حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَی بْنُ بُکَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنْ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا قَالَ يَا مَعْشَرَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ کَيْفَ تَسْأَلُونَ أَهْلَ الْکِتَابِ وَکِتَابُکُمْ الَّذِي أُنْزِلَ عَلَی نَبِيِّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَحْدَثُ الْأَخْبَارِ بِاللَّهِ تَقْرَئُونَهُ لَمْ يُشَبْ وَقَدْ حَدَّثَکُمْ اللَّهُ أَنَّ أَهْلَ الْکِتَابِ بَدَّلُوا مَا کَتَبَ اللَّهُ وَغَيَّرُوا بِأَيْدِيهِمْ الْکِتَابَ فَقَالُوا هُوَ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللَّهِ لِيَشْتَرُوا بِهِ ثَمَنًا قَلِيلًا أَفَلَا يَنْهَاکُمْ مَا جَائَکُمْ مِنْ الْعِلْمِ عَنْ مُسَائَلَتِهِمْ وَلَا وَاللَّهِ مَا رَأَيْنَا مِنْهُمْ رَجُلًا قَطُّ يَسْأَلُکُمْ عَنْ الَّذِي أُنْزِلَ عَلَيْکُمْ
صحیح بخاری · Hadith 2685
Narrated Ubaidullah bin `Abdullah bin `Utba: Ibn `Abbas said, "O Muslims? How do you ask the people of the Scriptures, though your Book (i.e. the Qur'an) which was revealed to His Prophet is the most recent information from Allah and you recite it, the Book that has not been distorted? Allah has revealed to you that the people of the scriptures have changed with their own hands what was revealed to them and they have said (as regards their changed Scriptures): This is from Allah, in order to get some worldly benefit thereby." Ibn `Abbas added: "Isn't the knowledge revealed to you sufficient to prevent you from asking them? By Allah I have never seen any one of them asking (Muslims) about what has been revealed to you."
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020