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bayhaqi:16040Abū al-Ḥasan b. ʿAbdān > Aḥmad b. ʿUbayd al-Ṣaffār > Hishām b. ʿAlī > Ibn Rajāʾ > Ḥarb b. Shaddād > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] In the year of the conquest of Mecca, Khuzay'ah killed a man from the tribe of Banī Layth, and this man had killed one of them during the pre-Islamic era. The Prophet mentioned this incident in a similar manner except that he said, "Whoever has a slain relative, then he has the option to either accept a ransom or take revenge." Abdullah ibn Raja' narrated it from Harb.  

البيهقي:١٦٠٤٠وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ بْنُ عَبْدَانَ أنبأ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الصَّفَّارُ ثنا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ ثنا ابْنُ رَجَاءٍ ثنا حَرْبُ بْنُ شَدَّادٍ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ ثنا أَبُو سَلَمَةَ ثنا أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّهُ عَامَ فَتْحِ مَكَّةَ قَتَلَتْ خُزَاعَةُ رَجُلًا مِنْ بَنِي لَيْثٍ بِقَتِيلٍ لَهُمْ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ بِنَحْوِهِ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ قَالَ وَمَنْ قُتِلَ لَهُ قَتِيلٌ فَهُوَ بِخَيْرِ النَّظَرَيْنِ إِمَّا أَنْ يُودَى وَإِمَّا أَنْ يُقَادَ قَالَ وَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ رَجَاءٍ ثنا حَرْبٌ