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4029. Anas bin Mâlik narrated that a group of eighty people from ‘Ukl came to the Prophet ﷺ, but the climate of Al-Madinah did not suit them and they fell sick. They complained about that to the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ and he said: “Why don’t you go out with our herdsmen and drink the milk and urine of the camels?” They said: “Yes (we will do that).” They went
out and drank some of the (camels') milk and urine, and they recovered. Then they killed the herdsman of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, so he sent (men after them) and they caught them and brought them back. He had their hands and feet cut off and branded their eyes,[1] and left them in the sun to die. (Sahih)
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[1] Al-Mâ'idah 5:33.
Commentary
'To die': Allāh's Messenger ﷺ had not inflicted upon them this severe punishment without a reason. Their crimes were more than one. They had turned apostate. They had killed a herdsman. They did not stop at slaying him, but they tore his hands and feet apart, and poked his eyes with heated iron. Thereupon they cast the guiltless herdsman upon burning rocks, hungry and thirsty, to die. The punishment which Allāh's Messenger ﷺ inflicted upon them was for their maltreatment of the herdsman. The punishment for their other crimes too fell under it.
