Hadith 4705

الْمُقْتَسِمِينَ الَّذِينَ حَلَفُوا وَمِنْهُ لَا أُقْسِمُ : أَيْ أُقْسِمُ وَتُقْرَأُ لَأُقْسِمُ ، وَ قَاسَمَهُمَا : حَلَفَ لَهُمَا وَلَمْ يَحْلِفَا لَهُ وَقَالَ مُجَاهِدٌ : تَقَاسَمُوا : تَحَالَفُوا .
Those disbelievers are meant in «المقتسمين‏» who swore by night that they would kill the she-camel of the Prophet Salih. From this comes «لا أقسم‏», meaning "I swear." Some have recited it as «لأقسم‏.‏» (with emphasis as in «لام»). From this is derived «قاسمهما‏», meaning that Iblis swore an oath before Adam and Hawwa (peace be upon them), but Adam and Hawwa did not swear an oath. Mujahid said that in «تقاسموا بالله لنبيتنه», the meaning of «تقاسموا» is that they swore by night to kill the Prophet Salih.
حَدَّثَنِي يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ ، أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بِشْرٍ ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ ، عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا ، الَّذِينَ جَعَلُوا الْقُرْءَانَ عِضِينَ سورة الحجر آية 91 ، قَالَ : " هُمْ أَهْلُ الْكِتَابِ ، جَزَّءُوهُ أَجْزَاءً فَآمَنُوا بِبَعْضِهِ ، وَكَفَرُوا بِبَعْضِهِ " .
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: Those who have made their Scripture into parts are the people of the Scripture who divided it into portions and believed in a part of it and disbelieved the other.
Hadith Reference صحيح البخاري / كتاب تفسير القرآن / 4705
Hadith Grading محدثین: أحاديث صحيح البخاريّ كلّها صحيحة
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Dawood Raz
Hadith Commentary:
He accepted that which was in accordance with the Torah, and did not accept that which was contrary to it.
Source: Sahih Bukhari: Commentary by Maulana Dawood Raz, Page: 4705