سنن سعید بن منصور
Sunan Sa'id
كتاب التفسيرBook of Tafsir (Quranic Exegesis)
قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى: {مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ كَتَبْنَا عَلَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنَّهُ مَنْ قَتَلَ نَفْسًا بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ أَوْ فَسَادٍ فِي الأَرْضِ فَكَأَنَّمَا قَتَلَ النَّاسَ جَمِيعًا وَمَنْ أَحْيَاهَا فَكَأَنَّمَا أَحْيَا النَّاسَ جَمِيعًا}
His (Allah's) saying: {Because of that, We decreed upon the Children of Israel that whoever kills a soul unless for a soul or for corruption [done] in the land—it is as if he had slain mankind entirely. And whoever saves one—it is as if he had saved mankind entirely}
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Hadith 728
حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ قَالَ: نَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ الْعَلَاءِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْكَرِيمِ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ فِي قَوْلِهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: { مَنْ قَتَلَ نَفْسًا بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ أَوْ فَسَادٍ فِي الأَرْضِ فَكَأَنَّمَا قَتَلَ النَّاسَ جَمِيعًا } قَالَ: فِي الْإِثْمِ، قَالَ: { وَمَنْ أَحْيَاهَا } قَالَ: مَنْ لَمْ يَقْتُلْ .
Mujahid (may Allah have mercy on him) said regarding Allah the Exalted’s statement: “Whoever kills a soul not in retaliation for another soul, or for spreading corruption in the land, it is as if he has killed all mankind” (__QUR_N__): That is, in terms of sin, it is as if he has killed all people. And he said: The meaning of “and whoever saves a life” (__QUR_N__) is: the one who has not killed anyone.
