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bayhaqi:18896Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Aḥmad b. ʿAbdān > Aḥmad b. ʿUbayd al-Ṣaffār > Ismāʿīl al-Qāḍī > Muḥammad b. Abū Bakr > ʿImrān b. ʿUyaynah > ʿAṭāʾ b. al-Sāʾib > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Jews disputed with the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ and said, "We eat from what we have killed, but you do not eat from what Allah has killed." So Allah revealed, "And do not eat of that upon which the name of Allah has not been mentioned" [Surah Al-An'am 121].  

البيهقي:١٨٨٩٦أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدَانَ أنبأ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الصَّفَّارُ ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ الْقَاضِي ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ثنا عِمْرَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ قَالَ

خَاصَمَتِ الْيَهُودُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ تَأْكُلُ مِمَّا قَتَلْنَا وَلَا تَأْكُلُ مِمَّا قَتَلَ اللهُ؟ فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ ﷻ {وَلَا تَأْكُلُوا مِمَّا لَمْ يُذْكَرِ اسْمُ اللهِ عَلَيْهِ } [الأنعام 121]  


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abudawud:2818Muḥammad b. Kathīr > Isrāʾīl > Simāk > ʿIkrimah

explaining the verse "But the evil ones ever inspire their friend to contend with you" They used to say: Do not eat which Allah killed, but eat which you slaughtered. So Allah revealed the verse: "Eat not of (meats) on which Allah's name hath not been pronounced"...to the end of the verse.  

أبو داود:٢٨١٨حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ حَدَّثَنَا سِمَاكٌ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ

عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ فِي قَوْلِهِ { وَإِنَّ الشَّيَاطِينَ لَيُوحُونَ إِلَى أَوْلِيَائِهِمْ } يَقُولُونَ مَا ذَبَحَ اللَّهُ فَلاَ تَأْكُلُوا وَمَا ذَبَحْتُمْ أَنْتُمْ فَكُلُوا فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ ﷻ { وَلاَ تَأْكُلُوا مِمَّا لَمْ يُذْكَرِ اسْمُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ }  

abudawud:2819ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > ʿImrān b. ʿUyaynah > ʿAṭāʾ b. al-Sāʾib > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Jews came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: We eat which we kill but we do not eat which Allah kills? So Allah revealed: "Eat not of (meats) on which Allah's name hath not been pronounced." to the end of the verse.  

أبو داود:٢٨١٩حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عِمْرَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

جَاءَتِ الْيَهُودُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالُوا نَأْكُلُ مِمَّا قَتَلْنَا وَلاَ نَأْكُلُ مِمَّا قَتَلَ اللَّهُ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ { وَلاَ تَأْكُلُوا مِمَّا لَمْ يُذْكَرِ اسْمُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ } إِلَى آخِرِ الآيَةِ  

hakim:7564Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ṣaffār > Aḥmad b. Mihrān > ʿUbaydullāh b. Mūsá > Isrāʾīl > Simāk > ʿIkrimah > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbbās And ʾIn al-Shayāṭīn Layūḥūn > Awliyāʾihim al-Nʿām 121

“And certainly, the Shayatin (devils) do inspire their friends (from mankind).” [6:121] He said: “They used to say: ‘Whatever the Name of Allah has been mentioned over, do not eat it, and whatever the Name of Allah has not been mentioned over, eat it.’ Then Allah said: “Eat not of that over which Allah’s Name has not been pronounced.’” [6:121] (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3173)   

الحاكم:٧٥٦٤أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الصَّفَّارُ ثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مِهْرَانَ ثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُوسَى عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ {وَإِنَّ الشَّيَاطِينَ لَيُوحُونَ إِلَى أَوْلِيَائِهِمْ} [الأنعام 121] قَالَ

«يَقُولُونَ مَا ذُبِحَ فَذُكِرَ اسْمُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ فَلَا تَأْكُلُوهُ وَمَا لَمْ يُذْكَرِ اسْمُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ فَكُلُوهُ» فَقَالَ اللَّهُ ﷻ {وَلَا تَأْكُلُوا مِمَّا لَمْ يُذْكَرِ اسْمُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ} [الأنعام 121]  

«هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ مُسْلِمٍ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ» على شرط مسلم
tabarani:12295ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar b. Abān > ʿImrān b. ʿUyaynah > ʿAṭāʾ b. al-Sāʾib > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Jews debated with the Prophet ﷺ and said, "Do you eat from what we slaughter, but you do not eat from what Allah has slaughtered?" So Allah (ﷻ) revealed, "{And do not eat of that upon which the name of Allah has not been mentioned}" (Quran 6:121).  

الطبراني:١٢٢٩٥حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ أَبَانَ ثنا عِمْرَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

خَاصَمَتِ الْيَهُودُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالُوا أَتَأْكُلُ مِمَّا قَتَلْنَا وَلَا تَأْكُلُ مِمَّا قَتَلَ اللهُ فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ ﷻ {وَلَا تَأْكُلُوا مِمَّا لَمْ يُذْكَرِ اسْمُ اللهِ عَلَيْهِ}