66. Witnesses
٦٦۔ كِتَابُ الشَّهَادَاتِ
[Machine] What is the thing and your book that Allah sent down to His Messenger, the latest news about Allah? Do you read it just as it has been narrated? Allah has informed you that the people of the Book have changed what Allah has written and they have altered and written books with their own hands. They say, "This is from Allah," in order to gain a small price for it. So, why don't they forbid you from asking them about what has been revealed to you from knowledge? No, by Allah, we have never seen any of them asking you about what has been revealed to you. And Ali bin Ahmad bin Abdan informed us that Ahmad bin Ubayd Al-Saffar reported to us that Ubayd bin Sharik reported to us that Yahya bin Bukayr reported to us from Al-Layth who reported from Yunus who narrated it in its meaning.
شَيْءٍ وَكِتَابُكُمُ الَّذِي أَنْزَلَ اللهُ عَلَى رَسُولِهِ أَحْدَثُ الْأَخْبَارِ بِاللهِ؟ تَقْرَءُونَهُ مَحْضًا لَمْ يُشَبْ وَقَدْ حَدَّثَكُمُ اللهُ أَنَّ أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ قَدْ بَدَّلُوا مَا كَتَبَ اللهُ وَغَيَّرُوا وَكَتَبُوا بِأَيْدِيهِمُ الْكُتُبَ وَقَالُوا هُوَ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللهِ لِيَشْتَرُوا بِهِ ثَمَنًا قَلِيلًا أَفَلَا يَنْهَاكُمْ مَا جَاءَكُمْ مِنَ الْعِلْمِ عَنْ مُسَاءَلَتِهِمْ؟ فَلَا وَاللهِ مَا رَأَيْنَا رَجُلًا مِنْهُمْ قَطُّ يَسْأَلُكُمْ عَنِ الَّذِي أُنْزِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ 20614 وَأَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدَانَ أنبأ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الصَّفَّارُ ثنا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ شَرِيكٍ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ ثنا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ فَذَكَرَهُ بِمَعْنَاهُ
The people of the Scripture (Jews) used to recite the Torah in Hebrew and they used to explain it in Arabic to the Muslims. On that Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Do not believe the people of the Scripture or disbelieve them, but say:-- "We believe in Allah and what is revealed to us." (2.136) (Using translation from Bukhārī 4485)
كَانَ أَهْلُ الْكِتَابِ يَقْرَءُونَ التَّوْرَاةَ بِالْعِبْرَانِيَّةِ وَيُفَسِّرُونَهَا بِالْعَرَبِيَّةِ لِأَهْلِ الْإِسْلَامِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا تُصَدِّقُوا أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ وَلَا تُكَذِّبُوهُمْ قُولُوا آمَنَّا بِاللهِ وَمَا أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْنَا وَمَا أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْكُمْ الْآيَةَ
[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , said: "The people of two different religions should not inherit from one another, and the testimony of one religion is not valid against another religion, except for the religion of Muhammad, for it is valid against others." Abu Abdul Rahman Shadhan said: "I asked some of our companions about this sheikh, and he claimed that he was Umar ibn Rashid Al-Hanafi. And it was narrated by Baqiyah ibn Al-Walid from Al-Aswad ibn Amir, and he is Shadhan from Umar ibn Rashid."
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا يَتَوَارَثْ أَهْلُ مِلَّتَيْنِ شَتَّى وَلَا تَجُوزُ شَهَادَةُ مِلَّةٍ عَلَى مِلَّةٍ إِلَّا مِلَّةُ مُحَمَّدٍ فَإِنَّهَا عَلَى غَيْرِهِمْ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ شَاذَانُ فَسَأَلْتُ عَنْ هَذَا الشَّيْخِ بَعْضَ أَصْحَابِنَا فَزَعَمَ أَنَّهُ عُمَرُ بْنُ رَاشِدٍ الْحَنَفِيُّ وَرَوَاهُ بَقِيَّةُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ بْنِ عَامِرٍ وَهُوَ شَاذَانُ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ رَاشِدٍ
[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "No religion inherits another religion, and the testimony of one religion does not count against another religion, except for the testimony of the Muslims, as it counts for all religions. And likewise,".
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا تَرِثُ مِلَّةٌ مِلَّةً وَلَا تَجُوزُ شَهَادَةُ مِلَّةٍ عَلَى مِلَّةٍ إِلَّا شَهَادَةُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فَإِنَّهَا تَجُوزُ عَلَى جَمِيعِ الْمِلَلِ وَكَذَلِكَ
[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The people of one religion do not inherit from the people of another religion, and the testimony of one religion does not validate the testimony of another religion, except for my Ummah (community). Their testimony is valid against others. Umar ibn Rashid is not strong, as Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Yahya ibn Ma'in, and other scholars of Ahl al-Naqal (people of transmission) weakened him. Abu Abdullah al-Hafiz allowed me to narrate from him, from Abu al-Abbas, from Rabi'ah, from al-Shafi'i, that Muslim ibn Khalid informed Ibn Abi Najih, from Mujahid, that he said, 'Two just and free Muslims', meaning the saying of Allah the Most High, 'From whom you accept their testimony.'" [Al-Baqarah 282]
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا يَرِثُ أَهْلُ مِلَّةٍ مِلَّةً وَلَا تَجُوزُ شَهَادَةُ مِلَّةٍ عَلَى مِلَّةٍ إِلَّا أُمَّتِي تَجُوزُ شَهَادَتُهُمْ عَلَى مَنْ سِوَاهُمْ عُمَرُ بْنُ رَاشِدٍ هَذَا لَيْسَ بِالْقَوِيِّ قَدْ ضَعَّفَهُ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ وَيَحْيَى بْنُ مَعِينٍ وَغَيْرُهُمَا مِنْ أَئِمَّةِ أَهْلِ النَّقْلِ 20619 وَفِيمَا أَجَازَ لِي أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ رِوَايَتَهُ عَنْهُ عَنْ أَبِي الْعَبَّاسِ عَنِ الرَّبِيعِ عَنِ الشَّافِعِيِّ أنبأ مُسْلِمُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ أَنَّهُ قَالَ عَدْلَانِ حُرَّانِ مُسْلِمَانِ يَعْنِي قَوْلَ اللهِ تَعَالَى {مِمَّنْ تَرْضَوْنَ مِنَ الشُّهَدَاءِ} [البقرة 282]