَا أَنْتَ مَوْلَانَا فَانْصُرْنَا عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْكَافِرِينَ} [البقرة 286] قَالَ قَدْ فَعَلْتُ