أَخْبَرَنِي
مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ ، عَنْ
عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا
مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو ، عَنْ
مُوسَى بْنِ عُقْبَةَ ، عَنْ
أَبِي الزِّنَادِ ، عَنْ
خَارِجَةَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ ، عَنْ
زَيْدٍ فِي قَوْلِهِ : وَمَنْ يَقْتُلْ مُؤْمِنًا مُتَعَمِّدًا فَجَزَاؤُهُ جَهَنَّمُ سورة النساء آية 93 , قَالَ : " نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ بَعْدَ الَّتِي فِي تَبَارَكَ الْفُرْقَانِ بِثَمَانِيَةِ أَشْهُرٍ : وَالَّذِينَ لا يَدْعُونَ مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلَهًا آخَرَ وَلا يَقْتُلُونَ النَّفْسَ الَّتِي حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ إِلا بِالْحَقِّ سورة الفرقان آية 68 " ، قَالَ أَبُو عَبْد الرَّحْمَنِ : أَدْخَلَ أَبُو الزِّنَادِ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ خَارِجَةَ مُجَالِدَ بْنَ عَوْفٍ .
´It was narrated from Zaid with regard Allah's saying:` "And whoever kills a believer intentionally, his recompense is Hell" that he said: "This Verse was revealed eight months after the Verse that is in Tabark Al-Furqan: "And those who invoke not any other ilah (god) along with Allah, or kill such person as Allah has forbidden, except by right."
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Hafiz Muhammad Ameen
It appears that there is no interruption (inqita‘) in this, because it is possible that Abu al-Zinad heard it from Mujahid and then also heard it from Kharijah. Among the hadith scholars, this is common. Furthermore, it is also evident from the narration of Tabarani that Kharijah narrated it. And Allah knows best. (Dhakheerat al-‘Uqba Sharh Sunan al-Nasa’i: 31/279)
Source: Sunan Nasa'i: Translation and Benefits by Shaykh Hafiz Muhammad Amin Hafizullah, Page: 4012