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One Who Is Killed In A Fight among People And His Killer Is Not Known

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Darussalam · Volume 5

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

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الحديث: 4539 ¦ الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 183

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4539. It was narrated (from Ḥammād and) Sufyān, and this is his version, from Tāwūs, who said: “Whoever is killed” – Ibn ‘Ubaid (one of the narrators) said: “He said: ‘The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said’ –: “Whoever is killed, and the killer is not known, because he was killed when people were fighting and throwing stones, or hitting with whips and sticks, it is an accidental killing, and the Diyah is the Diyah for accidental killing. And whoever is killed deliberately, then it is retaliation. Whoever tries to prevent that (retaliation), then upon him is the curse and wrath of Allāh, and no Ṣarf nor ‘Adl’ will be accepted from him.”[2] And the Hadīth of Sufyān is more complete. (Saḥīh)

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4539 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، ح وحَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ السَّرْحِ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، وَهَذَا حَدِيثُهُ عَنْ عَمْرٍو، عَنْ طَاوُوسٍ، قَالَ: مَنْ قُتِلَ وَقَالَ ابْنُ عُبَيْدٍ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مَنْ قُتِلَ فِي عِمِّيَّا فِي رَمْيٍ يَكُونُ بَيْنَهُمْ بِحِجَارَةٍ، أَوْ بِالسِّيَاطِ، أَوْ ضَرْبٍ بِعَصًا فَهُوَ خَطَأٌ، وَعَقْلُهُ عَقْلُ الْخَطَإِ، وَمَنْ قُتِلَ عَمْدًا فَهُوَ قَوَدٌ» قَالَ ابْنُ عُبَيْدٍ: «قَوَدُ يَدٍ» ثُمَّ اتَّفَقَا «وَمَنْ حَالَ دُونَهُ فَعَلَيْهِ لَعْنَةُ اللَّهِ وَغَضَبُهُ، لَا يُقْبَلُ مِنْهُ صَرْفٌ وَلَا عَدْلٌ» وَحَدِيثُ سُفْيَانَ أَتَمُّ

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  1. 1

    [1] Meaning Al-Qāsim bin Sallām who had a famous book on Gharib (odd) words in Hadīth.

  2. 2

    [2] Meaning, no voluntary nor obligatory acts, or, they say it means no exchange nor trade with any good deeds at all on the Day of Judgment will be accepted from him.