judge among them if he so desires, or-he can disclaim jurisdiction if he so desires." ١٠٣
Among Sunni scholars who have accepted this opinion are al-Shabi, Ibrahim al‌ NakhaI, Ata, and Malik. ١٠٤
A number of those scholars maintain that the above verse was abrogated by the subsequent revelation: "So judge between them by that which God has revealed, and follow not their desires" (Q. ٥:٤٨).
It has been related thatMujahid was of the opinion that the passage [in Q. ٥:٤٢]
that gives the judge a choice abrogated the second passage [in Q. ٥:٤٨].
The fact is that the verse was not abrogated, for the command to judge among the people of the Book in the revelation "So judge between them by that which God has revealed, and follow not their desires" is subject to the judges willing‌ ness to judge among them. The context for this condition is provided by the former verse. Moreover, besides the context of the verse, the last part of the former verse points to this condition: "But if you judge, judge between them with equity. Lo! God loves the equitable." Thus, it establishes the necessity of judging among them with equity, depending on the intention of the judge to judge among them. It is the judges right to disclaim jurisdiction, in which case the necessity to judge would be nullified by the fact that its precondition [the willingness of the judge] had not been realized. Among the things that support the view that the verse under consid‌ eration was not abrogated are the traditions that establish that "Sarat al-Maida" [sura ٥] was revealed to the Prophet all at one time, and that that was during his journey.
Isa b. AbdAllah has related, from his father and his grandfather, that Ali b. Abi
Talib said, "Certainly, the "Sarat al-Maida" was among the last [suras] to be revealed to the Prophet, and it was revealed while he was riding his camel al-Shahba, who, because of the heaviness of the revelation, had to sit down." ١٠٥
Asma, daughter of Yazid, reported, "I was holding the reins of the Ghadba, the Prophets camel, when al-Maida was revealed unto him. And due to the weight of the revelation, the camel was about to fall on its knees."١٠٦
According to another chain of transmission, Asma said, "AI-Maida was revealed to the Prophet in one piece in such a way that it almost broke the camels back." ١٠٧
Jubayr b. Nufayr related:

I had performed the pilgrimage and thus I went to see Aisha. She asked me if I had read "al-Maida." I said, "Yes." She said, "This was the last sura that was revealed. Whatever is made lawful in it, follow it, and whatever is made unlawful in it, regard it as such." ١٠٨

AbU Ubayd reports that:Oarma b. I:Iabib and Atiyya b. Qays related, "The Prophet said, "Al-Maida" is the last part of the Quran to be revealed. Therefore, follow what it makes lawful and refrain from what it makes unlawful."١٠٩
These and other such traditions establish that "ill-Maida" was revealed all at once and that it was the last [sura] of the Quran to be revealed. Considering these exhaus‌ tive traditions, how can anyone claim that one of its verses abrogated another? More‌ over, is not this the kind of abrogation that occurs before the time of its application? In that case, the ruling in the abrogated verse is ineffectual, without any benefit in its legislation. Nevertheless, some aforementioned traditions point to the fact that this