Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 2936
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ، أَخْبَرَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَخِي ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عَمِّهِ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ، أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَبَّاسٍ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَتَبَ إِلَى قَيْصَرَ، وَقَالَ " فَإِنْ تَوَلَّيْتَ فَإِنَّ عَلَيْكَ إِثْمَ الأَرِيسِيِّينَ ".
Ishaq narrated to us; Ya'qub ibn Ibrahim informed us; Ibn Shihab's nephew narrated to us from his uncle, who said: 'Ubayd Allah ibn 'Abdullah ibn 'Utba ibn Mas'ud informed me that 'Abdullah ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) told him that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) wrote to Caesar and said, ‘If you turn away, then upon you is the sin of the arisiyyin.’
Translation notes
The term الأريسيين is transliterated because its precise referent is uncertain in this wording; the English witness interprets it as ‘the tillers’ (the people under Caesar).
إِثْمَ الأَرِيسِيِّينَ
The Arabic term الأريسيين has an uncertain referent; the supplied English witness renders it as ‘the tillers’ and glosses this as Caesar's people.
Confirm the preferred English rendering and whether a brief explanatory gloss is warranted.