Tarikh (al-Tabari) 921
Some matters that occurred between the Messenger ﷺ and the Jews, Christians, and hypocrites in al-Madinah al-Munawwarah
[ قَصْدُهُمُ الْفِتْنَةَ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَقَالَ كَعْبُ بْنُ أَسَدٍ، وَابْنُ صَلُوبَا، وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ صُورِيَّا، وَشَأْسُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ، بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ: اذْهَبُوا بِنَا إلَى مُحَمَّدٍ، لَعَلَّنَا نَفْتِنَهُ عَنْ دِينِهِ، فَإِنَّمَا هُوَ بَشَرٌ، فَأَتَوْهُ، فَقَالُوا لَهُ: يَا مُحَمَّدُ، إنَّكَ قَدْ عَرَفْتَ أَنَّا أَحْبَارُ يَهُودَ وَأَشْرَافُهُمْ وَسَادَتُهُمْ، وَأَنَّا إنْ اتَّبَعْنَاكَ اتَّبَعَتْكَ يَهُودُ، وَلَمْ يُخَالِفُونَا، وَأَنَّ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ بَعْضِ قَوْمِنَا خُصُومَةٌ، أَفَنُحَاكِمُهُمْ إلَيْكَ فَتَقْضِيَ لَنَا عَلَيْهِمْ، وَنُؤْمِنُ بِكَ وَنُصَدِّقُكَ، فَأَبَى ذَلِكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَيْهِمْ. فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ فِيهِمْ: وَأَنِ احْكُمْ بَيْنَهُمْ بِمَا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ وَلَا تَتَّبِعْ أَهْوَاءَهُمْ وَاحْذَرْهُمْ أَنْ يَفْتِنُوكَ عَنْ بَعْضِ مَا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ إِلَيْكَ فَإِنْ تَوَلَّوْا فَاعْلَمْ أَنَّمَا يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ أَنْ يُصِيبَهُمْ بِبَعْضِ ذُنُوبِهِمْ وَإِنَّ كَثِيرًا مِنَ النَّاسِ لَفَاسِقُونَ أَفَحُكْمَ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ يَبْغُونَ وَمَنْ أَحْسَنُ مِنَ اللَّهِ حُكْمًا لِقَوْمٍ يُوقِنُونَ
Translation
✧ [Their aim to tempt the Messenger of Allah ﷺ] Ibn Isḥāq said: Kaʿb b. Asad, Ibn Ṣalūbā, ʿAbd Allāh b. Ṣūriyā, and Shaʾs b. Qays said to one another: “Come with us to Muḥammad; perhaps we can tempt him away from his religion, for he is only a human.” So they came to him and said: “O Muḥammad, you know that we are the rabbis of the Jews and their nobles and leaders, and that if we follow you, the Jews will follow you and will not oppose us. Between us and some of our people there is a dispute; shall we bring them to you for judgment so that you rule in our favor against them, and we will believe in you and affirm you?” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ refused that against them. Then Allah revealed concerning them: “And judge between them by what Allah has revealed, and do not follow their desires, and beware of them lest they tempt you away from some of what Allah has revealed to you. If they turn away, then know that Allah intends to afflict them for some of their sins. And indeed, many of the people are disobedient. Is it the judgment of ignorance they seek? And who is better than Allah in judgment for a people who are certain?”
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