Can Anyone Be Blamed For The Sin Of Another?
Darussalam · Volume 5
The Book Of Oaths(Qasâmah)[1] RetaliationAnd Blood MoneySunan an-Nasai Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 4834 ¦ الجزء: 8 ¦ الصفحة: 53
Source no. 4834 · Volume 10 · Page 406
Sahih
صحيح، انظر ما قبله (٤٨٣٣) // صحيح الجامع (٧٢٣٤) عن أسامة بن شريك //
Source no. 4494 · Volume 3 · Page 999
Sahih
(صحيح) - انظر ما قبله [صحيح الجامع ٧٢٣٤ عن أسامة بن شريك].
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4838. It was narrated that Tha'labah bin Zahdam said: "Some people from Banu Tha'labah came to the Prophet ﷺ when he was delivering a speech and a man said: 'O Messenger of Allâh, these are Banu Tha'labah bin Yarbû' who killed so and so' - one of the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ. The Prophet ﷺ said: 'No soul is affected by the sin of another.'" (Sahîh)
4834 - أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ أَشْعَثَ بْنِ أَبِي الشَّعْثَاءِ، عَنْ الْأَسْوَدِ بْنِ هِلَالٍ، عَنْ ثَعْلَبَةَ بْنِ زَهْدَمٍ قَالَ: انْتَهَى قَوْمٌ مِنْ بَنِي ثَعْلَبَةَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ يَخْطُبُ، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، هَؤُلَاءِ بَنُو ثَعْلَبَةَ بْنِ يَرْبُوعٍ قَتَلُوا فُلَانًا - رَجُلًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَا تَجْنِي نَفْسٌ عَلَى أُخْرَى»
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The purpose of the Prophet ﷺ was to underscore that the killers are different, and those who have approached him are altogether different ones. They could not be held as criminals just for being from the same tribe.