1724 - Al-Husayn ibn al-Sakan narrated to us, Abu Zayd al-Nahwi narrated to us, Qays narrated to us, from ‘Asim, from al-Hasan, regarding the saying of Allah: "And do not transgress. Indeed, Allah does not love the transgressors," he said: [It means] that you commit what you have been forbidden from.

His saying: "And kill them wherever you find them, and drive them out from where they drove you out"

1725 - Al-Hasan ibn Ahmad narrated to us, Ibrahim ibn ‘Abd Allah ibn Bashar narrated to us, Surur ibn al-Mughirah narrated to me, from ‘Abbad ibn Mansur, from al-Hasan, regarding His saying: "And kill them wherever you find them, and drive them out from where they drove you out," he said: Allah meant by this the polytheists.

His saying: "And fitnah (disbelief) is more severe than killing"

1726 - ‘Isam ibn Rawwad narrated to us, Adam narrated to us, from Abu Ja‘far, from al-Rabi‘, from Abu al-‘Aliyah, regarding His saying: "And fitnah is more severe than killing," he says: Polytheism is more severe than killing. It was narrated from Mujahid(1), Sa‘id ibn Jubayr, ‘Ikrimah, al-Hasan, Abu Malik, Qatadah, al-Dahhak, and al-Rabi‘ ibn Anas something similar.

His saying: "More severe than killing"

1727 - My father narrated to us, Yahya ibn al-Mughirah narrated to us, Jarir informed us, from Husayn, from Abu Malik, regarding "And fitnah is more severe than killing," he said: The fitnah that you are persisting in is greater than killing.

His saying: "And do not fight them at the Sacred Mosque until they fight you therein"

Allah commanded His Prophet not to fight them at the Sacred Mosque unless they initiate fighting therein. Then this verse was abrogated in [Surah] Bara’ah: "And when the sacred months have passed, then kill the polytheists wherever you find them, and capture them, and besiege them, and sit in wait for them at every place of ambush."

His saying: "The Sacred Mosque"

1728 - I read to Muhammad ibn al-Fadl ibn Musa, Muhammad ibn ‘Ali ibn al-Hasan ibn Shaqiq narrated to us, Muhammad ibn Muzahim narrated to us, Bukayr ibn Ma‘ruf narrated to us, from Muqatil ibn Hayyan, regarding "And do not fight them at the Sacred Mosque," meaning: the Haram (Sanctuary).