"I said to 'Ali: O Commander of the Believers! Do you have anything written that is not in Allah's Book?' He said: 'By the One Who splits the seed and creates the soul, I have not learned from it except what understanding of the Qur'an Allah gives to a man, and what is in this sheet of paper.' I said: 'What is in the paper?' He said: 'It is the 'Aql, the (ransom for) release of captives, and the judgement that no believer is killed for a disbeliever.'"  

قُلْتُ لِعَلِيٍّ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ هَلْ عِنْدَكُمْ سَوْدَاءُ فِي بَيْضَاءَ لَيْسَ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ قَالَ لاَ وَالَّذِي فَلَقَ الْحَبَّةَ وَبَرَأَ النَّسَمَةَ مَا عَلِمْتُهُ إِلاَّ فَهْمًا يُعْطِيهِ اللَّهُ رَجُلاً فِي الْقُرْآنِ وَمَا فِي الصَّحِيفَةِ قُلْتُ وَمَا فِي الصَّحِيفَةِ قَالَ فِيهَا الْعَقْلُ وَفِكَاكُ الأَسِيرِ وَأَنْ لاَ يُقْتَلَ مُؤْمِنٌ بِكَافِرٍ قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو  

"I said to 'Ali: O Commander of the Believers! Do you have anything written that is not in Allah's Book?' He said: 'By the One Who splits the seed and creates the soul, I have not learned from it except what understanding of the Qur'an Allah gives to a man, and what is in this sheet of paper.' I said: 'What is in the paper?' He said: 'It is the 'Aql, the (ransom for) release of captives, and the judgement that no believer is killed for a disbeliever.'" (Using translation from Tirmidhī 1412)   

قُلْتُ لِعَلِيٍّ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ هَلْ عَلِمْتَ شَيْئًا مِنَ الْوَحْيِ إِلَّا مَا فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى؟ قَالَ «لَا وَالَّذِي فَلَقَ الْحَبَّةَ وَبَرَأَ النَّسَمَةَ مَا أَعْلَمُهُ إِلَّا فَهْمًا يُعْطِيهِ اللَّهُ الرَّجُلَ فِي الْقُرْآنِ وَمَا فِي الصَّحِيفَةِ» قُلْتُ وَمَا فِي الصَّحِيفَةِ؟ قَالَ «الْعَقْلُ وَفِكَاكُ الْأَسِيرِ وَلَا يُقْتَلُ مُسْلِمٌ بِمُشْرِكٍ»  

[Machine] I asked Ali, "Do you have anything from the Prophet ﷺ other than the Quran?" He replied, "No, by the One who split the seed and created the soul, except that Allah may grant understanding to a servant in His Book and what is in the scrolls." I asked, "And what is in the scrolls?" He said, "Knowledge, the emancipation of prisoners, and that a Muslim should not be killed in place of a disbeliever." Abu Amr Muhammad ibn Abdullah Al-Adib narrated to us, Abu Bakr Al-Isma'ili informed me, Abu Ya'la informed us, Harun ibn Ma'ruf informed us, Sufyan narrated to us, from Matarif who said, "I heard Ash-Sha'bi say, Abu Juhaifa informed me that I asked Ali, and he mentioned something similar to it."  

قُلْتُ لِعَلِيٍّ ؓ هَلْ عِنْدَكُمْ مِنَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ شَيْءٌ سِوَى الْقُرْآنِ؟ فَقَالَ لَا وَالَّذِي فَلَقَ الْحَبَّةَ وَبَرَأَ النَّسَمَةَ إِلَّا أَنْ يُعْطِيَ اللهُ عَبْدًا فَهْمًا فِي كِتَابِهِ وَمَا فِي الصَّحِيفَةِ قُلْتُ وَمَا فِي الصَّحِيفَةِ؟ قَالَ الْعَقْلُ وَفِكَاكُ الْأَسِيرِ وَلَا يُقْتَلُ مُسْلِمٌ بِكَافِرٍ 15908 وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَمْرٍو مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْأَدِيبُ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْإِسْمَاعِيلِيُّ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو يَعْلَى ثنا هَارُونُ بْنُ مَعْرُوفٍ ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مُطَرِّفٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الشَّعْبِيَّ يَقُولُ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو جُحَيْفَةَ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِعَلِيٍّ ؓ فَذَكَرَهُ بِمِثْلِهِ  

[Machine] Abu Amr Al-Addib informed us that Abu Bakr Al-Isma'ili informed us that Yusuf Al-Qadi narrated from Amr ibn Marzouq who narrated from Zuhair from Mutarif from 'Amir from Abu Juhayfah who said: I said to Ali, "O Commander of the Faithful, do you have any revelation among you?" He said, "No, by the One who split the grain and created the breeze, I only know through understanding that Allah grants to a man. As for what is in the written pages, I asked, 'What is in the written pages?' He said, 'Reasoning and the liberation of a captive. And a believer should not be killed by a polytheist.' Zuhair said, 'So I asked Mutarif, what is the liberation of a captive?' He said, 'To be freed from the enemy.' This is the established practice (Sunnah). And Mutarif said, 'Reasoning is the well-founded intellect.'"  

أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَمْرٍو الْأَدِيبُ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْإِسْمَاعِيلِيُّ أنبأ يُوسُفُ الْقَاضِي ثنا عَمْرُو بْنُ مَرْزُوقٍ أنبأ زُهَيْرٌ عَنْ مُطَرِّفٍ عَنْ عَامِرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جُحَيْفَةَ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِعَلِيٍّ ؓ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ هَلْ عِنْدَكُمْ مِنَ الْوَحْيِ شَيْءٌ؟ قَالَ لَا وَالَّذِي فَلَقَ الْحَبَّةَ وَبَرَأَ النَّسَمَةَ مَا أَعْلَمُ إِلَّا فَهْمًا يُعْطِيهِ اللهُ ﷻ رَجُلًا وَمَا فِي الصَّحِيفَةِ قُلْتُ وَمَا فِي الصَّحِيفَةِ؟ قَالَ الْعَقْلُ وَفِكَاكُ الْأَسِيرِ وَلَا يُقْتَلُ مُؤْمِنٌ بِمُشْرِكٍ قَالَ زُهَيْرٌ فَقُلْتُ لِمُطَرِّفٍ وَمَا فِكَاكُ الْأَسِيرِ؟ قَالَ أَنْ يُفَكَّ مِنَ الْعَدُوِّ جَرَتْ بِذَلِكَ السُّنَّةُ وَقَالَ مُطَرِّفٌ الْعَقْلُ الْمَعْقُلَةُ