Narrated Anas bin Malik: A man said, O Allah's Prophet! Will Allah gather the non-believers on their faces on the Day of Resurrection? He said, Will not the One Who made him walk on his feet in this world, be able to make him walk on his face on the Day of Resurrection? (Qatada, a subnarrator, said: Yes, By the Power of Our Lord!)
Read More..Narrated `Abdullah: I or somebody, asked Allah's Messenger Which is the biggest sin in the Sight of Allah? He said, That you set up a rival (in worship) to Allah though He Alone created you. I asked, What is next? He said, Then, that you kill your son, being afraid that he may share your meals with you. I asked, What is next? He said, That you commit illegal sexual intercourse with the wife of your neighbor. Then the following Verse was revealed to confirm the statement of Allah's Messenger : Those who invoke not with Allah, any other god, nor kill life as Allah has forbidden except for just cause, nor commit illegal sexual intercourse. (25.68)
Read More..Narrated Al-Qasim bin Abi Bazza: That he asked Sa`id bin Jubair, Is there any repentance of the one who has murdered a believer intentionally? Then I recited to him:-- Nor kill such life as Allah has forbidden except for a just cause. Sa`id said, I recited this very Verse before Ibn `Abbas as you have recited it before me. Ibn `Abbas said, 'This Verse was revealed in Mecca and it has been abrogated by a Verse in Surat-An-Nisa which was later revealed in Medina.
Read More..Narrated Sa`id bin Jubair: The people of Kufa differed as regards the killing of a believer so I entered upon Ibn `Abbas (and asked him) about that. Ibn `Abbas said, The Verse (in Surat-An-Nisa', 4:93) was the last thing revealed in this respect and nothing cancelled its validity.
Read More..Narrated Sa`id bin Jubair: I asked Ibn `Abbas about Allah's saying:-- '.. this reward is Hell Fire.' (4.93) He said, No repentance is accepted from him (i.e. the murderer of a believer). I asked him regarding the saying of Allah: 'Those who invoke not with Allah any other god.' ...(25.68) He said, This Verse was revealed concerning the pagans of the pre-lslamic period.
Read More..Narrated Sa`id bin Jubair: Ibn Abza said to me, Ask Ibn `Abbas regarding the Statement of Allah: 'And whoever murders a believer intentionally, his recompense is Hell.' (4.69) And also His Statement: '...nor kill such life as Allah has forbidden, except for a just cause .....except those who repent, believe, and do good deeds.' (25.68-70) So I asked Ibn `Abbas and he said, When this (25.68-69) was revealed, the people of Mecca said, We have invoked other gods with Allah, and we have murdered such lives which Allah has made sacred, and we have committed illegal sexual intercourse. So Allah revealed: 'Except those who repent, believe, and do good deeds and Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.' (25.70)
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