ذِكْرُ إِسْقَاطِ الْقَوَدِ عَنِ الثَّنَايَا الْعَاضِّ إِنْسَانًا آخَرَ

I fought in Jaish-al-Usra (Ghazwa of Tabuk) along with the Prophet ﷺ and in my opinion that was the best of my deeds. Then I had an employee, who quarrel led with someone and one of the them bit and cut the other's finger and caused his own tooth to fall out. He then went to the Prophet (with a complaint) but the Prophet ﷺ canceled the suit and said to the complainant, "Did you expect him to let his finger in your mouth so that you might snap and cut it (as does a stallion camel)?" Narrated Ibn Juraij from ʿAbdullah bin Abu Mulaika from his grandfather a similar story: A man bit the hand of another man and caused his own tooth to fall out, but Abu Bakr judged that he had no right for compensation (for the broken tooth).  

غَزَوْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ جَيْشَ الْعُسْرَةِ فَكَانَ مِنْ أَوْثَقِ أَعْمَالِي فِي نَفْسِي فَكَانَ لِي أَجِيرٌ فَقَاتَلَ إِنْسَانًا فَعَضَّ أَحَدُهُمَا إِصْبَعَ صَاحِبِهِ فَانْتَزَعَ إِصْبَعَهُ فَأَنْدَرَ ثَنِيَّتَهُ فَسَقَطَتْ فَانْطَلَقَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأَهْدَرَ ثَنِيَّتَهُ وَقَالَ أَفَيَدَعُ إِصْبَعَهُ فِي فِيكَ تَقْضَمُهَا قَالَ أَحْسِبُهُ قَالَ كَمَا يَقْضَمُ الْفَحْلُ قَالَ ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ وَحَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ عَنْ جَدِّهِ بِمِثْلِ هَذِهِ الصِّفَةِ أَنَّ رَجُلاً عَضَّ يَدَ رَجُلٍ فَأَنْدَرَ ثَنِيَّتَهُ فَأَهْدَرَهَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ  

I participated in the Ghazwa of Tabuk along with Messenger of Allah ﷺ and I gave a young camel to be ridden in Jihad and that was, to me, one of my best deeds. Then I employed a laborer who quarrelled with another person. One of them bit the hand of the other and the latter drew his hand from the mouth of the former pulling out his front tooth. Then the former instituted a suit against the latter before the Prophet who rejected that suit saying, "Do you expect him to put out his hand for you to snap as a male camel snaps (vegetation)?"  

غَزَوْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ غَزْوَةَ تَبُوكَ فَحَمَلْتُ عَلَى بَكْرٍ فَهْوَ أَوْثَقُ أَعْمَالِي فِي نَفْسِي فَاسْتَأْجَرْتُ أَجِيرًا فَقَاتَلَ رَجُلاً فَعَضَّ أَحَدُهُمَا الآخَرَ فَانْتَزَعَ يَدَهُ مِنْ فِيهِ وَنَزَعَ ثَنِيَّتَهُ فَأَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَأَهْدَرَهَا فَقَالَ أَيَدْفَعُ يَدَهُ إِلَيْكَ فَتَقْضَمُهَا كَمَا يَقْضَمُ الْفَحْلُ  

"I went on a campaign with the Messenger of Allah in the Army of Hardship, and this was the deed of which I was most sure. I had a hired man who fought with another person. One of them bit the finger of the other, who pulled his finger away and a front tooth fell out. He went to the Prophet who considered the tooth to be in vain, and said: "Would he put his hand in your mouth for you to bite it?"  

غَزَوْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ جَيْشَ الْعُسْرَةِ وَكَانَ أَوْثَقَ عَمَلٍ لِي فِي نَفْسِي وَكَانَ لِي أَجِيرٌ فَقَاتَلَ إِنْسَانًا فَعَضَّ أَحَدُهُمَا أُصْبَعَ صَاحِبِهِ فَانْتَزَعَ إِصْبَعَهُ فَأَنْدَرَ ثَنِيَّتَهُ فَسَقَطَتْ فَانْطَلَقَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأَهْدَرَ ثَنِيَّتَهُ وَقَالَ أَفَيَدَعُ يَدَهُ فِي فِيكَ تَقْضَمُهَا  

[Machine] I participated in the battle with the Prophet ﷺ with the army of Al-Usrah. It was one of my most powerful deeds in my own perspective. I had a slave who fought against a man, and the man bit his companion's finger and broke it. He then said, "Would you let your hand devour him?" He (the slave) replied, "I assume that it would devour him as a female camel devours (grass)."  

غَزَوْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ جَيْشَ الْعُسْرَةِ وَكَانَ مِنْ أَوْثَقِ أَعْمَالِي فِي نَفْسِي وَكَانَ لِي أَجِيرٌ فَقَاتَلَ إِنْسَانًا فَعَضَّ أَحَدُهُمَا صَاحِبَهُ فَانْتَزَعَ أُصْبُعَهُ فَأَنْدَرَ ثَنِيَّتَهُ وَقَالَ أَفَيَدَعُ يَدَهُ فِي فِيكَ تَقْضِمُهَا؟ قَالَ أَحْسَبُهُ كَمَا يَقْضِمُ الْفَحْلُ  

[Machine] I participated in the Battle of Uhud with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He used to say that this battle was the strongest of my actions. I had a shield bearer, and I fought a man whom my shield bearer bit. The man pulled his hand from the bite and also pulled out one of my front teeth. They came to the Prophet ﷺ and he threw away the tooth and I thought that he said, "He should have let his hand be chewed as if it were in the mouth of a male camel chewing."  

غَزَوْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ غَزْوَةَ الْعُسْرَةِ وَكَانَ يَعْلَى يَقُولُ تِلْكَ الْغَزْوَةُ أَوْثَقُ عَمَلِي عِنْدِي وَكَانَ لِي أَجِيرٌ فَقَاتَل إِنْسَانًا فَعَضَّ أَحَدُهُمَا الْآخَرَ فَانْتَزَعَ الْمَعْضُوضُ يَدَهُ مِنَ العَاضِّ فَانْتَزَعَ إِحْدَى ثَنِيَّتَيْهِ فَأَتَيَا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَأَهْدَرَ ثَنِيَّتَهُ وَحَسِبْتُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَيَدَعُ يَدَهُ فِي فِيكَ تَقْضَمُهَا كَأَنَّهَا فِي فِيِّ فَحْلٍ يَقْضَمُهَا  

[Machine] I participated in the Battle of Tabuk with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , alongside Abu Bakr As-Siddiq. This battle was one of my greatest achievements, and I hired a helper to fight alongside me. During the battle, my helper got into a fight with another man and he bit his hand, causing him to lose his two fingers. The injured man then complained to the Prophet ﷺ about what happened. The Prophet ﷺ dismissed the complaint and said, "Would you want your hand to make him suffer by biting it like a stallion bites?"  

غَزَوْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ غَزْوَةَ تَبُوكَ عَلَى بَكْرٍ صَعْبٍ فَكَانَ أَوْثَقَ أَعْمَالِي فِي نَفْسِي وَاسْتَأْجُرْتُ أَجِيرًا فَقَاتَلَ أَجِيرِي رَجُلًا فَعَضَّ يَدَهُ فَانْتَزَعَ ثَنِيَّتَهُ فَخَاصَمَهُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأَهْدَرَهَا وَقَالَ أَيَدَعُ يَدَهُ فِي فِيكَ تَقْضَمُهَا كَقَضْمِ الْفَحْلِ  

"I went on a campaign with the Messenger of Allah in the Army of Hardship, and this was the deed of which I was most sure. I had a hired man who fought with another person. One of them bit the finger of the other, who pulled his finger away and a front tooth fell out. He went to the Prophet who considered the tooth to be in vain, and said: "Would he put his hand in your mouth for you to bite it?" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4769)  

غَزَوْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ جَيْشَ الْعُسْرَةِ وَكَانَ أَوْثَقَ أَعْمَالِي فِي نَفْسِي وَكَانَ لِي أَجِيرٌ فَقَاتَلَ إِنْسَانًا فَعَضَّ أَحَدُهُمَا إِصْبَعَ صَاحِبِهِ فَانْتَزَعَ إِصْبَعَهُ فَأَنْدَرَ ثَنِيَّتَهُ فَسَقَطَتْ فَانْطَلَقَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأَهْدَرَ ثَنِيَّتَهُ وَقَالَ «أَفَيَدَعُ يَدَهُ فِي فِيكَ تَقْضَمُهَا؟»  

[Machine] I participated in the battle of Al-'Usrah with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . It was one of my most diligent efforts and I had a companion who was fighting against another man. The companion bit his opponent, causing him to let go of his finger, and his thumb fell off. He then came to the Prophet ﷺ and he criticized his action, saying that he feared that Sa'd would say something. The Prophet ﷺ said, "Does he have his hand in your mouth, so you bite it off like a male camel?"  

غَزَوْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ غَزْوَةَ الْعُسْرَةِ وَكَانَتْ أَوْثَقَ أَعْمَالِي فِي نَفْسِي وَكَانَ لِي أَجِيرٌ فَقَاتَلَ إِنْسَانًا فَعَضَّ أَحَدُهُمَا صَاحِبَهُ فَانْتَزَعَ أُصْبُعَهُ فَسَقَطَتْ ثَنِيَّتُهُ فَجَاءَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأَهْدَرَ ثَنِيَّتَهُ قَالَ عَطَاءٌ فَخَشِيتُ أَنَّ صَفْوَانَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَيَدَعُ يَدَهُ فِي فِيكِ فَتَقْضِمَهَا كَقَضْمِ الْفَحْلِ