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4716. It was narrated from Yahya, from Bushair bin Yasâ, from Sahl bin Abî Ḥathmah who said – and I think he said: and from Râfî bin Khadîj, the two of them said – :
“Abdullâh bin Sahl bin Zaid and Muḥayyṣah bin Mas’ûd went out until when they reached Khaibar, they went their separate ways. Then Muḥayyṣah found ‘Abdullâh bin Sahl slain, so he buried him. Then he came to the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ, along with Huwayyṣah bin Mas’ûd and ‘Abdur-Raḥmân bin Sahl, who was the youngest of them. ‘Abdur-Raḥmân started to speak before his two companions, but the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said to him: “Let the elder speak first.” So he fell silent and his two companions spoke, then he spoke with them. They told the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ about the killing of ‘Abdullâh bin Sahl, and he said to them: “Will you swear fifty oaths, then you will receive compensation, or be entitled to retaliate?” They said: “How can we swear an oath when we did not witness what happened?” He said: “Then can the Jews swear fifty oaths declaring their innocence?” They said: “How can we accept the oath of a disbelieving people?” When the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ saw that, he paid the blood money (himself).
(Sahîh)
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‘Allâh’s Messenger ﷺ himself paid the blood money: This was the compassion of the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ, shown to the heirs of the slain. Otherwise, they did not deserve the blood-wit, because they were not prepared to take the oath, nor were they prepared to acknowledge the oaths of the defendants.
