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English translation
4859. It was narrated that Ibn Shihâb said: "I read the letter of the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ which he wrote for 'Amr bin Hazm when he sent him to govern Najrân. The letter was with Abû Bakr bin Hazm. The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ wrote this: 'A statement from Allâh and His Messenger: O you who believe! Fulfill (your) obligations,[1] and he wrote the Verses until he reached: Verily, Allâh is Swift in reckoning.[2] Then he wrote: "This is the book of retaliation: For a soul, one hundred camels," and so on. (Hasan)
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Footnotes
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[1] Al-Mâ'idah 5:1.
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[2] Al-Mâ'idah 5:4.
Commentary
Najran was a province of Yemen. In the previous narrations, the people of Najran are meant. There dwelt three chieftains of three clans, whose details preceded in Hadîth 4857. Allâh's Messenger ﷺ had made 'Amr bin Hazm the chief observer and sent him to the Yemen.
