The Book Pertaining to the Oath, for Establishing the
Responsibility of Murders, Fighting, Requital and Blood-Wit (Kitab Al-Kitab Al-Qasama
wa'l-Muharaba wa'l-Qisas wa'l-Diyat)
Chapter 1: AL-OASAMAH
Book 016, 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 016, 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 016, 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 016, Number 4122:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Sahl b. Abu Hathma through another
chain of transmitters.
Book 016, 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 016, 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 016, 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 016, 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 016, 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 016, 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 016, 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 016, 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 016, 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 016, 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 016, 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 016, 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 016, 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 016, Number 4136:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Anas b. Malik through another chain
of transmitters.
Book 016, 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 016, 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 016, 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 016, 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 016, Number 4141:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Ayyub with the same chain of
transmitters.
Book 016, 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 016, 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 016, Number 4144:
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Ya'la.
Book 016, 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 016, 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 016, 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 016, 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 016, 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 016, 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 016, 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 016, 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 016, Number 4153:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of A'mash.
Book 016, 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 016, 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 016, 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 016, 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 016, 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 016, Number 4159:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of 'Abdullah through another chain of
transmitters with a slight variation of words.
Book 016, 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 016, 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 016, 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 016, 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 016, 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 016, 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 016, 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 016, 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 016, 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 016, 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 016, 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 016, 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 016, Number 4172:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Mansur with the same chain of
transmitters.
Book 016, Number 4173:
Mansur transmitted this hadith with a slight variation of words.
Book 016, 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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