Arabic (Original)
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو زَكَرِيَّا أنبأ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ الطَّرَائِفِيُّ ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ صَالِحٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ قَالَ هُوَ مَا كَانَ اللهُ أَخَذَ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنَ الْمِيثَاقِ فِيمَا حَرَّمَ عَلَيْهِمْ أَنْ يَضَعَ ذَلِكَ عَنْهُمْ قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ فَلَمْ يَبْقَ خَلْقٌ يَعْقِلُ مُنْذُ بَعَثَ اللهُ ﷻ مُحَمَّدًا ﷺ مِنْ جِنٍّ وَلَا إِنْسٍ بَلَغَتْهُ دَعْوَتُهُ إِلَّا قَامَتْ عَلَيْهِ حُجَّةُ اللهِ بِاتِّبَاعِ دِينِهِ وَلَزِمَ كُلَّ امْرِئٍ مِنْهُمْ تَحْرِيمُ مَا حَرَّمَ اللهُ عَلَى لِسَانِ نَبِيِّهِ وَإِحْلَالُ مَا أَحَلَّ عَلَى لِسَانِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ
English Translation
Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) said regarding the covenant mentioned in the verse: It refers to what Allah had taken from them of the covenant regarding what He had forbidden them, that He would remove that from them. Al-Shafi'i said: Since Allah sent Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), every rational creature from jinn and humankind whom his call reached has had the proof of Allah established upon them to follow his religion.