The Gravity Of The Sin Of Shedding Blood
Darussalam · Volume 5
37. The Book Of Fighting[The Prohibition OfBloodshed]Sunan an-Nasai Darussalam English translation
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صحيح الترمذي (١٤٢٧)
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3991. It was narrated that 'Abdullāh bin 'Amr bin Al-'Ās said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'By the One in Whose Hand is my soul, killing a believer is more grievous before Allāh than the extinction of the whole world.” (Hasan) Abū ‘Abdur-Raḥmān (An-Nasā’ī) said: (One of the narrators) Ibrāhīm bin Al-Muhājir is not strong.
3986 - أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ مَالَجَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ الْحَرَّانِيُّ، عَنْ ابْنِ إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مُهَاجِرٍ، عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، مَوْلَى عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ، لَقَتْلُ مُؤْمِنٍ أَعْظَمُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ مِنْ زَوَالِ الدُّنْيَا» قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ: إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْمُهَاجِرِ لَيْسَ بِالْقَوِيِّ
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If we assume the world without believers, the destruction of the world and what it contains, it would seem less significant to Allāh than unjustly taking the life of a believer. Or if we assume the world empty of believers, and if someone kills one and all the people other than believers, his sin is lesser in gravity than that of unjustly killing a believer. The purpose is to stress the significance of a believer and his faith, which was made vividly clear by this example.