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bayhaqi:13375Abū al-Ḥusayn ʿAlī b. Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Bishrān al-ʿAdlAbū Jaʿfar Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. al-Bakhtarī al-Razzāz > ʿAlī b. Ibrāhīm > al-Ḥārith b. Manṣūr > Isrāʾīl > ʿUthmān al-Shaḥḥām > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

There was a blind man during the time of the Messenger of Allah [SAW] who had an Umm Walad by whom he had two sons. She used to slander and defame the Messenger of Allah [SAW] a great deal, and he would rebuke her, but she would not pay heed, and he would forbid her to do that, but she ignored him. (The blind man said) One night I mentioned the Prophet [SAW], and she slandered him. I could not bear it so I went and got a dagger which I thrust into her stomach and leaned upon it, and killed her. In the morning she was found slain. Mention of that was made to the Prophet [SAW] and he gathered the people and said: "I adjure by Allah; a man over whom I have the right, that he should obey me, and he did what he did, to stand up." The blind man started to tremble and said: "O Messenger of Allah [SAW], I am the one who killed her. She was my Umm Walad and she was kind and gentle toward me, and I have two sons like pearls from her, but she used to slander and defame you a great deal. I forbade her, but she did not stop, and I rebuked her, but she did not pay heed. Finally, I mentioned your name and she slandered you, so I went and got a dagger which I thrust into her stomach, and leaned on it until I killed her. The Messenger of Allah [SAW] said: "I bear witness that her blood is permissible." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4070)   

البيهقي:١٣٣٧٥أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ بِشْرَانَ الْعَدْلُ بِبَغْدَادَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْبَخْتَرِيِّ الرَّزَّازُ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ثنا الْحَارِثُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ ثنا إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ الشَّحَّامِ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ قَالَ

كَانَتْ أُمُّ وَلَدِ رَجُلٍ عَلَى عَهْدِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ تُكْثِرُ الْوَقِيعَةَ فِي رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَتَشْتُمُهُ فَيَنْهَاهَا فَلَا تَنْتَهِي وَيَزْجُرُهَا فَلَا تَنْزَجِرُ فَلَمَّا كَانَتْ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ فَذَكَرَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَوَقَعَتْ فِيهِ قَالَ فَلَمْ أَصْبِرْ أَنْ قُمْتُ إِلَى الْمِعْوَلِ فَأَخَذْتُهُ فَوَضَعْتُهُ فِي بَطْنِهَا ثُمَّ اتَّكَيْتُ عَلَيْهَا حَتَّى قَتَلْتُهَا قَالَ فَوَقَعَ طِفْلَاهَا بَيْنَ رِجْلَيْهَا مُتَضَمِّخَانِ بِالدَّمِ فَأَصْبَحْتُ فَذُكِرَ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ فَجَمَعَ النَّاسُ قَالَ أَنْشُدُ بِاللهِ رَجُلًا رَأَى لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ حَقًّا فَعَلَ مَا فَعَلَ إِلَّا قَامَ قَالَ فَأَقْبَلَ الْأَعْمَى يَعْنِي الْقَاتِلَ وَهُوَ يَتَزَلْزَلُ فَذَكَرَ كَلِمَةً قَالَ أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ ذَهَبَتْ عَنِّي فَقَالَ وَإِنْ كَانَتْ لِرَفِيقَةٍ لَطِيفَةٍ وَلَكِنَّهَا كَانَتْ تُكْثِرُ الْوَقِيعَةَ فِيكَ وَتَشْتُمُكَ فَأَنْهَاهَا فَلَا تَنْتَهِي وَأَزْجُرُهَا فَلَا تَنْزَجِرُ فَلَمَّا كَانَ الْبَارِحَةَ فَذَكَرْتُكَ فَوَقَعَتْ فِيكَ فَلَمْ أَصْبِرْ أَنْ قُمْتُ إِلَى الْمِعْوَلِ فَوَضَعْتُهُ فِي بَطْنِهَا فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ اشْهَدُوا أَنَّ دَمَهَا هَدَرٌ  


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nasai:4070ʿUthmān b. ʿAbdullāh > ʿAbbād b. Mūsá > Ismāʿīl b. Jaʿfar > Isrāʾīl > ʿUthmān al-Shaḥḥām

There was a blind man during the time of the Messenger of Allah [SAW] who had an Umm Walad by whom he had two sons. She used to slander and defame the Messenger of Allah [SAW] a great deal, and he would rebuke her, but she would not pay heed, and he would forbid her to do that, but she ignored him. (The blind man said) One night I mentioned the Prophet [SAW], and she slandered him. I could not bear it so I went and got a dagger which I thrust into her stomach and leaned upon it, and killed her. In the morning she was found slain. Mention of that was made to the Prophet [SAW] and he gathered the people and said: "I adjure by Allah; a man over whom I have the right, that he should obey me, and he did what he did, to stand up." The blind man started to tremble and said: "O Messenger of Allah [SAW], I am the one who killed her. She was my Umm Walad and she was kind and gentle toward me, and I have two sons like pearls from her, but she used to slander and defame you a great deal. I forbade her, but she did not stop, and I rebuked her, but she did not pay heed. Finally, I mentioned your name and she slandered you, so I went and got a dagger which I thrust into her stomach, and leaned on it until I killed her. The Messenger of Allah [SAW] said: "I bear witness that her blood is permissible."  

النسائي:٤٠٧٠أَخْبَرَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبَّادُ بْنُ مُوسَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ الشَّحَّامِ قَالَ

كُنْتُ أَقُودُ رَجُلاً أَعْمَى فَانْتَهَيْتُ إِلَى عِكْرِمَةَ فَأَنْشَأَ يُحَدِّثُنَا قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّ أَعْمَى كَانَ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَكَانَتْ لَهُ أُمُّ وَلَدٍ وَكَانَ لَهُ مِنْهَا ابْنَانِ وَكَانَتْ تُكْثِرُ الْوَقِيعَةَ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَتَسُبُّهُ فَيَزْجُرُهَا فَلاَ تَنْزَجِرُ وَيَنْهَاهَا فَلاَ تَنْتَهِي فَلَمَّا كَانَ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ ذَكَرْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَوَقَعَتْ فِيهِ فَلَمْ أَصْبِرْ أَنْ قُمْتُ إِلَى الْمِغْوَلِ فَوَضَعْتُهُ فِي بَطْنِهَا فَاتَّكَأْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَقَتَلْتُهَا فَأَصْبَحَتْ قَتِيلاً فَذُكِرَ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَجَمَعَ النَّاسَ وَقَالَ أَنْشُدُ اللَّهَ رَجُلاً لِي عَلَيْهِ حَقٌّ فَعَلَ مَا فَعَلَ إِلاَّ قَامَ فَأَقْبَلَ الأَعْمَى يَتَدَلْدَلُ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَنَا صَاحِبُهَا كَانَتْ أُمَّ وَلَدِي وَكَانَتْ بِي لَطِيفَةً رَفِيقَةً وَلِي مِنْهَا ابْنَانِ مِثْلُ اللُّؤْلُؤَتَيْنِ وَلَكِنَّهَا كَانَتْ تُكْثِرُ الْوَقِيعَةَ فِيكَ وَتَشْتُمُكَ فَأَنْهَاهَا فَلاَ تَنْتَهِي وَأَزْجُرُهَا فَلاَ تَنْزَجِرُ فَلَمَّا كَانَتِ الْبَارِحَةَ ذَكَرْتُكَ فَوَقَعَتْ فِيكَ فَقُمْتُ إِلَى الْمِغْوَلِ فَوَضَعْتُهُ فِي بَطْنِهَا فَاتَّكَأْتُ عَلَيْهَا حَتَّى قَتَلْتُهَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَلاَ اشْهَدُوا أَنَّ دَمَهَا هَدَرٌ  

abudawud:4361ʿAbbād b. Mūsá al-Khuttalī > Ismāʿīl b. Jaʿfar al-Madanī > Isrāʾīl > ʿUthmān al-Shaḥḥām > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

A blind man had a slave-mother who used to abuse the Prophet ﷺ and disparage him. He forbade her but she did not stop. He rebuked her but she did not give up her habit. One night she began to slander the Prophet ﷺ and abuse him. So he took a dagger, placed it on her belly, pressed it, and killed her. A child who came between her legs was smeared with the blood that was there. When the morning came, the Prophet ﷺ was informed about it. He assembled the people and said: I adjure by Allah the man who has done this action and I adjure him by my right to him that he should stand up. Jumping over the necks of the people and trembling the man stood up. He sat before the Prophet ﷺ and said: Messenger of Allah! I am her master; she used to abuse you and disparage you. I forbade her, but she did not stop, and I rebuked her, but she did not abandon her habit. I have two sons like pearls from her, and she was my companion. Last night she began to abuse and disparage you. So I took a dagger, put it on her belly and pressed it till I killed her. Thereupon the Prophet ﷺ said: Oh be witness, no retaliation is payable for her blood.  

أبو داود:٤٣٦١حَدَّثَنَا عَبَّادُ بْنُ مُوسَى الْخُتَّلِيُّ أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الْمَدَنِيُّ عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ الشَّحَّامِ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ أَعْمَى كَانَتْ لَهُ أُمُّ وَلَدٍ تَشْتُمُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَتَقَعُ فِيهِ فَيَنْهَاهَا فَلاَ تَنْتَهِي وَيَزْجُرُهَا فَلاَ تَنْزَجِرُ قَالَ فَلَمَّا كَانَتْ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ جَعَلَتْ تَقَعُ فِي النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَتَشْتِمُهُ فَأَخَذَ الْمِغْوَلَ فَوَضَعَهُ فِي بَطْنِهَا وَاتَّكَأَ عَلَيْهَا فَقَتَلَهَا فَوَقَعَ بَيْنَ رِجْلَيْهَا طِفْلٌ فَلَطَخَتْ مَا هُنَاكَ بِالدَّمِ فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ ذُكِرَ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَجَمَعَ النَّاسَ فَقَالَ أَنْشُدُ اللَّهَ رَجُلاً فَعَلَ مَا فَعَلَ لِي عَلَيْهِ حَقٌّ إِلاَّ قَامَ فَقَامَ الأَعْمَى يَتَخَطَّى النَّاسَ وَهُوَ يَتَزَلْزَلُ حَتَّى قَعَدَ بَيْنَ يَدَىِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَنَا صَاحِبُهَا كَانَتْ تَشْتِمُكَ وَتَقَعُ فِيكَ فَأَنْهَاهَا فَلاَ تَنْتَهِي وَأَزْجُرُهَا فَلاَ تَنْزَجِرُ وَلِي مِنْهَا ابْنَانِ مِثْلُ اللُّؤْلُؤَتَيْنِ وَكَانَتْ بِي رَفِيقَةً فَلَمَّا كَانَتِ الْبَارِحَةَ جَعَلَتْ تَشْتِمُكَ وَتَقَعُ فِيكَ فَأَخَذْتُ الْمِغْوَلَ فَوَضَعْتُهُ فِي بَطْنِهَا وَاتَّكَأْتُ عَلَيْهَا حَتَّى قَتَلْتُهَا فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَلاَ اشْهَدُوا أَنَّ دَمَهَا هَدَرٌ  

tabarani:11984al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlawayh al-Qaṭṭān > ʿAbbād b. Mūsá al-Khutullī > Ismāʿīl b. Jaʿfar > Isrāʾīl > ʿUthmān al-Shaḥḥām > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] "That a blind man had a mother and child who would insult the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ and spread rumors about him. He would forbid her from doing so, but she wouldn't stop, and he would reprimand her, but she wouldn't listen. One night, when the Prophet ﷺ was mentioned, he couldn't bear it and went to her resting place, put a pillow on her belly, and leaned on her until he killed her. In the morning, her two children were found between her legs, stained with blood. He mentioned this to the Prophet ﷺ, who stood up and gathered people, then said, 'I swear by Allah, a man on whom the right is due did what he did when he stood up.' The blind man came forward, trembling, and said, 'I swear by Allah, O Prophet of Allah, she is the mother of my child, and I have two children from her, like two pearls. Although she was a gentle companion to me, she used to mention you and insult you, and I would forbid her, but she wouldn't stop, and I would reprimand her, but she wouldn't listen. Yesterday, when she mentioned you and criticized you, I couldn't bear it, so I went to her resting place, put a pillow on her belly, and leaned on her until I killed her.' The Prophet ﷺ said, 'I bear witness that her blood was shed unjustly.'"  

الطبراني:١١٩٨٤حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلَوَيْهِ الْقَطَّانُ ثنا عَبَّادُ بْنُ مُوسَى الْخُتُلِّيُّ ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ الشَّحَّامِ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ أَعْمَى كَانَتْ لَهُ أُمُّ وَلَدٍ تَشْتُمُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَتُكْثِرُ الْوَقِيعَةَ فِيهِ فَيَنْهَاهَا فَلَا تَنْتَهِي وَيَزْجُرُهَا فَلَا تَنْزَجِرُ فَلَمَّا كَانَتْ لَيْلَةٌ ذَكَرْتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَلَمْ يَصْبِرْ أَنْ قَامَ إِلَى الْمِغْوَلِ فَوَضَعَهُ فِي بَطْنِهَا ثُمَّ اتَّكَأَ عَلَيْهَا حَتَّى قَتَلَهَا فَأَصْبَحَ طِفْلَيْهَا بَيْنَ رِجْلَيْهَا مُلَطْخَيْنِ بِالدَّمِ فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَامَ فَجَمَعَ النَّاسَ ثُمَّ قَالَ «أَنْشُدُ اللهَ رَجُلًا عَلَيْهِ حَقٌّ فَعَلَ مَا فَعَلَ لَمَا قَامَ» فَأَقْبَلَ الْأَعْمَى يَتَوَلْوَلُ فَقَالَ أَنَا وَاللهِ يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ صَاحِبُهَا وَهِيَ أُمُّ وَلَدِي وَلِي مِنْهَا اثْنَانِ مِثْلُ اللُّؤْلُؤَتَيْنِ وَإِنْ كَانَتْ بِي لرَفِيقَةٌ لَطِيفَةٌ وَلَكِنَّهَا كَانَتْ تَذْكُرُكَ فَتَسُبُّكَ فَأَنْهَاهَا فَلَا تَنْتَهِي وَأَزْجُرُهَا فَلَا تَنْزَجِرُ فَلَمَّا كَانَتِ الْبَارِحَةُ ذَكَرَتْكَ وَوَقَعَتْ فِيكَ فَلَمْ أَصْبِرْ أَنْ قُمْتُ إِلَى الْمِغْوَلِ فَوَضَعْتُهُ فِي بَطْنِهَا ثُمَّ اتَّكَأْتُ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى قَتَلْتُهَا فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ دَمَهَا هَدَرٌ»  

nasai-kubra:3519ʿUthmān b. ʿAbdullāh b. Kharzār > ʿAbbād b. Mūsá > Ismāʿīl b. Jaʿfar > Isrāʾīl > ʿUthmān al-Shaḥḥām

There was a blind man during the time of the Messenger of Allah [SAW] who had an Umm Walad by whom he had two sons. She used to slander and defame the Messenger of Allah [SAW] a great deal, and he would rebuke her, but she would not pay heed, and he would forbid her to do that, but she ignored him. (The blind man said) One night I mentioned the Prophet [SAW], and she slandered him. I could not bear it so I went and got a dagger which I thrust into her stomach and leaned upon it, and killed her. In the morning she was found slain. Mention of that was made to the Prophet [SAW] and he gathered the people and said: "I adjure by Allah; a man over whom I have the right, that he should obey me, and he did what he did, to stand up." The blind man started to tremble and said: "O Messenger of Allah [SAW], I am the one who killed her. She was my Umm Walad and she was kind and gentle toward me, and I have two sons like pearls from her, but she used to slander and defame you a great deal. I forbade her, but she did not stop, and I rebuked her, but she did not pay heed. Finally, I mentioned your name and she slandered you, so I went and got a dagger which I thrust into her stomach, and leaned on it until I killed her. The Messenger of Allah [SAW] said: "I bear witness that her blood is permissible." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4070)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٣٥١٩أَخْبَرَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ خَرْزَارَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبَّادُ بْنُ مُوسَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ الشَّحَّامِ قَالَ كُنْتُ أَقُودُ رَجُلًا أَعْمَى فَانْتَهَيْتُ إِلَى عِكْرِمَةَ فَأَنْشَأَ يُحَدِّثُنَا قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ أَعْمَى كَانَ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَكَانَتْ لَهُ أُمُّ وَلَدٍ وَكَانَ لَهُ مِنْهَا ابْنَانِ وَكَانَتْ تُكْثِرُ الْوَقِيعَةَ بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَتَسُبُّهُ فَيَزْجُرُهَا فَلَا تَزْدَجِرُ وَيَنْهَاهَا فَلَا تَنْتَهِي فَلَمَّا كَانَ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ ذَكَرَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَوَقَعَتْ فِيهِ فَلَمْ أَصْبِرْ أَنْ قُمْتُ إِلَى الْمِعْوَلِ فَوَضَعْتُهُ فِي بَطْنِهَا فَاتَّكَأْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَقَتَلْتُهَا فَأَصْبَحَتْ قَتِيلًا فَذُكِرَ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَجَمَعَ النَّاسَ وَقَالَ «أَنْشُدُ اللهَ رَجُلًا لِي عَلَيْهِ حَقٌّ فَعَلَ مَا فَعَلَ إِلَّا قَامَ» فَأَقْبَلَ الْأَعْمَى يَتَدَلْدَلُ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَنَا صَاحِبُهَا كَانَتْ أُمَّ وَلَدِي وَكَانَتْ بِي لَطِيفَةً رَفِيقَةً وَلِي مِنْهَا ابْنَانِ مِثْلُ اللُّؤْلُؤَتَيْنِ وَلَكِنَّهَا كَانَتْ تُكْثِرُ الْوَقِيعَةَ فِيكَ وَتَشْتُمُكَ فَأَنْهَاهَا فَلَا تَنْتَهِي وَأَزْجُرُهَا فَلَا تَزْدَجِرُ فَلَمَّا كَانَتِ الْبَارِحَةُ ذَكَرْتُكَ فَوَقَعَتْ فِيكَ فَقُمْتُ إِلَى الْمِعْوَلِ فَوَضَعْتُهُ فِي بَطْنِهَا فَاتَّكَأْتُ عَلَيْهَا حَتَّى قَتَلْتُهَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «أَلَا اشْهَدُوا أَنَّ دَمَهَا هَدَرٌ»