English translation
4731. 'Alqamah bin Wâ'il narrated from his father that he was sitting with the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ when a man came leading another man by a string. He said: "O Messenger of Allâh, this man killed my brother." The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said to him: "Did you kill him?" He said: "O Messenger of Allâh, even if he did not confess I would have brought proof against him." He said: "Yes, I killed him." He said: "How did you kill him?" He said: "He and I were chopping firewood from a tree and he insulted me, so I got angry and struck him with the ax on the forehead." The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said: "Do you have any wealth with which you can pay the Diyah to save yourself?" He said: "O Messenger of Allâh, I do not have anything but my ax and my clothes." The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said to him: "Do you think your people will pay to save you?" He said: "I am too insignificant to them for that." He threw the string to the man and said: "Here, take him." When he turned to go, the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said: "If he kills him, he will be like him." They caught up with the man, and said: "Woe to you! The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said: 'If he kills him, he will be like him.'" So he went back to the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ and said: "O Messenger of Allâh, I have been told that you said: 'If he kills him, he will be like him.' But I only took him because you told me to. He said: 'Don't you want him to carry your sin and the sin of your companion (the victim)?" He said: 'Yes, if that is the case.' He said: 'And that is how it is.'" (Sahîh)