Hadith 3047

The freeing of a captive.

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Darussalam · Volume 4

56 - THE BOOK OF JIHĀD

Sahih al-Bukhari Darussalam English translation

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Shamela Arabic edition

الحديث: 3047 ¦ الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 69

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English translation

3047. Narrated Abū Juhaifa رضي الله عنه : I asked 'Ali رضي الله عنه "Do you have the knowledge of any Divine Revelation besides what is in Allāh's Book?" 'Ali replied, "No, by Him Who splits the grain of corn and creates the soul! I don't think we have such knowledge, but we have the ability of understanding which Allāh may endow a person with, so that he may understand the Qur'an, and we have what is written in this paper as well." I asked, "What is written in this paper?" He replied, "Al-'Aql [the regulations of Diya (blood-money)], the ransom (freeing) of captives, and the judgement that no Muslim should be killed for killing a disbeliever."

Arabic text

3047 - حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ، حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ، حَدَّثَنَا مُطَرِّفٌ، أَنَّ عَامِرًا، حَدَّثَهُمْ عَنْ أَبِي جُحَيْفَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِعَلِيٍّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ: هَلْ عِنْدَكُمْ شَيْءٌ مِنَ الوَحْيِ إِلَّا مَا فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ: «لاَ وَالَّذِي فَلَقَ الحَبَّةَ، وَبَرَأَ النَّسَمَةَ، مَا أَعْلَمُهُ إِلَّا فَهْمًا يُعْطِيهِ اللَّهُ رَجُلًا فِي القُرْآنِ، وَمَا فِي هَذِهِ الصَّحِيفَةِ»، قُلْتُ: وَمَا فِي الصَّحِيفَةِ؟ قَالَ: «العَقْلُ، وَفَكَاكُ الأَسِيرِ، وَأَنْ لاَ يُقْتَلَ مُسْلِمٌ بِكَافِرٍ»

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