ذِكْرُ وَصْفِ الْحُكْمِ فِي الْقَتِيلِ إِذَا وُجِدَ بَيْنَ الْقَرْيَتَيْنِ، عِنْدَ عَدَمِ الْبَيِّنَةِ عَلَى قَتْلِهِ

Muhayysah bin Mas'ud and 'Abdullah bin Sahl went to Khaibar for some need they had there, and they parted among the palm trees. 'Abdullah bin Sahl was killed, and 'Abdullah bin Sahl was killed, and his brother 'Abdur-Rahman bin Shl, and Huwayysah, and Musayysah, his paternal cousins, came to the Messenger of Allah. 'Abdur-Rahan spoke about his brother's case, but he was the youngest of them, so the Messenger of Allah said: "Let the elders speak first." So they spoke about their companions, and the Messenger of Allah said: Let fifty of your swear an oath." The said: "O Messenger of Allah, it is something that we did not witness: how can we swear an oath?" He said: "Then let the Jews swear fifty oaths to their innocence." They said: "O Messenger of Allah, they area) a disbelieving people," So the Messenger of Allah paid the blood money himself Sahl said: "I entered a Mirbad of theirs, and one of those camels kicked me." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4713)   

أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ سَهْلٍ وَمُحَيِّصَةَ بْنَ مَسْعُودٍ أَتَيَا خَيْبَرَ فِي حَاجَةٍ لَهُمَا فَتَفَرَّقَا فَقُتِلَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَهْلٍ فَأَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَخُوهُ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ سَهْلٍ وَابْنُ عَمِّهِ حُوَيِّصَةُ قَالَ فَتَكَلَّمَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «الْكُبْرَ الْكُبْرَ» قَالَ فَتَكَلَّمَا بِأَمْرِ صَاحِبِهِمَا فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «تَسْتَحِقُّونَ صَاحِبَكُمْ أَوْ قَالَ قَتِيلَكُمْ بِأَيْمَانِ خَمْسِينَ مِنْكُمْ» قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَمْ نَشْهَدْهُ كَيْفَ نَحْلِفُ عَلَيْهِ؟ قَالَ «فَتُبْرِئُكُمْ يَهُودُ بِأَيْمَانِ خَمْسِينَ مِنْهُمْ» قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَوْمٌ كُفَّارٌ قَالَ فَوَدَاهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مِنْ قِبَلِهِ قَالَ سَهْلٌ فَدَخَلْتُ مِرْبَدًا لَهُمْ يَوْمًا فَرَكَضَتْنِي نَاقَةٌ مِنْ تِلْكِ الْإِبِلِ رَكْضَةً