حَدَّثَنَا هَاشِمُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ حَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي رَزِينٍ عَنْ أَبِي يَحْيَى مَوْلَى ابْنِ عُقَيْلٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ قَالَ قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ لَقَدْ عُلِّمْتُ آيَةً مِنْ الْقُرْآنِ مَا سَأَلَنِي عَنْهَا رَجُلٌ قَطُّ فَمَا أَدْرِي أَعَلِمَهَا النَّاسُ فَلَمْ يَسْأَلُوا عَنْهَا أَمْ لَمْ يَفْطِنُوا لَهَا فَيَسْأَلُوا عَنْهَا ثُمَّ طَفِقَ يُحَدِّثُنَا فَلَمَّا قَامَ تَلَاوَمْنَا أَنْ لَا نَكُونَ سَأَلْنَاهُ عَنْهَا فَقُلْتُ أَنَا لَهَا إِذَا رَاحَ غَدًا فَلَمَّا رَاحَ الْغَدَ قُلْتُ يَا ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ ذَكَرْتَ أَمْسِ أَنَّ آيَةً مِنْ الْقُرْآنِ لَمْ يَسْأَلْكَ عَنْهَا رَجُلٌ قَطُّ فَلَا تَدْرِي أَعَلِمَهَا النَّاسُ فَلَمْ يَسْأَلُوا عَنْهَا أَمْ لَمْ يَفْطِنُوا لَهَا فَقُلْتُ أَخْبِرْنِي عَنْهَا وَعَنْ اللَّاتِي قَرَأْتَ قَبْلَهَا قَالَ نَعَمْ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ لِقُرَيْشٍ يَا مَعْشَرَ قُرَيْشٍ إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ أَحَدٌ يُعْبَدُ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ فِيهِ خَيْرٌ وَقَدْ عَلِمَتْ قُرَيْشٌ أَنَّ النَّصَارَي تَعْبُدُ عِيسَى ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ وَمَا تَقُولُ فِي مُحَمَّدٍ فَقَالُوا يَا مُحَمَّدُ أَلَسْتَ تَزْعُمُ أَنَّ عِيسَى كَانَ نَبِيًّا وَعَبْدًا مِنْ عِبَادِ اللَّهِ صَالِحًا فَلَئِنْ كُنْتَ صَادِقًا فَإِنَّ آلِهَتَهُمْ لَكَمَا تَقُولُونَ قَالَ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَلَمَّا ضُرِبَ ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ مَثَلًا إِذَا قَوْمُكَ مِنْهُ يَصِدُّونَ قَالَ قُلْتُ مَا يَصِدُّونَ قَالَ يَضِجُّونَ وَإِنَّهُ لَعِلْمٌ لِلسَّاعَةِ قَالَ هُوَ خُرُوجُ عِيسَى ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَام قَبْلَ يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 2920
Ibn 'Abbas (RA) said: I learned a verse of the Qur'an that no man has ever asked me about and I do not know whether the people knew about it and so did not ask me about it, or thcv were not aware of it and that is why they did not ask about it. Then he started talking to us, and when he stood up to leave, we regretted that we had not asked him about it. i said: I will ask him when I see him tomorrow. When the next day came, I said: O Ibn 'Abbas, yesterday you said that there was a verse in the Qur'an that no man ever asked you about, and you did not know whether the people knew it and so did not ask about it, or they were not aware of it. I said: Tell me about it and about the verses before it. He said: Yes. The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said to Quraish: "O Quraish, there is no goodness in anyone who is worshipped instead of Allah." Quraish knew that the Christians worship 'Eesa Ibn Maryam, so they said: O Muhammad, didn't you say that 'Eesa was a Prophet and one of the righteous slaves of Allah? If you are telling the truth, then their gods are also as you say. Then Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, revealed the words: "And when the son of Maryam (Mary) is quoted as an example (i.e. 'Eesa (Jesus) is worshipped like their idols], behold, your people cry aloud (laugh out at the example)" [a/.- Zukhruf 43:57], l said: What does yasiddoona (cry aloud) mean? He said: Make noise. "And he ['Eesa (Jesus), son of Maryam (Mary)J shall be a known sign for (the coming of) the Hour" [az-Zukhruf 43:61]. He said: That is the appearance of 'Eesa Ibn Maryam (AS) before the Day of Resurrection.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020
Sanad
حَدَّثَنَا هَاشِمُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ حَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي رَزِينٍ عَنْ أَبِي يَحْيَى مَوْلَى ابْنِ عُقَيْلٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ قَالَ قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ