Hadith 6898

Al-Qasāma [the oath taken by fifty people (of the defendant) regarding a murder case when no evidence is available].

English source

Darussalam · Volume 9

87 - THE BOOK OF AD-DIYĀT

Sahih al-Bukhari Darussalam English translation

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Shamela Arabic edition

الحديث: 6898 ¦ الجزء: 9 ¦ الصفحة: 9

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English translation

6898. Narrated Sahl bin Abī Hāthma (a man from the Anṣār) that a number of people from his tribe went to Khaibar and dispersed, and then they found one of them murdered. They said to the people with whom the corpse had been found, "You have killed our companion!" Those people said, "Neither have we killed him nor do we know his killer." The bereaved group went to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "O Allāh's Messenger! We went to Khaibar and found one of us murdered." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Let the older among you come forward and speak." Then the Prophet ﷺ said to them, "Bring (1) (Ch.22) Al-Qišās: Equality in punishment. your proof against the killer.” They said “We have no proof.” The Prophet ﷺ said, “Then they (the defendants) will take an oath.” They said, “We do not accept the oaths of the Jews.” Allāh’s Messenger ﷺ did not like that the blood-money of the killed one be lost without compensation, so he paid one hundred camels out of the camels of Zakāt (to the relatives of the deceased) as Diya (blood-money).

Arabic text

6898 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ، عَنْ بُشَيْرِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ: - زَعَمَ أَنَّ رَجُلًا مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ يُقَالُ لَهُ - سَهْلُ بْنُ أَبِي حَثْمَةَ أَخْبَرَهُ: أَنَّ نَفَرًا مِنْ قَوْمِهِ انْطَلَقُوا إِلَى خَيْبَرَ، فَتَفَرَّقُوا فِيهَا، وَوَجَدُوا أَحَدَهُمْ قَتِيلًا، وَقَالُوا لِلَّذِي وُجِدَ فِيهِمْ: قَدْ قَتَلْتُمْ صَاحِبَنَا، قَالُوا: مَا قَتَلْنَا وَلاَ عَلِمْنَا قَاتِلًا، فَانْطَلَقُوا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، انْطَلَقْنَا إِلَى خَيْبَرَ، فَوَجَدْنَا أَحَدَنَا قَتِيلًا، فَقَالَ: «الكُبْرَ الكُبْرَ» فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «تَأْتُونَ بِالْبَيِّنَةِ عَلَى مَنْ قَتَلَهُ» قَالُوا: مَا لَنَا بَيِّنَةٌ، قَالَ: «فَيَحْلِفُونَ» قَالُوا: لاَ نَرْضَى بِأَيْمَانِ اليَهُودِ، فَكَرِهَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ يُبْطِلَ دَمَهُ، فَوَدَاهُ مِائَةً مِنْ إِبِلِ الصَّدَقَةِ

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