Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2929
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ، عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ، عَنْ أَبِي عَلِيِّ ابْنِ يَزِيدَ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَرَأَ(أَنَّ النَّفْسَ بِالنَّفْسِ وَالْعَيْنُ بِالْعَيْنِ ) حَدَّثَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ، عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ، بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ نَحْوَهُ . وَأَبُو عَلِيِّ بْنُ يَزِيدَ هُوَ أَخُو يُونُسَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ وَهَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ . قَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ تَفَرَّدَ ابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ وَهَكَذَا قَرَأَ أَبُو عُبَيْدٍ ( وَالْعَيْنُ بِالْعَيْنِ ) اتِّبَاعًا لِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Anas ibn Malik reported that the Prophet recited, ‘A life for a life, and an eye for an eye’ (Qur’an 5:45). Suwayd ibn Nasr also transmitted a similar version through ‘Abd Allah ibn al-Mubarak, from Yunus ibn Yazid. Abu ‘Ali ibn Yazid was Yunus ibn Yazid’s brother. Abu ‘Isa graded this hadith hasan gharib. Muhammad said Ibn al-Mubarak alone transmitted it from Yunus ibn Yazid. Abu ‘Ubayd likewise recited the verse with ‘and an eye for an eye,’ following this hadith.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The report concerns the Qur’anic wording in al-Ma’idah 5:45. The Arabic includes the conjunction wa (‘and’) before ‘the eye for an eye’; Abu ‘Ubayd adopted that recitation in accordance with this hadith. The transmitter Abu ‘Ali ibn Yazid is identified as Yunus ibn Yazid’s brother.