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nasai-kubra:6962al-ʿAbbās b. al-Walīd b. Mazyad from my father > al-Awzāʿī > Yaḥyá > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Whoever is killed and has a slain person (in revenge) is of the best of the two outcomes: either to be executed or to receive compensation." Ahmad bin Ibrahim bin Muhammad informed us, saying: Ibn 'Aidh informed us, saying: Yahya, the son of Hamza, informed us, saying: Al-Awza'i informed us, saying: Yahya bin Abi Kathir informed me that Abu Salama reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Whoever is killed and has a slain person (in revenge) is (to be) executed." [Hadith transmitted by multiple chains of narrators]  

الكبرى للنسائي:٦٩٦٢أَخْبَرَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ مَزْيَدٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو سَلَمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنْ قُتِلَ لَهُ قَتِيلٌ فَهُوَ بِخَيْرِ النَّظَرَيْنِ إِمَّا أَنْ يُقَادَ وَإِمَّا أَنْ يُفَادَى» 6963 أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عَائِذٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى هُوَ ابْنُ حَمْزَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو سَلَمَةَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ قُتِلَ لَهُ قَتِيلٌ » مُرْسَلٌ