Mishkat al-Masabih

Mishkat al-Masabih 155

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Mishkat al-Masabih 155
Arabic hadith text

وَعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: كَانَ أهل الْكتاب يقرؤون التَّوْرَاةَ بِالْعِبْرَانِيَّةِ وَيُفَسِّرُونَهَا بِالْعَرَبِيَّةِ لِأَهْلِ الْإِسْلَامِ. فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَا تُصَدِّقُوا أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ وَلَا تُكَذِّبُوهُمْ وَ (قُولُوا آمنا بِاللَّه وَمَا أنزل إِلَيْنَا» الْآيَة. رَوَاهُ البُخَارِيّ

Translation

Abu Hurayra reported: The People of the Book used to read the Torah in Hebrew and explain it in Arabic to the Muslims. The Messenger of God said, ‘Do not affirm the People of the Book, nor deny them; rather say, “We believe in God and what has been sent down to us”—the verse.’ Al-Bukhari transmitted it.