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Jami' at-Tirmidhi 1400

Chapter: What Has Been Related About A Man Who Kills His Son: Is He To Suffer Requital For Him Or Not ?

Differing grades 3 scholars’ grades Jami' at-Tirmidhi 1400

Narrator:Umar ibn al-Khattāb

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدٍ الأَشَجُّ، حَدَّثَنَا الأَحْمَرُ، عَنِ الْحَجَّاجِ بْنِ أَرْطَاةَ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ ‏

"‏ لاَ يُقَادُ الْوَالِدُ بِالْوَلَدِ ‏"

Narrated 'Umar bin Al-Khattab:

that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "The father does not suffer retaliation for [killing] the son."

Reported by At-Tirmidhi (No. 1400).

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Scholars’ grades

The 3 scholars cited do not give the same grade: each one is shown below.

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 1400
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 1400
Ahmad Shakird. 1377 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 1400

Other versions

Not graded Bulugh al-Maram 1173

’Umar bin al-Khattab (RAA) narrated, ‘I heard the Messenger of Allah say, “A father is not to be killed for his offspring.” Related by Ahmad, At-Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah. Ibn al-Garud and al-Baihaqi graded it as Sahih.

وَعَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ اَلْخَطَّابِ ‏- رضى الله عنه ‏- قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اَللَّهِ ‏- صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏-يَقُولُ: { لَا يُقَادُ اَلْوَالِدُ بِالْوَلَدِ } رَوَاهُ أَحْمَدُ, وَاَلتِّرْمِذِيُّ, وَابْنُ مَاجَهْ…

Narrated by Umar ibn al-Khattāb

Also reported by… (2)
  • التحقيق في مسائل الخلاف لابن الجوزي (1864)لَا يُقَادُ الْوَالِدُ بِالْوَلَدِ
  • سنن الدارقطني (2883)لا يُقَادُ الْوَالِدُ بِالْوَلَدِ

On the same subject

Authentic Musnad Ahmad 94

A father is not to be killed for killing his child

Mujāhid reported: A man threw a sword at his son, which killed him. He was brought to ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) for judgment. ‘Umar said: "Had I not heard the Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) say: ‘A father is not to be killed (in retribution) for killing…

حَدَّثَنَا أَسْوَدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا جَعْفَرٌ يَعْنِي الْأَحْمَرَ عَنْ مُطَرِّفٍ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ قَالَ حَذَفَ رَجُلٌ ابْنًا لَهُ بِسَيْفٍ فَقَتَلَهُ فَرُفِعَ إِلَى عُمَرَ فَقَالَ لَوْلَا…

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