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Sunan Abu DawudTypes of Blood-Wit (Kitab Al-Diyat)

Sunan Abu Dawud 4584

Chapter: When One Man Attacks Another And He Defends Himself

Authentic 3 scholars’ grades Sunan Abu Dawud 4584

Narrator:Ya‘lā ibn Umayya

حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَطَاءٌ، عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَعْلَى، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ قَاتَلَ أَجِيرٌ لِي رَجُلاً فَعَضَّ يَدَهُ فَانْتَزَعَهَا فَنَدَرَتْ ثَنِيَّتُهُ فَأَتَى النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَأَهْدَرَهَا وَقَالَ ‏"‏

أَتُرِيدُ أَنْ يَضَعَ يَدَهُ فِي فِيكَ تَقْضَمُهَا كَالْفَحْلِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ وَأَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ عَنْ جَدِّهِ أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَهْدَرَهَا وَقَالَ بَعُدَتْ سِنُّهُ ‏.‏

Narrated Safwan b. Ya'la:

On this father's authority, said: A servant of mine fought with a man and bit his hand and he drew away his hand. (One of) his front teeth fell out. So he came to the Prophet (ﷺ) who imposed no retaliation for his tooth, saying: Do you intend that he leaves his hand in your mouth so that you crunch it like a male camel ? He said: Ibn Abi Mulaikah told me on the authority of his grandfather that Abu Bakr (ra) imposed no retaliation on him for it, saying: May his tooth go away!

Reported by Abu Dawud (No. 4584).

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Classical commentary

Al-Azimabadi — Awn al-Ma'bud

( فَعَضَّ ) : الْعَضّ بِالْفَارِسِيَّةِ كزيدن وَالضَّمِير الْمَرْفُوع لِلْأَجِيرِ ( يَده ) : أَيْ يَد الرَّجُل ( فَانْتَزَعَهَا ) : أَيْ جَذَبَ الرَّجُل يَده ( فَنَدَرَتْ ) : بِالنُّونِ وَالدَّال الْمُهْمَلَة أَيْ سَقَطَتْ ( ثَنِيَّته ) : أَيْ ثَنِيَّة الْأَجِير وَالثَّنِيَّة وَاحِدَة الثَّنَايَا وَهِيَ الْأَسْنَان الْمُتَقَدِّمَة اِثْنَتَانِ فَوْق وَاثْنَتَانِ أَسْفَل ( فَأَتَى ) : الْأَجِير الْعَاضّ طَالِبًا قِصَاص ثَنِيَّته ( فَأَهْدَرَهَا ) : أَيْ أَبْطَلَهَا أَيْ النَّبِيّ صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَلَمْ يُوجِب فِيهَا شَيْئًا ( أَنْ يَضَع ) : أَيْ الرَّجُل ( تَقْضَمهَا ) : بِفَتْحِ الضَّاد الْمُعْجَمَة وَيُكْسَر مِنْ قَضِمَ كَفَرِحَ أَكَلَ بِأَطْرَافِ أَسْنَانه ( كَالْفَحْلِ ) :…

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Scholars’ grades

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih صحيح The hadith No. 4584
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH AuthenticSahih Bukhari (6893) Sahih Muslim (1674) The hadith No. 4584
Muhammad Muhyi al-Din Abd al-Hamidd. 1392 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 4584

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