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English translation
[4342] 1 - (1669) It was narrated from Sahl bin Abî Ḥathmah - Yahyâ said: "I think he said: 'And from Râfi' bin Khâdîj'" - that they said: "Abdullâh bin Sahl bin Zaid and Muḥaisah bin Mas'ûd bin Zaid went out, and when they were in Khâibar they parted. Then Muḥaisah found 'Abdullâh bin Sahl slain, so he buried him. Then he came to the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ along with Huwaisah bin Mas'ûd and 'Abdur-Rahmân bin Sahl, who was the youngest of the people. 'Abdur-Rahmân began to speak before his two companions, and the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said to him: 'Let the eldest speak.' So he fell silent and his two companions spoke, and he spoke with them. They told the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ about the killing of 'Abdullâh bin Sahl, and he said to them: 'Will you swear fifty times so that you may be entitled to (blood money) for your companion?' They said: 'How can we swear when we did not witness (what happened)?' He said: 'Then let the Jews swear fifty oaths that they are innocent.' They said: 'How can we accept the oaths of a disbelieving people?' When the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ saw that, he paid the blood money himself."
Arabic text
١ - (١٦٦٩) حدثنا قتيبة بن سعيد. حدثنا ليث عن يحيى (وهو ابن سعيد)، عن بشير بن يَسَارٍ، عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ أَبِي حَثْمَةَ (قَالَ يَحْيَى: وَحَسِبْتُ قَالَ) وَعَنْ رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ؛ أَنَّهُمَا قَالَا: خَرَجَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَهْلِ بن زيد ومحيصة بن مسعود بن زيد. حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَا بِخَيْبَرَ تَفَرَّقَا فِي بَعْضِ مَا هُنَالِكَ. ثُمَّ إِذَا مُحَيِّصَةُ يَجِدُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ سَهْلٍ قَتِيلًا. فَدَفَنَهُ. ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ هو وحويصة ابن مَسْعُودٍ وَعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ سَهْلٍ. وَكَانَ أَصْغَرَ الْقَوْمِ. فَذَهَبَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ لِيَتَكَلَّمَ قَبْلَ صَاحِبَيْهِ. فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ (كَبِّرِ) (الْكُبْرَ فِي السِّنِّ) فَصَمَتَ. فَتَكَلَّمَ صَاحِبَاهُ. وَتَكَلَّمَ مَعَهُمَا. فَذَكَرُوا لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَقْتَلَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَهْلٍ. فَقَالَ لَهُمْ (أَتَحْلِفُونَ خَمْسِينَ يَمِينًا فَتَسْتَحِقُّونَ صَاحِبَكُمْ؟) (أَوْ قَاتِلَكُمْ) قَالُوا: وَكَيْفَ نَحْلِفُ وَلَمْ نَشْهَدْ؟ قَالَ (فَتُبْرِئُكُمْ يَهُودُ بِخَمْسِينَ يَمِينًا؟) قَالُوا: وَكَيْفَ نَقْبَلُ أَيْمَانَ قَوْمٍ كُفَّارٍ؟ فَلَمَّا رَأَى ذلك رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم أعطى عقله.
Footnotes
1 [1] Muḥâribîn: These are aggressors who transgress against society or the legitimate state, as mentioned in the Verse: "The recompense of those who wage war against Allâh and His Messenger and do mischief in the land is only that they shall be killed or crucified or their hands and their feet be cut off from opposite sides, or be exiled from the land. That is their disgrace in this world, and a great torment is theirs in the Hereafter" [Al-Mâ'idah 5:33]
