أَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو عَنْ مُوسَی بْنِ عُقْبَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنْ خَارِجَةَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ عَنْ زَيْدٍ فِي قَوْلِهِ وَمَنْ يَقْتُلْ مُؤْمِنًا مُتَعَمِّدًا فَجَزَاؤُهُ جَهَنَّمُ قَالَ نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ بَعْدَ الَّتِي فِي تَبَارَکَ الْفُرْقَانِ بِثَمَانِيَةِ أَشْهُرٍ وَالَّذِينَ لَا يَدْعُونَ مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلَهًا آخَرَ وَلَا يَقْتُلُونَ النَّفْسَ الَّتِي حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْد الرَّحْمَنِ أَدْخَلَ أَبُو الزِّنَادِ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ خَارِجَةَ مُجَالِدَ بْنَ عَوْفٍ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 4022
It was narrated from Zaid with regard Allah’s saying: “And whoever kills a believer intentionally, his recompense is Hell” that he said: “This Verse was revealed eight months after the Verse that is in Tabarak Al-Furqan: “And those who invoke not any other ilah (god) along with Allah, or kill such person as Allah has forbidden, except by right.” Hasafl) Abu ‘Abdur-Rabrnafl (An Nasa’i) said: Abu Az-Zinad put Mujalid bin ‘Awf between himself and Kharijah.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020