أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّی قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَنْصَارِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنْ خَارِجَةَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ وَمَنْ يَقْتُلْ مُؤْمِنًا مُتَعَمِّدًا فَجَزَاؤُهُ جَهَنَّمُ خَالِدًا فِيهَا الْآيَةُ کُلُّهَا بَعْدَ الْآيَةِ الَّتِي نَزَلَتْ فِي الْفُرْقَانِ بِسِتَّةِ أَشْهُرٍ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْد الرَّحْمَنِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو لَمْ يَسْمَعْهُ مِنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 4021
It was narrated that Zaid bin Iilabit said: “This Verse — ‘And whoever kills a believer intentionally, his recompense is Hell’ — was revealed six months after the Verse which was revealed in Sitrat Al Furqan.” (Hasan) Abu ‘Abdur Rahman (An-Nasa’i) said: Muhammad bin ‘Amr did not hear it from Abu Az-Zinad:
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020