so that you do not deviate from their way along with those who deviate from it. You will find the detailed exposition of this summary, and a definitive treatment of the matter, in the works of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, especially Majmuʿ al-Fatawa. See, for example, vol. 5, pp. 464–478. He cited the hadith correctly there (p. 373) and adduced it as proof of Allah’s descent, in His very Essence, on the afternoon of Arafah, as well as the hadith of Jabir referred to above.

2552 — “Allah, the Exalted, revealed: ‘Whoever does not judge by what Allah has revealed—then it is they who are the disbelievers’; ‘then it is they who are the wrongdoers’; and ‘then it is they who are defiantly disobedient.’ Ibn Abbas said: Allah revealed these concerning two Jewish tribes. In the pre-Islamic period, one of them had overpowered the other, until they came to terms and agreed that, for every person from the weaker tribe killed by the stronger tribe, the blood-money would be fifty wasqs (measures), while for every person from the stronger tribe killed by the weaker tribe, the blood-money would be one hundred wasqs. They continued thus until the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, came to Medina. Both tribes were humbled by the arrival of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him. At that time, he had not yet gained ascendancy over them or brought them under his authority (1), and he was at peace with them. Then the weaker tribe killed a man from the stronger tribe, so the stronger tribe sent word to the weaker tribe: ‘Send us one hundred wasqs.’ The weaker tribe replied: ‘Has there ever been, among two clans whose religion, lineage, and land are one, a case in which the blood-money for some of them is half that of others?! We granted you this only under duress—