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ahmad:27207Yūnus b. Muḥammad > ʿAbdullāh b. Maysarah Abū Laylá > Abū ʿUkkāshah al-Hamdānī

[Machine] From the Prophet ﷺ, it is said that when a man trusts you with his life, do not kill him. He ﷺ said, "He had entrusted me with his life, and I disliked shedding his blood."  

أحمد:٢٧٢٠٧حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَيْسَرَةَ أَبُو لَيْلَى عَنْ أَبِي عُكَّاشَةَ الْهَمْدَانِيِّ قَالَ قَالَ رِفَاعَةُ الْبَجَلِيُّ دَخَلْتُ عَلَى الْمُخْتَارِ بْنِ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ قَصْرَهُ فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ مَا قَامَ جِبْرِيلُ إِلَّا مِنْ عِنْدِي قَبْلُ قَالَفَهَمَمْتُ أَنْ أَضْرِبَ عُنُقَهُ فَذَكَرْتُ حَدِيثًا حَدَّثَنَاهُ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ صُرَدٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يَقُولُ إِذَا أَمَّنَكَ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى دَمِهِ فَلَا تَقْتُلْهُ قَالَ وَكَانَ قَدْ أَمَّنَنِي عَلَى دَمِهِ فَكَرِهْتُ دَمَهُ  


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ibnmajah:2689ʿAlī b. Muḥammad > Wakīʿ > Abū Laylá > Abū ʿUkkāshah > Rifāʿah

“I entered upon Mukhtar in his palace and he said: 'Jibril has just left me.' Nothing stopped me from striking his neck (i.e, killing him) but a Hadith that I heard from Sulaiman bin Surad, according to which the Prophet ﷺ said: 'If a man trusts you with his life, then do not kill him.' That is what stopped me.”  

ابن ماجة:٢٦٨٩حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو لَيْلَى عَنْ أَبِي عُكَّاشَةَ عَنْ رِفَاعَةَ قَالَ دَخَلْتُ عَلَى الْمُخْتَارِ فِي قَصْرِهِ فَقَالَ قَامَ جِبْرَائِيلُ مِنْ عِنْدِي السَّاعَةَ فَمَا مَنَعَنِي مِنْ ضَرْبِ عُنُقِهِ إِلاَّ حَدِيثٌ سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ صُرَدٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ إِذَا أَمِنَكَ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى دَمِهِ فَلاَ تَقْتُلْهُ فَذَاكَ الَّذِي مَنَعَنِي مِنْهُ