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Sunan Abu DawudTrials and Fierce Battles (Kitab Al-Fitan Wa Al-Malahim)

Sunan Abu Dawud 4275

Chapter: Regarding The Gravity Of Killing A Believer

Authentic 4 scholars’ grades Companion’s words (mawquf) Sunan Abu Dawud 4275

Narrator:Ibn ‘Abbās

حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ النُّعْمَانِ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ

‏‏{‏ وَمَنْ يَقْتُلْ مُؤْمِنًا مُتَعَمِّدًا ‏}‏ قَالَ مَا نَسَخَهَا شَىْءٌ ‏.‏

Ibn 'Abbas said:

No other verse has repealed the verse "If a man kills a believer intentionally"

Reported by Abu Dawud (No. 4275) and Al-Bukhari (No. 4590).

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Classical commentary

Al-Azimabadi — Awn al-Ma'bud

( مَا نَسَخَهَا شَيْء ) : بَلْ هِيَ مُحْكَمَة بَاقِيَة عَلَى ظَاهِرهَا كَمَا هُوَ مَذْهَبه رَضِيَ اللَّه عَنْهُ قَالَ الْمُنْذِرِيُّ : وَأَخْرَجَهُ الْبُخَارِيّ وَمُسْلِم أَتَمّ مِنْهُ.…

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Scholars’ grades

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih صحيح The hadith No. 4275
Shu'ayb al-Arna'utd. 1438 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 4275
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH AuthenticSahih Bukhari (4763، 4810) Sahih Muslim (122) The hadith No. 4275
Muhammad Muhyi al-Din Abd al-Hamidd. 1392 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 4275

Other versions

Authentic Sahih al-Bukhari 4590

The people of Kufa disagreed (disputed) about the above Verse. So I went to Ibn `Abbas and asked him about it. He said, "This Verse:-- "And whoever kills a believer intentionally, his recompense is Hell." was revealed last of all (concerning premeditated murder) and nothing abrogated it."

آيَةٌ‏}‏ اخْتَلَفَ فِيهَا أَهْلُ الْكُوفَةِ، فَرَحَلْتُ فِيهَا إِلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ فَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْهَا فَقَالَ نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الآيَةُ ‏‏{‏وَمَنْ يَقْتُلْ مُؤْمِنًا مُتَعَمِّدًا فَجَزَاؤُهُ جَهَنَّمُ‏}‏ هِيَ آخِرُ مَا…

Narrated by Ibn ‘Abbās

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