أَخْبَرَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ حُرَيْثٍ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ مُوسَی عَنْ سُفْيَانَ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عَطَائِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ کَانَتْ مُلُوکٌ بَعْدَ عِيسَی ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاة وَالسَّلَامُ بَدَّلُوا التَّوْرَاةَ وَالْإِنْجِيلَ وَکَانَ فِيهِمْ مُؤْمِنُونَ يَقْرَئُونَ التَّوْرَاةَ قِيلَ لِمُلُوکِهِمْ مَا نَجِدُ شَتْمًا أَشَدَّ مِنْ شَتْمٍ يَشْتِمُونَّا هَؤُلَائِ إِنَّهُمْ يَقْرَئُونَ وَمَنْ لَمْ يَحْکُمْ بِمَا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ فَأُولَئِکَ هُمْ الْکَافِرُونَ وَهَؤُلَائِ الْآيَاتِ مَعَ مَا يَعِيبُونَّا بِهِ فِي أَعْمَالِنَا فِي قِرَائَتِهِمْ فَادْعُهُمْ فَلْيَقْرَئُوا کَمَا نَقْرَأُ وَلْيُؤْمِنُوا کَمَا آمَنَّا فَدَعَاهُمْ فَجَمَعَهُمْ وَعَرَضَ عَلَيْهِمْ الْقَتْلَ أَوْ يَتْرُکُوا قِرَائَةَ التَّوْرَاةِ وَالْإِنْجِيلِ إِلَّا مَا بَدَّلُوا مِنْهَا فَقَالُوا مَا تُرِيدُونَ إِلَی ذَلِکَ دَعُونَا فَقَالَتْ طَائِفَةٌ مِنْهُمْ ابْنُوا لَنَا أُسْطُوَانَةً ثُمَّ ارْفَعُونَا إِلَيْهَا ثُمَّ اعْطُونَا شَيْئًا نَرْفَعُ بِهِ طَعَامَنَا وَشَرَابَنَا فَلَا نَرِدُ عَلَيْکُمْ وَقَالَتْ طَائِفَةٌ مِنْهُمْ دَعُونَا نَسِيحُ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَنَهِيمُ وَنَشْرَبُ کَمَا يَشْرَبُ الْوَحْشُ فَإِنْ قَدَرْتُمْ عَلَيْنَا فِي أَرْضِکُمْ فَاقْتُلُونَا وَقَالَتْ طَائِفَةٌ مِنْهُمْ ابْنُوا لَنَا دُورًا فِي الْفَيَافِي وَنَحْتَفِرُ الْآبَارَ وَنَحْتَرِثُ الْبُقُولَ فَلَا نَرِدُ عَلَيْکُمْ وَلَا نَمُرُّ بِکُمْ وَلَيْسَ أَحَدٌ مِنْ الْقَبَائِلِ إِلَّا وَلَهُ حَمِيمٌ فِيهِمْ قَالَ فَفَعَلُوا ذَلِکَ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَرَهْبَانِيَّةً ابْتَدَعُوهَا مَا کَتَبْنَاهَا عَلَيْهِمْ إِلَّا ابْتِغَائَ رِضْوَانِ اللَّهِ فَمَا رَعَوْهَا حَقَّ رِعَايَتِهَا وَالْآخَرُونَ قَالُوا نَتَعَبَّدُ کَمَا تَعَبَّدَ فُلَانٌ وَنَسِيحُ کَمَا سَاحَ فُلَانٌ وَنَتَّخِذُ دُورًا کَمَا اتَّخَذَ فُلَانٌ وَهُمْ عَلَی شِرْکِهِمْ لَا عِلْمَ لَهُمْ بِإِيمَانِ الَّذِينَ اقْتَدَوْا بِهِ فَلَمَّا بَعَثَ اللَّهُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَلَمْ يَبْقَ مِنْهُمْ إِلَّا قَلِيلٌ انْحَطَّ رَجُلٌ مِنْ صَوْمَعَتِهِ وَجَائَ سَائِحٌ مِنْ سِيَاحَتِهِ وَصَاحِبُ الدَّيْرِ مِنْ دَيْرِهِ فَآمَنُوا بِهِ وَصَدَّقُوهُ فَقَالَ اللَّهُ تَبَارَکَ وَتَعَالَی يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَآمِنُوا بِرَسُولِهِ يُؤْتِکُمْ کِفْلَيْنِ مِنْ رَحْمَتِهِ أَجْرَيْنِ بِإِيمَانِهِمْ بِعِيسَی وَبِالتَّوْرَاةِ وَالْإِنْجِيلِ وَبِإِيمَانِهِمْ بِمُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَتَصْدِيقِهِمْ قَالَ يَجْعَلْ لَکُمْ نُورًا تَمْشُونَ بِهِ الْقُرْآنَ وَاتِّبَاعَهُمْ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ لِئَلَّا يَعْلَمَ أَهْلُ الْکِتَابِ يَتَشَبَّهُونَ بِکُمْ أَنْ لَا يَقْدِرُونَ عَلَی شَيْئٍ مِنْ فَضْلِ اللَّهِ الْآيَةَ
It was narrated that Ibn ‘Abbàs said: “There were kings after ‘Isa bin Mariam who altered the Tawráh and the InjIl, but there were among them believers who read the Tawrah. It was said to their kings: ‘We have never heard of any slander worse than that of those (believers) who slander us and recite: “And whosoever does not judge by what Allah has revealed, such are the disbelievers.” In these Verses, they are criticizing us for our deeds vhen they recite them.’ So he alled them together and gave them the choice between being put to death, or giving up reading the Tawrah and Injil, except for what bad been altered. They said: ‘Why do you want us to change? Leave us alone.’ Some of them said: ‘Build us a tower and let us go up there, and give us something to lift up our food and drink so we do not have to mix with you.’ Others said: ‘Let us go and wander throughout the land, and we will drink as the wild animals drink, and if you capture us in your land, you may kill us.’ Others said: ‘Build houses for us in the wilderness, and we will dig wells and grow vegetables, and we will not mix with you or pass by you, for there is no one of the tribes among whom we do not have close relatives.’ So they did that, and Allah revealed the words: ‘But the monasticism which they invented for themselves, We did not prescribe for them, but (they sought it) only to please Allah therewith, but that they did not observe it with the right observance.’ Then others said: ‘We will worship as so-and-so worshipped, and we will wander as so-and-so wandered, and we will adopt houses (in the wilderness) as so-and-so did.’ But they were still following their Shirk with no knowledge of the faith of those whom they claimed to be following. When Allah sent the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم , and there were only a few of them left, a man came down from his cell, and a wanderer came from his travels, and a monk came from his monastery, and they believed in him. And Allah said: ‘you who believe! Fear Allah, and believe in His Messenger (Muhammad), He will give you a double portion of His mercy — meaning, two rewards, because of their having believing in ‘Isa and in the Tawrah and Injil, and for having believing in Muhammad and He will give you a light by which you shall walk (straight), — meaning, the Qur’an, and their following the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم; and He said: ‘So that the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians) may know that they have no power whatsoever over the Grace of Alah.” (Da’if)
ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، ← سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ ← عَطَائِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ ← سُفْيَانُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، ← الْفَضْلُ بْنُ مُوسَی ← الْحُسَیْنُ بْنُ حُرَیْثٍ
