Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 2658
حَدَّثَنَا عَلْقَمَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الدَّارِمِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ، عَنْ مُطَرِّفٍ، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي جُحَيْفَةَ، قَالَ قُلْتُ لِعَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ هَلْ عِنْدَكُمْ شَىْءٌ مِنَ الْعِلْمِ لَيْسَ عِنْدَ النَّاسِ قَالَ لاَ وَاللَّهِ مَا عِنْدَنَا إِلاَّ مَا عِنْدَ النَّاسِ إِلاَّ أَنْ يَرْزُقَ اللَّهُ رَجُلاً فَهْمًا فِي الْقُرْآنِ أَوْ مَا فِي هَذِهِ الصَّحِيفَةِ فِيهَا الدِّيَاتُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَأَنْ لاَ يُقْتَلَ مُسْلِمٌ بِكَافِرٍ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Alqamah ibn Amr al-Darimi reported to us: Abu Bakr ibn Ayyash reported to us, from Mutarrif, from al-Shabi, from Abu Juhaifah, who said: I asked Ali ibn Abi Talib, ‘Do you have any knowledge that other people do not have?’ He replied, ‘No, by Allah. We have only what other people have, except that Allah may grant a person understanding of the Quran, or what is in this document. It contains blood-money rulings from the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace), and that no Muslim is to be killed for a non-Muslim.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic concludes with the legal statement that a Muslim is not killed in retaliation for a non-Muslim; the witness’s explanatory wording is kept implicit.