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Sahih MuslimThe Book of Oaths, Muharibin, Qasas (Retaliation), and Diyat (Blood Money)

Sahih Muslim 1680b

Chapter: A confession to murder is valid and the heir of the victim is entitled to Qisas, but it is recommended to ask him to let him go

Authentic hadith of Sahih Muslim Sahih Muslim 1680b

Narrator:Wā’il

وَحَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ، أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، بْنُ سَالِمٍ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ وَائِلٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ أُتِيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم

بِرَجُلٍ قَتَلَ رَجُلاً فَأَقَادَ وَلِيَّ الْمَقْتُولِ مِنْهُ فَانْطَلَقَ بِهِ وَفِي عُنُقِهِ نِسْعَةٌ يَجُرُّهَا فَلَمَّا أَدْبَرَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ الْقَاتِلُ وَالْمَقْتُولُ فِي النَّارِ ‏"

'Alaqama b. Wa'il reported on the authority of his father that a person was brought to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) who had killed another person, and the heir of the person slain had dragged him (to the Holy Prophet) with a strap around his neck. As he turned away Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said:

The killer and the killed are (doomed) to fire. A person came to the other person (the heir of the deceased) and he reported to him the words of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and so he let him off. Isma'il b. Salim said: I made a mention of it to Habib b. Abu Thabit and he said: Ibn Ashwa' reported to me that Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) had asked him to pardon him, but he refused.

Reported by Muslim (No. 1680b).

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An-Nawawi — Sharh Sahih Muslim

( قَوْله صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : الْقَاتِل وَالْمَقْتُول فِي النَّار ) فَلَيْسَ الْمُرَاد بِهِ فِي هَذَيْنِ , فَكَيْف تَصِحّ إِرَادَتهمَا مَعَ أَنَّهُ إِنَّمَا أَخَذَهُ لِيَقْتُلهُ بِأَمْرِ النَّبِيّ صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ , بَلْ الْمُرَاد غَيْرهمَا , وَهُوَ إِذَا اِلْتَقَى الْمُسْلِمَانِ بِسَيْفَيْهِمَا فِي الْمُقَاتَلَة الْمُحَرَّمَة كَالْقِتَالِ عَصَبِيَّة وَنَحْو ذَلِكَ , فَالْقَاتِل وَالْمَقْتُول فِي النَّار , وَالْمُرَاد بِهِ التَّعْرِيض كَمَا ذَكَرْنَاهُ. وَسَبَب قَوْله مَا قَدَّمْنَاهُ لِكَوْنِ الْوَلِيّ يَفْهَم مِنْهُ دُخُوله فِي مَعْنَاهُ , وَلِهَذَا تَرَكَ قَتْله فَحَصَلَ الْمَقْصُود. وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَم.…

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