Sahih Muslim Index
KITAB AL-
KITAB AL-QASAMA WA'L-MUHARABA WA'L-QISAS WA'L-DIYAT
(THE BOOK PERTAINING TO THE OATH, FOR ESTABLISHING THE RESPONSIBILITY OF
MURDERS FIGHTING, REQUITAL AND BLOOD-WIT)
Chapter 1 : AL-OASAMAH
Book 16,
Number 4119:
Sahl b. Abu Hathma and
Rafi' b. Khadij reported that 'Abdullah b. Sahl b. Zaid and Muhayyisa
b. Mas'ud b. Zaid went out and as they reached Khaibar they were
separated. Then Muhayyisa found 'Abdullah b. Sahl having been killed.
He buried him, and then came to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him). They were Huwayyisa b. Mas'ud and 'Abd al-Rahman b. Sahl, and he
(the latter one) was the youngest of the people (those three who had
come to seek an interview with the Holy Prophet) began to talk before
his Companions (had spoken). Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) said: The eldest one (eldest in regard to age should speak).
So he kept quiet, and his companions (Muhayyisa and Huwayyisa) began
to speak, and he ('Abd al Rahman) spoke along with them and they
narrated to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) the murder of
'Abdullah b. Sahl. Thereupon he said to them: Are you prepared to take
fifty oaths so that you may be entitled (to blood-wit) of your
companion (or your man who has murdered)? They said: How can we take
an oath on a matter which we have not witnessed? He (the Holy Prophet)
said: Then the Jews will exonerate themselves by fifty oaths. They
said: How can we accept the oaths of people who are unbelievers? When
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) saw that, he himself paid
his blood-wit.
Book 16,
Number 4120:
Sahl. b. Abu Hathma and
Rafi' b. Khadij reported that Muhayyisa b. Mas'ud and 'Abdullah b.
Sahl went towards Khaibar and they separated near the palm-trees.
'Abdullah b. Sahl was killed. They accused the Jews (for this act).
And there came to Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) his brother
(the brother of the slain person) 'Abd al-Rahman and his cousins
Huwayyisa and Muhayyisa; and 'Abd al-Rahman talked to him about the
matter pertaining to (the murder of) his brother, and he was the
youngest among them. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) said:Show regard for the greatness of the old, or he said: Let
the eldest begin speaking. Then they (Huwayyisa and Muhayyisa) spoke
about the matter of their companion (murder of their cousin, 'Abdullah
b. Sahl). Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said:
Let fifty (persons) among you take oath for levelling the charge (of
murder) against a person amongst them, and he would be surrendered to
you. They said: We have not witnessed this matter ourselves. How can
we then take oath? He (the Holy Prophet) said: The Jews will exonerate
themselves by the oaths of fifty of them. They said: Messenger of
Allah, they are non-believing people. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) paid the blood wit for him. Sahl said: As one day I
entered the fold a she-camel amongst those camels hit me with its leg.
Book 16,
Number 4121:
Sahl b. Abu Hathma has
narrated this hadith through another chain of transmitters with a
slight variation of words, but no mention has been made of the hitting
by the she-camel.
Book 16,
Number 4122:
This hadith has been
narrated on the authority of Sahl b. Abu Hathma through another chain
of transmitters.
Book 16,
Number 4123:
Bushair b. Yasar reported
that 'Abdullah b. Sahl b. Zaid and Muhayyisa b. Mas'ud b. Zaid, both
of them were Ansar belonging to the tribe of Banu Haritha, set out to
Khaibar during the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him). There was peace during those days and (this place) was inhabited
by the Jews. They parted company for their (respective) needs. 'Abdullab
b. Sahl was killed, and his dead body was found in a tank. His
companion (Muhayyisa) buried him and came to Medina, and the brothers
of the slain 'Abd al-Rahman b. Sahl. and Muhayyisa and Huwayyisa told
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) the case of 'Abdullah and
the place where he had been murdered. Bushair reported on the
authority of one who had seen Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) that he had said to them: You take fifty oaths and you are
entitled to blood-wit of (one) slain among you (or your companion).
They said: Messenger of Allah, we neither saw (with our own eyes this
murder) nor were we present there. Thereupon (Allah's Messenger is
reported to have said): Then the Jews will exonerate themselves by
taking fifty oaths. They said: Allah's Messenger, how can we accept
the oath of unbelieving people? Bushair said that Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) paid the blood-wit himself.
Book 16,
Number 4124:
Bushair b. Yasar reported
that a person from the Ansar belonging to the tribe of Banu Haritha
who was called 'Abdullah b. Sahl b. Zaid set out and the son of his
uncle called Muhayyisa b. Mas'ud b. Zaid, the rest of the hadith is
the same up to the words: "Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
paid the blood-wit himself." Bushair b. Yasar reported that Sahl b.
Abu Hathma said: One camel amongst the camels paid as blood-wit kicked
me while I was in the (camel) enclosure.
Book 16,
Number 4125:
Bushair b. Yasar
al-Ansari reported on the authority of Sahl b. Abu Hathma al-Ansari
that some men (of his tribe went to Khaibar, and they were separated
from one another, and they found one of them slain. The rest of the
hadith is the same. And it was said in this connection: Allah's
Messenger (may peace be him) did not approve of his blood go waste. He
paid blood-wit of one hundred camels of Sadaqa.
Book 16,
Number 4126:
Abu Laila 'Abdullah b.
'Abd al-Rahman b. Sahl reported that the elderly persons of (the
tribe) had informed Sahl b. Abu Hathma that 'Abdullah b. Sahl and
Muhayyisa went out to Khaibar under some distress which had afflicted
them. Muhayyisa came and informed that Abdutlah b. Sahl had been
killed, and (his dead body) had been thrown in a well or in a ditch.
He came to the Jews and said: By Allah, it is you who have killed him.
They said: By Allah, we have not killed him. He then came to his
people, and made mention of that to them. Then came he and his brother
Huwayyisa, and he was older than he, and 'Abd al-Rahman b. Sahl. Then
Muhayyisa went to speak, and it was he who had accompanied ('Abdullah)
to Khaibar, whereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said
to Muhayyisa: Observe greatness of the great (he meant the seniority
of age). Then Huwayyisa spoke and then Muhayyisa also spoke. Thereupon
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: They should either pay
blood-wit for your companion, or be prepared for war. Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) wrote about it to them (to the
Jews). They wrote: Verily, by Allah, we have not killed him. Thereupon
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said to Huwayyisa and
Muhayyisa and Abd al-Rahman: Are you prepared to take oath in order to
entitle yourselves for the blood-wit of your companion? They said: No.
He (the Holy Prophet) said: Then the Jews will take oath (of their
innocence). They said: They are not Muslims. Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him), however, himself paid the blood-wit to them and
sent to them one hundred camels until they entered into their houses,
Sahl said: One red she-camel among them kicked me.
Book 16,
Number 4127:
Sulaiman b. Yasar, the
freed slave of Maimuna, the wife of Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon
him), narrated from one of the Ansari Companions of Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
retained (the practice) of Qasama as it was in the pre-Islamic days.
Book 16,
Number 4128:
This hadith has been
narrated on the authority of Ibn Shihab with the same chain of
transmitters but with this addition: "Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) decided (according to Qasama) between the persons of Ansar
(and yours) about a slain (Muslim) for which they made claim against
the Jews
Book 16,
Number 4129:
This hadith has been
narrated on the authority of Abu Salama b. 'Abd al-Rahman and Sulaiman
b. Yasar.
Chapter 2 : PERTAINING TO THE COMBATANTS AND APOSTATES
Book 16,
Number 4130:
Anas b. Malik reported
that some people belonging (to the tribe) of 'Uraina came to Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) at Medina, but they found its
climate uncogenial. So Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said
to them: If you so like, you may go to the camels of Sadaqa and drink
their milk and urine. They did so and were all right. They then fell
upon the shepherds and killed them and turned apostates from Islam and
drove off the camels of the Prophet (may peace be upon him). This news
reached Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) and he sent (people)
on their track and they were (brought) and handed over to him. He (the
Holy Prophet) got their hands cut off, and their feet, and put out
their eyes, and threw them on the stony ground until they died.
Book 16,
Number 4131:
Anas reported: Eight men
of the tribe of 'Ukl came to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
and swore allegiance to him on Islam, but found the climate of that
land uncogenial to their health and thus they became sick, and they
made complaint of that to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him),
and he said: Why don't you go to (the fold) of our camels along with
our shepherd, and make use of their milk and urine. They said: Yes.
They set out and drank their (camels') milk and urine and regained
their health. They killed the shepherd and drove away the camels. This
(news) reached Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and he sent
them on their track and they were caught and brought to him (the Holy
Prophet). He commanded about them, and (thus) their hands and feet
were cut off and their eyes were gouged and then they were thrown in
the sun, until they died.
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Ibn al-Sabbah with a
slight variation of words.
Book 16,
Number 4132:
Anas b. Malik reported
that some people of the tribe of 'Ukl or 'Uraina came to Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him), and they found the climate of
Medina uncogenial. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) commanded
them to the milch she-camels and commanded them to drink their urine
and their milk. The rest of the hadith is the same (and the concluding
words are): "Their eyes were pierced, and they were thrown on the
stony ground. They were asking for water, but they were not given
water."
Book 16,
Number 4133:
Abu Qilaba reported: I
was sitting behind 'Umar b. 'Abd al-'Aziz and he said to the people:
What do you say about al-Qasama? Thereupon 'Anbasa said: Anas b Malik
narrated to us such and such (hadith pertaining to al-Qasama). I said:
This is what Anas had narrated to me: People came to Allah's Apostle
(may peace be upon him), and the rest of the hadith is the same. When
I (Abu Qilaba) finished (the narration of this hadith), 'Anbasa said:
Hallowed be Allah. I said: Do you blame me (for telling a lie)? He
('Anbasa) said: No. This is how Anas b Malik narrated to us. O people
of Syria, you would not be deprived of good, so long as such (a
person) or one like him lives amongst you.
Book 16,
Number 4134:
Anas b. Malik reported:
There came to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) eight persons
from the tribe of 'Ukl, but with this addition that he did not
cauterise (the wounds which hid been inflicted upon them while
punishing them).
Book 16,
Number 4135:
Anas reported: There came
to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) some ponple from 'Uraina.
They embraced Islam and swore allegiance to him and there had spread
at that time pleurisy. The rest of the hadith is the same (but with
this addition): "There were by his (the Prophet's) side about twenty
young men of the Ansar; he sent them (behind) them (culprits), and he
also sent along with them one expert in following the track so that he
might trace their footprints."
Book 16,
Number 4136:
This hadith has been
narrated on the authority of Anas b. Malik through another chain of
transmitters.
Book 16,
Number 4137:
Anas reported that
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) pierced their eyes because
they had pierced the eyes of the shepherds.
Chapter 3 : THE JUSTIFICATION OF QISAS (RETRIBUTION)
WHEN ONE IS KILLED WITH STONE OR ANY OTHER HEAVY THING AND KILLING OF A
MALE FOR THE MURDER OF A FEMALE
Book 16,
Number 4138:
Anas b. Malik reported
that a Jew killed a girl with a stone for her silver ornaments. She
was brought to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) when there
was yet some life in her. He (the Holy Prophet) said to her: Has so
and so killed you? She indicated with the nod of her head: No. He said
for the second time, and she again said: No with the nod of her head.
He asked for the third time, and she said: Yes with the nod of her
head and Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) commanded to crush
his head between two stones.
Book 16,
Number 4139:
This hadith has been
narrated on the authority of Shu'ba with the same chain of
transmitters and in the hadith narrated on the authority of Ibn Idris
(the words are): "He (commanded) to crush his head between two
stones."
Book 16,
Number 4140:
Anas reported that a Jew
killed a girl of the Ansar for her ornaments and then threw her in a
well and smashed her head with a stone. He was caught and brought to
the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him), and he commanded that
he should be stoned to death. So he was stoned until he died.
Book 16,
Number 4141:
This hadith has been
narrated on the authority of Ayyub with the same chain of
transmitters.
Book 16,
Number 4142:
Anas b. Malik reported: A
girl was found with her head crushed between two stones. They asked
her as to who had done that-has so and so (done it) until they
mentioned a Jew. She indicated with the nod of her head (that it was
so). So the Jew was caught, and he made confession (of his guilt). And
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) commanded that his head be
smashed with stones.
Chapter 4 : WHEN ANYONE ATTACKS THE LIFE OF A PERSON,
OR HIS LIMB, AND THE VICTIM WARDS OFF THE ATTACK AND IN SELFDEFENCE
EITHER THE LIFE OF THE ASSAILANT IS LOST OR HIS LIMB BROKEN, THERE WOULD
BE NO PENALTY ON THE VICTIM
Book 16,
Number 4143:
Imran b. Husain reported:
Ya'la b. Munya or Ibn Umayya fought with a person, and the one bit the
hand of the other. And he tried to draw his hand from his mouth and
thus his foreteeth ware pulled out. They referred their dispute to
Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him), whereupon he said: Does any
one of you bite as the camel bites? So there is no blood-wit for it.
Book 16,
Number 4144:
This hadith has been
transmitted on the authority of Ya'la.
Book 16,
Number 4145:
'Imran b. Husain reported
that a person bit the arm of another person; he pulled it out and his
foretooth fell down. This matter was taken to Allah's Apostle (may
peace be upon him), and he turned it down saying: Did you want to eat
his flesh ?
Book 16,
Number 4146:
Safwan b. Ya'la reported
that a person bit the arm of the servant of Ya'la b. Munya. He pulled
it and his foretooth fell. The matter was referred to Allah's Apostle
(may peace be upon him) and he turned it down and said: Did you intend
to bite his hand, as the camel bites?
Book 16,
Number 4147:
'Imran b. Husain reported
that a person bit the hand of a person. He withdrew his hand and his
foretooth or foreteeth fell down. He (the man who lost his teeth)
referred the matter to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and
he said, What do you want me to do? Do you ask me that I should order
him to put his hand in your month, and you should bite it as the camel
bites? (If you want retaliation, then the only way out is) that you
put your hand in his mouth (allow him) to bite that and then draw it
away.
Book 16,
Number 4148:
Safwan b. Ya'la b. Munya
reported on the authority of his father that there came to Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) a person who had bitten the hand of
another person and who had withdrawn his hand (and as a result
thereof) his foreteeth had fallen (those which had bitten). The
Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) turned down his (claim), and
said : Do you wish to bite as the camel bites ?
Book 16,
Number 4149:
Safwan b. Ya'la b. Umayya
thus reported from his father: I participated in the expedition to
Tabuk with Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him). And Ya'la used to
say : That was the most weighty of my deeds, in my opinion. Safwan
said that Ya'la had stated : I had a servant ; he quarrelled with
another person, and the one bit the hand of the other. ('Ata' said
that Safwan had told him which one had bitten the hand of the other.)
So he whose hand was bitten drew ill from (the mouth) of the one who
had bitten it and (in this scuffle) one of his foreteeth was also
drawn out. They both came to Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him)
and he declared his (claim for the compensation of) tooth as invalid.
Book 16,
Number 4150:
This hadith has been
narrated on the authority of Juraij with the same chain of
transmitters.
Chapter 5 : THE VERACITY OF RFTRIBUTION IN CASE OF
TOOTH
Book 16,
Number 4151:
Anas reported that Umm
Haritha, the sister of Rubayyi' (she was the father's sister of Hadrat
Anas) injured a person (she broke his teeth). The dispute was referred
to Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him). Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) said: Retribution, retribution. Umm Rubayyi' said:
Messenger of Allah, will retribution be taken from so and so? By
Allah, it shall not be taken from her (i.e. from Umm Haritha).
Thereupon Allah's Apostle said: Hallowed be Allah. O Umm Rubayyi',
Qisas (retribution is a command, prescribed) in the Book of Allah. She
said: No, by Allah, Qisas will never be taken from her; and she went
on saying this until they (the relatives of the one who had been
injured) accepted the blood-wit. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) said : Verily there are amongst the servants of
Allah (such pious persons) who, if they take oath of Allah, He honours
it.
Chapter 6 : WHEN IT IS PERMISSIBLE TO TAKE THE LIFE OF
A MUSLIM
Book 16,
Number 4152:
'Abdullah (b. Mas'ud)
reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying : It is
not permissible to take the life of a Muslim who bears testimony (to
the fact that there is no god but Allah, and I am the Messenger of
Allah, but in one of the three cases: the married adulterer, a life
for life, and the deserter of his Din (Islam), abandoning the
community.
Book 16,
Number 4153:
This hadith has been
narrated on the authority of A'mash.
Book 16,
Number 4154:
'Abdullah (b. Mas'ud)
reported: Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) stood up and said
: By Him besides Whom there is no god but He, the blood of a Muslim
who bears the testimony that there is no god but Allah, and I am His
Messenger, may be lawfully shed only in case of three persons: the one
who abandons Islam, and deserts the community [Ahmad, one of the
narrators, is doubtful whether the Holy Prophet (may peace be upon
him) used the word li'l-jama'ah or al-jama'ah), and the married
adulterer, and life for life.
Book 16,
Number 4155:
This hadith has been
reported on the authority of A'mash with the same chain of narrators
but with a slight variation of words, i.e. he did not say : By Him
besides Whom there is no god.
Chapter 7 : HE WHO SHEDS THE BLOOD FIRST OF ALL BEARS
THE BURDEN OF ALL SUBSEQUENT MURDERS
Book 16,
Number 4156:
'Abdullah (b. Mas'ud)
reported: Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) having said: No
person who is killed unjustly, but the share of (this offence of his
also) falls upon the first son of Adam, for he was the first to
introduce killing.
Book 16,
Number 4157:
This hadith has been
narrated on the authority of Jarir and 'Isa b. Yunus with a slight
variation of words.
Chapter 8 : THE (CASES OF) BLOODSHED WOULD BE DECIDED
FIRST OF ALL ON THE DAY OF JUDGMENT
Book 16,
Number 4158:
'Abdullah b. (Mas'ud)
reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: The
first (thing) that will be decided among people on the Day of Judgment
will pertain to bloodshed.
Book 16,
Number 4159:
This hadith has been
narrated on the authority of 'Abdullah through another chain of
transmitters with a slight variation of words.
Book 16,
Number 4160:
Abu Bakra reported that
(in the Farewell Address) Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him)
said: Time has completed a cycle and come to the state of the day when
Allah created the heavens and the earth. The year is constituted of
twelve months,of which four are sacred; three of them consecutive,
viz. Dhu'l-Qa'da, Dhu'l- Hijja and Muharram, and also Rajab the month
of Mudar which comes between Jumada and Sha'ban. He (the Holy Prophet)
then said: which month is this? We said Allah and His Messenger know
best. He (the narrator) said: He (the Holy Prophet) remained silent
for some time until we thought that he would give it a name other than
that (by which it was known). He said: Is it not Dha'l-Hijja? We said:
Yes. He (the Holy Prophet) said: Which city is this? We said: Allah
and His Messenger know best. He (the Holy Prophety remained silent
until we thought that he would give it another name. He (the Holy
Prophet) said: Is it not the Balda (the city of Mecca)? We said: Yes.
He said: What day is this? We said: Allah and His Messenger know best.
He (the Holy Prophet) remained silent until we thought that he would
give it another name. He said: Is it not the Day of Sacrifice? We
said: Allah's Messenger. yes. Thereupon he said: Your blood, your
property (Muhammad, one of the narrators, said: I think, he also said
this) and your honour are sacred to you like the sacredness of this
day of yours, in this city of yours, and in this month of yours. You
will soon meet your Lord and He will ask you about your deeds. So do
not turn after me unbelievers (or misguided), some of you striking the
necks of the others. Behold I let him who is present convey to him who
is absent, for many a one whom a message is conveyed has a more
retentive memory than one who hears. He again said: Behold! have I not
delivered (the message) to you? This hadith has been narrated through
another chain of transmitters, but with a slight variation of words.
Book 16,
Number 4161:
Abu Bakra reported that
when it was that day (the 10th of Dhu'l-Hijja) he mounted his camel
and a person caught its nosestring, whereupon he said: Do you know
which day is this? They said: Allah and His Messenger know best. (The
Holy Prophet [may peace be upon him] kept silent) until we thought
that he would give that another name. He said: Is it not the day of
Nahr (Sacrifice) (10th of Dhu'l- Hijja)? We said: Allah's Messenger,
yes. He (again) said: Which month is it? We said: Allah and His
Messenger knows best. He said: Is it not Dhu'l-Hijja? We said: Allah's
Messenger, yes. He said: Which city is this? We said: Allah and His
Messenger know best. He (the narrator) said (that the Holy Prophet
kept silent until we thought that he would give it another name
besides its (original) name. He said: Is it not Balda (the city of
Mecca)? We said: Yes, Allah's Messenger. He (then) said: Verily your
blood (lives) and your property and your honour are as sacred unto you
as sacred is this day of yours, in this month of yours, in this city
of yours. Let him who is present convey it to one who is absent. He
then turned his attention towards two multicoloured (black and white)
rams and slaughtered them, and two goats, and distributed them amongst
us.
Book 16,
Number 4162:
Abu Bakra reported that
when it was the day of (Dhu'l-Hijja) Allah's Apostle (may peace be
upon him) mounted the camel and addressed and a person had been
holding its nosestring. The rest of the hadith is the same.
Book 16,
Number 4163:
This hadith has been
narrated on the authority of Abu Bakra through another chain of
transmitters (and the words are):" Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) addressed us on the day of Nahr (Sacrifice) and said: What
day is this? And the rest of the hadith is the same except that he did
not make mention of "your honour," and also did not make mention of
this: He then turned his attention towards two rams and what follows,
and in a hadith (the words pertaining to sacred- ness are recorded in
this way): "Like the sacredness of this day of yours, in this month of
yours, in this city of yours to the day when you will meet your Lord.
Behold, have I not conveyed (the Message of God) ? They said: Yes. He
said: O Allah, bear witness."
Chapter 9 : THE CONFESSION OF MURDER IS HELD VALID AND
THE PERSON WHOSE MAN IS KILLED IS ENTITLED TO GET RETRIBUTION. THE
OFFENDER HAS A RIGHT TO BEG FOR REMISSION
Book 16,
Number 4164:
'Alqama b. Wa'il reported
on the authority of his-father: While I was sitting in the company of
Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him), a person came there dragging
another one with the help of a strap and said: Allah's Messenger, this
man has killed my brother. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
said to him: Did you kill him? And the other man said: (In case he did
not make a confession of this, I shall brine, a witness against him).
He (the murderer) said: Yes, I have killed him. He (the Holy Prophet)
said: Why did you kill him? He said: I and he won striking down the
leaves of a tree and he abused me and enraged me, and to I struck his
head with an axe and killed him, whereupon Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) said: Have you anything with you to pay blood-wit
on your behalf? He said: I do not possess any property but this robe
of mine and this axe of mine. He (the Holy, Prophet) said: Do you
think your people will pay ransom for you? He said: I am more
insignificant among my people than this (that I would not be able to
get this benefit from my tribe). He (the Holy Prophet) threw the strap
towards him (the claimant of the blood-wit) saying: Take away your
man. The man took him away, and as he returned, Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) said: If he kills him, he will be like him. He
returned and said: Allah's Messenger, it has reached me that you have
said that "If he killed him, he would be like him." I caught hold of
him according to your command, whereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) said: Don't you like that he should take upon him (the
burden) of your sin and the sin of your companion (your brother)? He
said: Allah's Apostle, why not? The Messenger of Allah (may peace
be.upon him) said: If it is so, then let it be. He threw away the
strap (around the offender) and set him free.
Book 16,
Number 4165:
'Alaqama b. Wa'il
reported on the authority of his father that a person was brought to
the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) who had killed another
person, and the heir of the person slain had dragged him (to the Holy
Prophet) with a strap around his neck. As he turned away Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: The killer and the killed are
(doomed) to fire. A person came to the other person (the heir of the
deceased) and he reported to him the words of the Messenger of Allah
(may peace be upon him), and so he let him off. Isma'il b. Salim said:
I made a mention of it to Habib b. Abu Thabit and he said: Ibn Ashwa'
reported to me that Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) had asked
him to pardon him, but he refused.
Chapter 10 : BLOOD-WIT OF THE CHILD IN THE WOMB, AND
THE ESSENTIALITY OF BLOOD-WIT IN CASE OF UNINTENTIONAL MURDER AND IN
CASE OF THE QUASI-INTENTIONAL MURDER
Book 16,
Number 4166:
Abu Huraira reported that
among two women of the tribe of Hudhail one flung a stone upon the
other causing an abortion to her Allah's Apostle (may peace he upon
him) gave judgment that a male or a female slave of best quality be
given as compensation.
Book 16,
Number 4167:
Abu Huraira reported that
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) gave judgment in case of the
abortion of a woman of Banu Lihyan (that the offender and near
relative should give compensation in the form of) good quality of a
slave or a slave-girl. And the woman about whom the judgment was given
for compensation died and thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) gave judgment that her inheritance goes to her sons and her
husband, and the payment of the blood-wit lies with the family of (one
who struck her).
Book 16,
Number 4168:
Abu Huraira reported that
two women of the tribe of Hudhail fought with each other and one of
them flung a stone at the other, killing her and what was in her womb.
The case was brought to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and
he gave judgment that the diyat (indemnity) of her unborn child is a
male or a female slave of the best quality, and he also decided that
the diyat of the woman is to be paid by her relative on the father's
side, and he (the Holy Prophet) made her sons and those who were with
them her heirs. Hamal b. al-Nabigha al-Hudhali said: Messenger of
Allah, why should I play blood-wit for one who neither drank, nor ate,
nor spoke, nor made any noise ; it is like a nonentity (it is,
therefore, not justifiable to demand blood-wit for it). Thereupon
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: He seems to be one of
the brothers of soothsavers on account of the rhymed speech which he
has composed.
Book 16,
Number 4169:
Abu Huraira reported that
two women fought-the rest of the hadith is the same but herein no
mention has been made of: He made her son and those who were with them
her heirs. Someone said: Why should we pay blood-wit? And he did not
name Hamal b. Malik.
Book 16,
Number 4170:
Al-Mughira b. Shu'ba
reported that a woman struck her co-wife with a tent-pole and she was
pregnant and she killed her. One of them belonged to the tribe of
Lihyan. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) made the relatives
of the murderer responsible for the payment of blood-wit on her
behalf, and fixed a slave or a female slave as the indemnity for what
was in her womb. One of the persons amongst the relatives of the
murderer said: Should we pay indemnity for one who,neither ate, nor
drank, nor made any noise, who was just like a nonentity? Thereupon
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) remarked: He speaks rhymed
phrases like the people of the desert. He did impose indemnity upon
them.
Book 16,
Number 4171:
Al-Mughira b. Shu'ba
reported: A woman killed her fellow-wife with a tent-pole. Her case
was brought to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him), and he gave
judgment that blood-wit should be paid by the relatives (of the
offender) on the father's side. And as she was pregnant, he decided
regarding her unborn child that a male or a female slave of good
quality be given. Some of her offender's) relatives said: Should we
make compensation for one who never ate, nor drank, nor made any
noise, who was like a nonentity? Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) said: He was talking rhymed phrases like the rhymed
phrases of desert Arabs.
Book 16,
Number 4172:
This hadith has been
narrated on the authority of Mansur with the same chain of
transmitters.
Book 16,
Number 4173:
Mansur transmitted this
hadith with a slight variation of words.
Book 16,
Number 4174:
Miswar b. Makhrama
reported that 'Umar b. Khattab consulted people about the diyat of
abortion of an unboam child. Mughira b. Shu'ba said: I bear witness to
the fact that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) gave judgment
about it that a good quality of slave or female slave should be given
for it. Thereupon 'Umar said: Bring one who may bear witness to you.
Then Muhammad b. Maslama bore witness to him.
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