English translation
[4387] 32 - (1680) It was narrated that 'Alqamah bin Wā'il narrated that his father told him: "I was sitting with the Prophet ﷺ when a man came leading another on a rope. He said: 'O Messenger of Allāh, this man killed my brother.' The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'Did you kill him?' He said: 'If he does not admit it, I will establish proof against him.' He said: 'Yes, I killed him.' He said: 'How did you kill him?' He said: 'He and I were striking leaves from a tree, and he insulted me so I got angry and struck him with the axe on the side of his head and killed him.' The Prophet ﷺ said to him: 'Do you have anything with which to pay the Diyah for yourself?' He said: 'I have no property except my cloak and my axe.' He said: 'Perhaps your people will pay your ransom?' He said: 'I am too insignificant among my people for that.' He threw the rope to him and said: 'Take your companion away.' The man took him away, and when he turned away, the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said: 'If he kills him he will be like him.' He came back and said: 'O Messenger of Allâh, I have heard that what you said: "If he kills him he will be like him," but I took him at your command.' The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said: 'Don't you want him to carry your sin and the sin of your companion?' He said: 'O Prophet of Allâh, yes.' He said: 'If so, then let it be,' and he threw the rope down and let him go."