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The Imām Enjoining A Pardon In The Case Of Bloodshed

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Darussalam · Volume 5

38. THE BOOK OF AD-DIYĀT (BLOOD MONEY)

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الحديث: 4498 ¦ الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 169

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4498. It was narrated that Abū Hurairah said: “A man was killed during the time of the Prophet ﷺ, and the case was referred to the Prophet ﷺ. He handed him over to the heir of the victim, and the killer said: ‘O Messenger of Allāh, by Allāh, I did not mean to kill him.’ The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said to the heir: ‘If he is telling the truth, and you kill him, you will go to the Fire. So he let him go.’ He had been tied with a rope, and he went out dragging his rope, so he was called Dhun-Nis'ah (the one with the rope).” (Saḥīh)

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4498 - حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ: قُتِلَ رَجُلٌ عَلَى عَهْدِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَرُفِعَ ذَلِكَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَدَفَعَهُ إِلَى وَلِيِّ الْمَقْتُولِ، فَقَالَ الْقَاتِلُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، وَاللَّهِ مَا أَرَدْتُ قَتْلَهُ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لِلْوَلِيِّ: «أَمَا إِنَّهُ إِنْ كَانَ صَادِقًا، ثُمَّ قَتَلْتَهُ، دَخَلْتَ النَّارَ» قَالَ: فَخَلَّى سَبِيلَهُ، قَالَ: وَكَانَ مَكْتُوفًا بِنِسْعَةٍ، فَخَرَجَ يَجُرُّ نِسْعَتَهُ فَسُمِّيَ ذَا النِّسْعَةِ

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