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bukhari:6867Qabīṣah > Sufyān > al-Aʿmash > ʿAbdullāh b. Murrah > Masrūq > ʿAbdullāh

The Prophet ﷺ said, "No human being is killed unjustly, but a part of responsibility for the crime is laid on the first son of Adam who invented the tradition of killing (murdering) on the earth. (It is said that he was Qabil).  

البخاري:٦٨٦٧حَدَّثَنَا قَبِيصَةُ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُرَّةَ عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ؓ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ تُقْتَلُ نَفْسٌ إِلاَّ كَانَ عَلَى ابْنِ آدَمَ الأَوَّلِ كِفْلٌ مِنْهَا  


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bukhari:3335ʿUmar b. Ḥafṣ b. Ghiyāth from my father > al-Aʿmash > ʿAbdullāh b. Murrah > Masrūq > ʿAbdullāh

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whenever a person is murdered unjustly, there is a share from the burden of the crime on the first son of Adam for he was the first to start the tradition of murdering."  

البخاري:٣٣٣٥حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ حَفْصِ بْنِ غِيَاثٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُرَّةَ عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لاَ تُقْتَلُ نَفْسٌ ظُلْمًا إِلاَّ كَانَ عَلَى ابْنِ آدَمَ الأَوَّلِ كِفْلٌ مِنْ دَمِهَا لأَنَّهُ أَوَّلُ مَنْ سَنَّ الْقَتْلَ  

muslim:1677aAbū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah And Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Numayr Wa-al-Lafẓ Ibn Abū Shaybah > Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > ʿAbdullāh b. Murrah > Masrūq > ʿAbdullāh

Allah's Apostle ﷺ having said: No person who is killed unjustly, but the share of (this offence of his also) falls upon the first son of Adam, for he was the first to introduce killing.  

مسلم:١٦٧٧aحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ وَاللَّفْظُ لاِبْنِ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُرَّةَ عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لاَ تُقْتَلُ نَفْسٌ ظُلْمًا إِلاَّ كَانَ عَلَى ابْنِ آدَمَ الأَوَّلِ كِفْلٌ مِنْ دَمِهَا لأَنَّهُ كَانَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ سَنَّ الْقَتْلَ  

nasai:3985ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Sufyān > al-Aʿmash > ʿAbdullāh b. Murrah > Masrūq > ʿAbdullāh

The Prophet [SAW] said: "No person is killed wrongfully, but a share of responsibility for his blood will be upon the first son of Adam, because he was the first one to set the precedence, of killing."  

النسائي:٣٩٨٥أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُرَّةَ عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ تُقْتَلُ نَفْسٌ ظُلْمًا إِلاَّ كَانَ عَلَى ابْنِ آدَمَ الأَوَّلِ كِفْلٌ مِنْ دَمِهَا وَذَلِكَ أَنَّهُ أَوَّلُ مَنْ سَنَّ الْقَتْلَ  

ibnmajah:2616Hishām b. ʿAmmār > ʿĪsá b. Yūnus > al-Aʿmash > ʿAbdullāh b. Murrah > Masrūq > ʿAbdullāh

“No person is killed wrongfully, but a share of responsibility for his blood will be upon, the first son of Adam, because he was the first one to kill.”  

ابن ماجة:٢٦١٦حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُرَّةَ عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لاَ تُقْتَلُ نَفْسٌ ظُلْمًا إِلاَّ كَانَ عَلَى ابْنِ آدَمَ الأَوَّلِ كِفْلٌ مِنْ دَمِهَا لأَنَّهُ أَوَّلُ مَنْ سَنَّ الْقَتْلَ  

ahmad:4092Yaḥyá > Sufyān > Sulaymān > ʿAbdullāh b. Murrah > Masrūq > ʿAbdullāh

The Prophet [SAW] said: "No person is killed wrongfully, but a share of responsibility for his blood will be upon the first son of Adam, because he was the first one to set the precedence, of killing." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3985)  

أحمد:٤٠٩٢حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ سُفْيَانَ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مُرَّةَ عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لَا تُقْتَلُ نَفْسٌ ظُلْمًا إِلَّا كَانَ عَلَى ابْنِ آدَمَ كِفْلٌ مِنْ دَمِهَا ذَاكَ أَنَّهُ أَوَّلُ مَنْ سَنَّ الْقَتْلَ  

ahmad:3630Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > ʿAbdullāh b. Murrah > Masrūq > ʿAbdullāh

“No person is killed wrongfully, but a share of responsibility for his blood will be upon, the first son of Adam, because he was the first one to kill.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2616)  

أحمد:٣٦٣٠حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مُرَّةَ عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا تُقْتَلُ نَفْسٌ ظُلْمًا إِلَّا كَانَ عَلَى ابْنِ آدَمَ الْأَوَّلِ كِفْلٌ مِنْ دَمِهَا لِأَنَّهُ كَانَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ سَنَّ الْقَتْلَ  

ahmad:4123Wakīʿ > Sufyān > al-Aʿmash > ʿAbdullāh b. Murrah > Masrūq > ʿAbdullāh

“No person is killed wrongfully, but a share of responsibility for his blood will be upon, the first son of Adam, because he was the first one to kill.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2616)   

أحمد:٤١٢٣حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مُرَّةَ عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَا مِنْ نَفْسٍ تُقْتَلُ ظُلْمًا إِلَّا كَانَ عَلَى ابْنِ آدَمَ الْأَوَّلِ كِفْلٌ مِنْ دَمِهَا ذَلِكَ بِأَنَّهُ أَوَّلُ مَنْ سَنَّ الْقَتْلَ  

ذِكْرُ مَا يَلْزَمُ ابْنَ آدَمَ مِنْ إِثْمِ مَنْ قَتَلَ بَعْدَهُ مُسْلِمًا، لِاسْتِنَانِهِ ذَلِكَ الْفِعْلَ لِمَنْ بَعْدَهُ

ibnhibban:5983Abū Yaʿlá > Abū Khaythamah > Jarīr > al-Aʿmash > ʿAbdullāh b. Murrah al-Hamdānī > Masrūq > ʿAbdullāh

“No person is killed wrongfully, but a share of responsibility for his blood will be upon, the first son of Adam, because he was the first one to kill.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2616)  

ابن حبّان:٥٩٨٣أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُرَّةَ الْهَمْدَانِيِّ عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَا مِنْ نَفْسٍ تُقْتَلُ ظُلْمًا إِلَّا كَانَ عَلَى ابْنِ آدَمَ الْأَوَّلِ كِفْلٌ مِنْ دَمِهَا لِأَنَّهُ أَوَّلُ مَنْ سَنَّ الْقَتْلَ»  

nasai-kubra:11077ʿAlī b. Khashram > ʿĪsá > al-Aʿmash > ʿAbdullāh b. Murrah > Masrūq > ʿAbdullāh

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whenever a person is murdered unjustly, there is a share from the burden of the crime on the first son of Adam for he was the first to start the tradition of murdering." (Using translation from Bukhārī 3335)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١١٠٧٧أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ خَشْرَمٍ حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مُرَّةَ عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا تُقْتَلُ نَفْسٌ ظُلْمًا إِلَّا كَانَ عَلَى ابْنِ آدَمَ الْأَوَّلِ كِفْلٌ مِنْ دَمِهَا لِأَنَّهُ أَوَّلُ مَنْ سَنَّ الْقَتْلَ»  

nasai-kubra:3433ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Sufyān > al-Aʿmash > ʿAbdullāh b. Murrah > Masrūq > ʿAbdullāh

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whenever a person is murdered unjustly, there is a share from the burden of the crime on the first son of Adam for he was the first to start the tradition of murdering." (Using translation from Bukhārī 3335)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٣٤٣٣أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مُرَّةَ عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا تُقْتَلُ نَفْسٌ ظُلْمًا إِلَّا كَانَ عَلَى ابْنِ آدَمَ الْأَوَّلَ كِفْلٌ مِنْ دَمِهَا وَذَلِكَ أَنَّهُ أَوَّلُ مَنْ سَنَّ الْقَتْلَ»  

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السيوطي:٢٥١٥٢a

"لا تُقْتَلُ نَفْسٌ ظُلمًا إلا كانَ على ابنِ آدمَ الأولِ كِفلٌ من دَمِها لأنه أولُ مَن سَنَّ القتلَ".  

[حم] أحمد [ش] ابن أبى شيبة [خ] البخاري [م] مسلم [ت] الترمذي [ن] النسائي [هـ] ابن ماجة وابن أبى عاصم في الديات عن ابن مسعود
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السيوطي:١٩٦٧١a

"مَا مِنْ نَفسٍ تُقْتلُ ظُلْمًا إلا كَانَ عَلى ابْنِ آدمَ كِفْلانِ مِن الْوزْرِ لأَنَّهُ أَوَّلُ مَنْ سنَّ القَتْلَ".  

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