8707 - My father told us, Salamah ibn Bashir Abu al-Fadl al-Naysaburi told us, Yahya ibn Sa‘id al-Himsi told us, from Yazid ibn ‘Ata, from Khalaf ibn Hawshab, who said: The people of Shu‘ayb perished from one barley grain to another; they used to take with the heavy [measure] and give with the light [measure].

His saying, the Almighty: "And do not deprive people of their due."

8708 - Abu Zur‘ah told us, Minjab ibn al-Harith told us, Bishr ibn ‘Umarah reported to us, from Abu Rawq, from al-Dahhak, from Ibn ‘Abbas regarding His saying: "And do not deprive people of their due," he said: Do not wrong people regarding their things. Similar has been narrated from Qatadah and al-Suddi.

8709 - Abu Yazid al-Qaratisi informed me in what he wrote to me, Asbagh ibn al-Faraj told us, who said: I heard ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Zayd ibn Aslam regarding the saying of Allah: "And do not deprive people of their due," he said: Do not diminish them if they have divided something for him and you give him other than that.

His saying, the Almighty: "And do not cause corruption upon the earth after its reformation."

8710 - My father mentioned it, ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Hamzah ibn Isma‘il told us, from Yahya ibn al-Durays, Abu Sinan reported to us regarding His saying: "And do not cause corruption upon the earth after its reformation," he said: I have made My lawful things lawful and My prohibited things prohibited, and I have set My boundaries, so do not change them.

8711 - My father told us, ‘Ammar ibn Musa al-Tarsusi told us, Sunayd ibn Dawud told us, who said: It was said to Abu Bakr ibn ‘Ayyash: What is His saying in His Book: "And do not cause corruption upon the earth after its reformation?" Abu Bakr said: Allah, the Almighty and Majestic, sent Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, to the people of the earth while they were in corruption, so Allah reformed them through Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. So whoever is invited to oppose what Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, brought, then he is among those who cause corruption upon the earth.

His saying, the Almighty: "And do not sit."

8712 - My father told us, Abu Salih the scribe of al-Layth told us, Mu‘awiyah ibn Salih told me, from ‘Ali ibn Abi Talhah, from Ibn ‘Abbas regarding His saying: "And do not sit on every path, threatening [people]"—he said: The tenth.