While I was sitting in the company of Allah's Apostle ﷺ, a person came there dragging another one with the help of a strap and said: Messenger of Allah, this man has killed my brother. Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him: Did you kill him? And the other man said: (In case he did not make a confession of this, I shall brine, a witness against him). He (the murderer) said: Yes, I have killed him. He (the Holy Prophet) said: Why did you kill him? He said: I and he won striking down the leaves of a tree and he abused me and enraged me, and to I struck his head with an axe and killed him, whereupon Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Have you anything with you to pay blood-wit on your behalf? He said: I do not possess any property but this robe of mine and this axe of mine. He (the Holy, Prophet) said: Do you think your people will pay ransom for you? He said: I am more insignificant among my people than this (that I would not be able to get this benefit from my tribe). He (the Holy Prophet) threw the strap towards him (the claimant of the blood-wit) saying: Take away your man. The man took him away, and as he returned, Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: If he kills him, he will be like him. He returned and said: Messenger of Allah, it has reached me that you have said that" If he killed him, he would be like him." I caught hold of him according to your command, whereupon Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Don't you like that he should take upon him (the burden) of your sin and the sin of your companion (your brother)? He said: Allah's Apostle, why not? The Messenger of Allah (may peace be. upon him) said: If it is so, then let it be. He threw away the strap (around the offender) and set him free.  

قَالَ إِنِّي لَقَاعِدٌ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِذْ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ يَقُودُ آخَرَ بِنِسْعَةٍ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَذَا قَتَلَ أَخِي فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَقَتَلْتَهُ فَقَالَ إِنَّهُ لَوْ لَمْ يَعْتَرِفْ أَقَمْتُ عَلَيْهِ الْبَيِّنَةَ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَتَلْتُهُ قَالَ كَيْفَ قَتَلْتَهُ قَالَ كُنْتُ أَنَا وَهُوَ نَخْتَبِطُ مِنْ شَجَرَةٍ فَسَبَّنِي فَأَغْضَبَنِي فَضَرَبْتُهُ بِالْفَأْسِ عَلَى قَرْنِهِ فَقَتَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ هَلْ لَكَ مِنْ شَىْءٍ تُؤَدِّيهِ عَنْ نَفْسِكَ قَالَ مَا لِي مَالٌ إِلاَّ كِسَائِي وَفَأْسِي قَالَ فَتَرَى قَوْمَكَ يَشْتَرُونَكَ قَالَ أَنَا أَهْوَنُ عَلَى قَوْمِي مِنْ ذَاكَ فَرَمَى إِلَيْهِ بِنِسْعَتِهِ وَقَالَ دُونَكَ صَاحِبَكَ فَانْطَلَقَ بِهِ الرَّجُلُ فَلَمَّا وَلَّى قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنْ قَتَلَهُ فَهُوَ مِثْلُهُ فَرَجَعَ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّهُ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّكَ قُلْتَ إِنْ قَتَلَهُ فَهُوَ مِثْلُهُ وَأَخَذْتُهُ بِأَمْرِكَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَمَا تُرِيدُ أَنْ يَبُوءَ بِإِثْمِكَ وَإِثْمِ صَاحِبِكَ قَالَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ لَعَلَّهُ قَالَ بَلَى قَالَ فَإِنَّ ذَاكَ كَذَاكَ قَالَ فَرَمَى بِنِسْعَتِهِ وَخَلَّى سَبِيلَهُ  

Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said from Amr ibn Kathir ibn Aflah from Abu Muhammad, the mawla of Abu Qatada that Abu Qatada ibn Ribi said, "We went out with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in the year of Hunayn. When the armies met, the Muslims were put in disarray. I saw a man from the idol worshippers who had got the better of one of the Muslims, so I circled round and came up behind him, and struck him with a sword on his shoulder-blade. He turned to me and grabbed me so hard that I felt the smell of death in it. Then death overcame him, and he let go of me." He continued, "I met Umar ibn al-Khattab and said to him, 'What's going on with the people?' He replied, 'The Command of Allah.' Then the people took hold of the battle and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Whoever has killed one of the dead and can prove it, can strip him of his personal effects.' I stood up and said, 'Who will testify for me?' and then I sat down. The Messenger of Allah repeated, 'Whoever has killed one of the dead and can prove it, can strip him of his personal effects.' I stood up and said, 'Who will testify for me?' then I sat down. Then he repeated his statement a third time, so I stood up, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'What's the matter with you, Abu Qatada?' So I related my story to him. A man said, 'He has spoken the truth, Messenger of Allah. I have the effects of that slain person with me, so give him compensation for it, Messenger of Allah.' Abu Bakr said, 'No, by Allah! He did not intend that one of the lions of Allah should fight for Allah and His Messenger and then give you his spoils.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'He has spoken the truth, hand it over to him.' He gave it to me, and I sold the breast-plate and I bought a garden in the area of the Banu Salima with the money. It was my first property, and I acquired it in Islam."  

أَنَّهُ قَالَ خَرَجْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَامَ حُنَيْنٍ فَلَمَّا الْتَقَيْنَا كَانَتْ لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ جَوْلَةٌ قَالَ فَرَأَيْتُ رَجُلاً مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ قَدْ عَلاَ رَجُلاً مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ قَالَ فَاسْتَدَرْتُ لَهُ حَتَّى أَتَيْتُهُ مِنْ وَرَائِهِ فَضَرَبْتُهُ بِالسَّيْفِ عَلَى حَبْلِ عَاتِقِهِ فَأَقْبَلَ عَلَىَّ فَضَمَّنِي ضَمَّةً وَجَدْتُ مِنْهَا رِيحَ الْمَوْتِ ثُمَّ أَدْرَكَهُ الْمَوْتُ فَأَرْسَلَنِي قَالَ فَلَقِيتُ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ فَقُلْتُ مَا بَالُ النَّاسِ فَقَالَ أَمْرُ اللَّهِ ثُمَّ إِنَّ النَّاسَ رَجَعُوا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنْ قَتَلَ قَتِيلاً لَهُ عَلَيْهِ بَيِّنَةٌ فَلَهُ سَلَبُهُ قَالَ فَقُمْتُ ثُمَّ قُلْتُ مَنْ يَشْهَدُ لِي ثُمَّ جَلَسْتُ ثُمَّ قَالَ مَنْ قَتَلَ قَتِيلاً لَهُ عَلَيْهِ بَيِّنَةٌ فَلَهُ سَلَبُهُ قَالَ فَقُمْتُ ثُمَّ قُلْتُ مَنْ يَشْهَدُ لِي ثُمَّ جَلَسْتُ ثُمَّ قَالَ ذَلِكَ الثَّالِثَةَ فَقُمْتُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا لَكَ يَا أَبَا قَتَادَةَ قَالَ فَاقْتَصَصْتُ عَلَيْهِ الْقِصَّةَ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ صَدَقَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَسَلَبُ ذَلِكَ الْقَتِيلِ عِنْدِي فَأَرْضِهِ عَنْهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ لاَ هَاءَ اللَّهِ إِذًا لاَ يَعْمِدُ إِلَى أَسَدٍ مِنْ أُسْدِ اللَّهِ يُقَاتِلُ عَنِ اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ فَيُعْطِيكَ سَلَبَهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ صَدَقَ فَأَعْطِهِ إِيَّاهُ فَأَعْطَانِيهِ فَبِعْتُ الدِّرْعَ فَاشْتَرَيْتُ بِهِ مَخْرَفًا فِي بَنِي سَلِمَةَ فَإِنَّهُ لأَوَّلُ مَالٍ تَأَثَّلْتُهُ فِي الإِسْلاَمِ  

[Machine] While I was with the Prophet ﷺ, a man entered leading another man by a rope. He came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah, this person has killed my brother." The Prophet ﷺ asked, "Did you kill him?" The man replied, "Yes." The Prophet ﷺ asked, "How did you kill him?" The man said, "We were gathering wood from a tree, and he insulted me, so I struck him on the head with an axe and killed him." The Prophet ﷺ asked, "Do you have anything to pay as compensation for his life?" The man replied, "No, by Allah, I have nothing except for my axe and clothes." The Prophet ﷺ then asked, "Does your family support you?" The man said, "I am more insignificant to my family than he was." The other man then threw the rope towards him and said, "Take your companion." When the man left, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If he killed him, then he is like him." Another man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "May you be ruined! The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'If he killed him, then he is like him.'" The man then said, "O Messenger of Allah, I did not kill him except by your command." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Do you want to bear his sin and the sin of your companion?" The man said, "Yes, O Messenger of Allah." The Prophet ﷺ then said, "Indeed, it is so." The man threw the rope and said, "Go wherever you want."  

بَيْنَمَا أَنَا عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِذْ دَخَلَ رَجُلٌ يَقُودُ رَجُلًا بِنِسْعَةٍ حَتَّى أَتَى رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ هَذَا قَتَلَ أَخِي قَالَ «أَقَتَلْتَهُ؟» قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ «كَيْفَ قَتَلْتَهُ؟» قَالَ كُنَّا نَحْتَطِبُ مِنْ شَجَرَةٍ فَسَبَّنِي فَضَرَبْتُهُ بِالْفَأْسِ عَلَى قَرْنِهِ فَقَتَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ «عِنْدَكَ مَالٌ تَدِيهِ عَنْ نَفْسِكَ» قَالَ لَا وَاللهِ مَا لِي مَالٌ إِلَّا فَأْسِي وَكِسَائِي قَالَ «أَتَرَى قَوْمَكَ يَدُونَكَ؟» قَالَ أَنَا أَهْوَنُ عَلَى قَوْمِي مِنْ ذَاكَ فَرَمَى بِنِسْعَتِهِ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ «دُونَكَ صَاحِبَكَ» فَلَمَّا وَلَّى قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنْ قَتَلَهُ فَهُوَ مِثْلُهُ» فَأَتَاهُ آتٍ فَقَالَ وَيْلَكَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِنْ قَتَلَهُ فَهُوَ مِثْلَهُ» قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا أَخَذْتُهُ إِلَّا بِأَمْرِكَ فَقَالَ «أَمَا تُرِيدُ أَنْ يَبُوءَ بِإِثْمِهِ وَإِثْمَ صَاحِبِكَ» قَالَ بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ «فَإِنَّهُ كَذَلِكَ» فَرَمَى نِسْعَتَهُ وَقَالَ «اذْهَبْ حَيْثُ شِئْتَ»  

While I was sitting in the company of Allah's Apostle ﷺ, a person came there dragging another one with the help of a strap and said: Messenger of Allah, this man has killed my brother. Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him: Did you kill him? And the other man said: (In case he did not make a confession of this, I shall brine, a witness against him). He (the murderer) said: Yes, I have killed him. He (the Holy Prophet) said: Why did you kill him? He said: I and he won striking down the leaves of a tree and he abused me and enraged me, and to I struck his head with an axe and killed him, whereupon Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Have you anything with you to pay blood-wit on your behalf? He said: I do not possess any property but this robe of mine and this axe of mine. He (the Holy, Prophet) said: Do you think your people will pay ransom for you? He said: I am more insignificant among my people than this (that I would not be able to get this benefit from my tribe). He (the Holy Prophet) threw the strap towards him (the claimant of the blood-wit) saying: Take away your man. The man took him away, and as he returned, Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: If he kills him, he will be like him. He returned and said: Messenger of Allah, it has reached me that you have said that" If he killed him, he would be like him." I caught hold of him according to your command, whereupon Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Don't you like that he should take upon him (the burden) of your sin and the sin of your companion (your brother)? He said: Allah's Apostle, why not? The Messenger of Allah (may peace be. upon him) said: If it is so, then let it be. He threw away the strap (around the offender) and set him free. (Using translation from Muslim 1680a)   

أَنَّهُ كَانَ قَاعِدًا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِذْ جَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ يَقُودُ آخَرَ بِنِسْعَتِهِ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَتَلَ هَذَا أَخِي فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «قَتَلْتَهُ؟» قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ لَوْ لَمْ يَعْتَرِفْ أَقَمْتُ عَلَيْهِ الْبَيِّنَةَ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَتَلْتُهُ قَالَ «كَيْفَ قَتَلْتَهُ؟» قَالَ كُنْتُ أَنَا وَهُوَ نَحْتَطِبُ مِنْ شَجَرَةٍ فَسَبَّنِي فَأَغْضَبَنِي فَضَرَبْتُ بِالْفَأْسِ عَلَى قَرْنِهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «هَلْ لَكَ مِنْ مَالٍ تُؤَدِّيهِ عَنْ نَفْسِكَ؟» قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَاللهِ مَا لِي إِلَّا فَأْسِي وَكِسَائِي فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «أَتُرَى قَوْمَكَ يَشْتَرُونَكَ؟» قَالَ أَنَا أَهْوَنُ عَلَى قَوْمِي مِنْ ذَلِكَ فَرَمَى بِالنِّسْعَةِ إِلَى الرَّجُلِ قَالَ دُونَكَ صَاحِبَكَ فَلَمَّا وَلَّى قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنْ قَتَلَهُ فَهُوَ مِثْلُهُ» فَأَدْرَكُوا الرَّجُلَ فَقَالُوا لَهُ وَيْلَكَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِنْ قَتَلَهُ فَهُوَ مِثْلُهُ» فَرَجَعَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ حُدِّثْتُ أَنَّكَ قُلْتَ «إِنْ قَتَلَهُ فَهُوَ مِثْلُهُ» وَهَلْ أَخَذْتُهُ إِلَّا بِأَمْرِكَ؟ قَالَ «مَا تُرِيدُ أَنْ يَبُوءَ بِإِثْمِكَ وَإِثْمِ صَاحِبِكَ» قَالَ بَلَى قَالَ «فَإِنَّ ذَاكَ كَذَاكَ» 6904 أَخْبَرَنَا زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو يُونُسَ وَهُوَ حَاتِمُ بْنُ أَبِي صَغِيرَةَ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ أَنَّ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنَ وَائِلٍ حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ أَبَاهُ حَدَّثَهُ قَالَ إِنِّي لَقَاعِدٌ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِذْ جَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ يَقُودُ آخَرَ نَحْوَهُ  

While I was sitting in the company of Allah's Apostle ﷺ, a person came there dragging another one with the help of a strap and said: Messenger of Allah, this man has killed my brother. Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him: Did you kill him? And the other man said: (In case he did not make a confession of this, I shall brine, a witness against him). He (the murderer) said: Yes, I have killed him. He (the Holy Prophet) said: Why did you kill him? He said: I and he won striking down the leaves of a tree and he abused me and enraged me, and to I struck his head with an axe and killed him, whereupon Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Have you anything with you to pay blood-wit on your behalf? He said: I do not possess any property but this robe of mine and this axe of mine. He (the Holy, Prophet) said: Do you think your people will pay ransom for you? He said: I am more insignificant among my people than this (that I would not be able to get this benefit from my tribe). He (the Holy Prophet) threw the strap towards him (the claimant of the blood-wit) saying: Take away your man. The man took him away, and as he returned, Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: If he kills him, he will be like him. He returned and said: Messenger of Allah, it has reached me that you have said that" If he killed him, he would be like him." I caught hold of him according to your command, whereupon Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Don't you like that he should take upon him (the burden) of your sin and the sin of your companion (your brother)? He said: Allah's Apostle, why not? The Messenger of Allah (may peace be. upon him) said: If it is so, then let it be. He threw away the strap (around the offender) and set him free. (Using translation from Muslim 1680a)   

قَالَ إِنِّي لَقَاعِدٌ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِذْ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ يَقُودُ آخَرَ بِنِسْعَةٍ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ هَذَا قَتَلَ أَخِي فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَقَتَلْتَهُ؟ فَقَالَ إِنَّهُ لَوْ لَمْ يَعْتَرِفْ أَقَمْتَ عَلَيْهِ الْبَيِّنَةَ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَتَلْتُهُ قَالَ كَيْفَ قَتَلْتَهُ؟ قَالَ كُنْتُ وَهُوَ نَخْتَبِطُ مِنْ شَجَرَةٍ فَسَبَّنِي فَأَغْضَبَنِي فَضَرَبْتُهُ بِالْفَأْسِ عَلَى قَرْنِهِ فَقَتَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ هَلْ لَكَ مِنْ شَيْءٍ تُؤَدِّيهِ عَنْ نَفْسِكَ؟ قَالَ مَا لِيَ مَالٌ إِلَّا كِسَائِي قَالَ فَتَرَى قَوْمَكَ يَشْتَرُونَكَ؟ قَالَ أَنَا أَهْوَنُ عَلَى قَوْمِي مِنْ ذَلِكَ قَالَ فَرَمَى إِلَيْهِ بِنِسْعَتِهِ وَقَالَ دُونَكَ صَاحِبَكَ فَانْطَلَقَ بِهِ الرَّجُلُ فَلَمَّا وَلَّى قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنْ قَتَلَهُ فَهُوَ مِثْلُهُ فَأَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ فَقَالَ وَيْلَكَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنْ قَتَلَهُ فَهُوَ مِثْلُهُ فَرَجَعَ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّكَ قُلْتَ إِنْ قَتَلَهُ فَهُوَ مِثْلُهُ وَمَا أَخَذْتُهُ إِلَّا بِأَمْرِكَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَمَا تُرِيدُ أَنْ يَبُوءَ بِإِثْمِكَ وَإِثْمِ صَاحِبِكَ؟ قَالَ بَلَى يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ قَالَ فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ كَذَاكَ قَالَ فَرَمَى بِنِسْعَتِهِ وَخَلَّى سَبِيلَهُ