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Sahih al-Bukhari 4485

The people of the Scripture (Jews) used to recite the Torah in Hebrew and they used to explain it in Arabic to the Muslims. On that the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Do not…

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حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رضى الله عنه

قَالَ كَانَ أَهْلُ الْكِتَابِ يَقْرَءُونَ التَّوْرَاةَ بِالْعِبْرَانِيَّةِ، وَيُفَسِّرُونَهَا بِالْعَرَبِيَّةِ لأَهْلِ الإِسْلَامِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَا تُصَدِّقُوا أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ وَلَا تُكَذِّبُوهُمْ، وَقُولُوا «آمَنَّا بِاللَّهِ وَمَا أُنْزِلَ» الآيَةَ»

The people of the Scripture (Jews) used to recite the Torah in Hebrew and they used to explain it in Arabic to the Muslims. On that the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Do not believe the people of the Scripture or disbelieve them, but say: ‘We believe in Allah and what is revealed to us.’ (Al-Baqarah 2:136).”

ہم سے محمد بن بشار نے بیان کیا، انہوں نے کہا ہم سے عثمان بن عمر نے بیان کیا، انہیں علی بن مبارک نے خبر دی، انہیں یحییٰ بن ابی کثیر نے، انہیں ابوسلمہ نے کہ ان سے ابوہریرہ رضی اللہ عنہ نے بیان کیا کہ اہل کتاب ( یہودی ) توراۃ کو خود عبرانی زبان میں پڑھتے ہیں لیکن مسلمانوں کے لیے اس کی تفسیر عربی میں کرتے ہیں۔

اس پر نبی کریم صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے فرمایا ”تم اہل کتاب کی نہ تصدیق کرو اور نہ تم تکذیب کرو بلکہ یہ کہا کرو «آمنا بالله وما أنزل إلينا» یعنی ہم ایمان لائے اللہ پر اور اس چیز پر جو ہماری طرف نازل کی گئی ہے۔“

Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Muhammad bin Basysyar] Telah menceritakan kepada kami ['Utsman bin 'Umar] Telah mengabarkan kepada kami ['Ali Al Mubarak] dari [Yahya bin Abu Katsir] dari [Abu Salamah] dari [Abu Hurairah radliallahu 'anhu] berkata; "Orang-orang ahlu kitab membaca Taurat dengan bahasa Ibrani dan menjelaskannya kepada orang-orang Islam dengan bahasa arab.

Melihat hal itu Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam bersabda: Janganlah kalian mempercayai ahlu kitab dan jangan pula mendustakannya. Tetapi ucapkanlah; "Kami beriman kepada Allah dan kepada apa yang telah diturunkan kepada kami. (Al Baqarah;)

Sahih al-Bukhari 4485, Book 65, Prophetic Commentary on the Qur'an (Tafseer of the Prophet (pbuh)), Hadith 12. 1 min read

What it means

The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) warned his Ummah not to get deceived by what the People of the Book report in their books. The Jews, during the Prophet's lifetime, used to read the Torah in Hebrew, the language of the Jews, and expound on it in Arabic. So, the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: Neither believe nor disbelieve the People of the Book.

This applies to things that are not known to be true or false. In fact, Allah Almighty commanded us to believe in the Qur’an revealed to us and the Book revealed to them. But there is no way in which we can know whether what they relate to us from these books is true or false, unless our Shariah clarifies whether it is true or false.

Hence, we should stop, neither believing them, lest we may become their partners in what they distorted, nor disbelieving them, lest their statement may be right, and thus we will be denying what we were commanded to believe in. And Allah Almighty commanded the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) that we should say: {We believe in Allah and what has been sent down to us; and what was sent down to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, and the descendants [of Jacob]; and what was given to Moses and Jesus; and what was given to the prophets from their Lord. We make no distinction between any of them, and to Him we have submitted.} [Surat al-Baqarah: 136]

What it teaches

  • What the People of the Book relate falls under three categories: what is consistent with the Qur’an and the Sunnah - it must be believed; what contradicts the Qur’an and the Sunnah - this is false and must be denied; and what is not established in the Qur’an or the Sunnah to be true or false - this is to be narrated and should not be believed or denied.

From the Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, hadeethenc.com.

The chain

Who passed it on, from Imam al-Bukhari back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam al-BukhariCompiler, died 256 AH
  2. 2Muhammad ibn Bashshar, BundarTold us, Fourth generation, died 252 AH
  3. 3Uthman ibn UmarTold us, Third generation, died 207 AH
  4. 4Ali ibn al-MubarakInformed us, Third generation, died 151 AH
  5. 5Yahya ibn Abi KathirFrom, Successor, died 129 AH
  6. 6Abu Salamah ibn Abd ar-RahmanFrom, Successor, died 94 AH
  7. 7Abu HurayrahFrom, Companion, died 57 AH

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