Narrated Abu Juhaifa:
I asked `Ali "Do you have anything Divine literature besides what is in the Qur'an?" Or, as Uyaina once said, "Apart from what the people have?" `Ali said, "By Him Who made the grain split (germinate) and created the soul, we have nothing except what is in the Qur'an and the ability (gift) of understanding Allah's Book which He may endow a man, with and what is written in this sheet of paper." I asked, "What is on this paper?" He replied, "The legal regulations of Diya (Blood-money) and the (ransom for) releasing of the captives, and the judgment that no Muslim should be killed in Qisas (equality in punishment) for killing a Kafir (disbeliever).
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ، حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ، حَدَّثَنَا مُطَرِّفٌ، أَنَّ عَامِرًا، حَدَّثَهُمْ عَنْ أَبِي جُحَيْفَةَ، قَالَ قُلْتُ لِعَلِيٍّ. وَحَدَّثَنَا صَدَقَةُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا مُطَرِّفٌ، سَمِعْتُ الشَّعْبِيَّ، يُحَدِّثُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا جُحَيْفَةَ، قَالَ سَأَلْتُ عَلِيًّا ـ رضى الله عنه ـ هَلْ عِنْدَكُمْ شَىْءٌ مِمَّا لَيْسَ فِي الْقُرْآنِ ـ وَقَالَ ابْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ مَرَّةً مَا لَيْسَ عِنْدَ النَّاسِ ـ فَقَالَ وَالَّذِي فَلَقَ الْحَبَّةَ وَبَرَأَ النَّسَمَةَ مَا عِنْدَنَا إِلاَّ مَا فِي الْقُرْآنِ إِلاَّ فَهْمًا يُعْطَى رَجُلٌ فِي كِتَابِهِ وَمَا فِي الصَّحِيفَةِ. قُلْتُ وَمَا فِي الصَّحِيفَةِ قَالَ الْعَقْلُ، وَفِكَاكُ الأَسِيرِ، وَأَنْ لاَ يُقْتَلَ مُسْلِمٌ بِكَافِرٍ.
Isnad
10 transmitters- 1Ahmed bin 'Abdullahal-Kufa · d. 227 AH
- 2Zuhayr bin Mua'wiya bin Hudayjal-Kufa,Bahrain · d. ~174 AH
- 3Matruf bin Tarayf al-Harithial-Kufa · d. 141 AH or after
- 4Abu Juhayfa al-Sawai'Medina/Kufa · d. ~74 AH
- 5Sadqah bin al-FadlMerv · d. 226 AH
- 6Sufyan bin 'UyaynahKufa/Makkah · d. 196 AH
- 7Matruf bin Tarayf al-Harithial-Kufa · d. 141 AH or after
- 8'Amir al-Sha'biKufa · d. ~104 AH
- 9Abu Juhayfa al-Sawai'Medina/Kufa · d. ~74 AH
- 10Ali ibn Abi TalibMakkah/Medina/kufa · d. 40 AH/661 CE (21 Ramadhan)
References2 variants
- In-Book Reference
- Book 87, Hadith 53
- USC-MSA web (English) reference
- Vol. 9, Book 83, Hadith 50 (deprecated numbering scheme)