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nasai:4760Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Zurārah > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

"Ya'la fought with a man, and one of them bit the other, who pulled his hand away from his mouth, and a front tooth fell out. They referred their dispute to the Messenger of Allah and he said: 'Would one of you bite his brother as a stallion bites? There is no Diyah for that."  

النسائي:٤٧٦٠أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ قَالَ

قَاتَلَ يَعْلَى رَجُلاً فَعَضَّ أَحَدُهُمَا صَاحِبَهُ فَانْتَزَعَ يَدَهُ مِنْ فِيهِ فَنَدَرَتْ ثَنِيَّتُهُ فَاخْتَصَمَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَعَضُّ أَحَدُكُمْ أَخَاهُ كَمَا يَعَضُّ الْفَحْلُ لاَ دِيَةَ لَهُ  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Nasāʾī, Aḥmad, Dārimī, Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Bayhaqī
bukhari:6892Ādam > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Zurārah b. Awfá > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

A man bit another man's hand and the latter pulled his hand out of his mouth by force, causing two of his incisors (teeth) to fall out. They submitted their case to the Prophet, who said, "One of you bit his brother as a male camel bites. (Go away), there is no Diya (Blood-money) for you."  

البخاري:٦٨٩٢حَدَّثَنَا آدَمُ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ زُرَارَةَ بْنَ أَوْفَى عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلاً عَضَّ يَدَ رَجُلٍ فَنَزَعَ يَدَهُ مِنْ فَمِهِ فَوَقَعَتْ ثَنِيَّتَاهُ فَاخْتَصَمُوا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَعَضُّ أَحَدُكُمْ أَخَاهُ كَمَا يَعَضُّ الْفَحْلُ لاَ دِيَةَ لَكَ  

nasai:4763Mālik b. al-Khalīl > Ibn Abū ʿAdī > Shuʿbah > al-Ḥakam > Mujāhid > Yaʿlá Ibn Munyah

he fought a man and one of them bit the other, who pulled his forearm away from his mouth, and a front tooth fell out. The matter was referred to the Prophet and he said: "Would one of you bite his brother as a young camel bites?" And judged it to be invalid.  

النسائي:٤٧٦٣أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ الْخَلِيلِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنْ يَعْلَى ابْنِ مُنْيَةَ

أَنَّهُ قَاتَلَ رَجُلاً فَعَضَّ أَحَدُهُمَا صَاحِبَهُ فَانْتَزَعَ يَدَهُ مِنْ فِيهِ فَقَلَعَ ثَنِيَّتَهُ فَرُفِعَ ذَلِكَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَعَضُّ أَحَدُكُمْ أَخَاهُ كَمَا يَعَضُّ الْبَكْرُ فَأَبْطَلَهَا  

nasai:4764Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUbayd b. ʿAqīl from my father > Shuʿbah > al-Ḥakam > Mujāhid > Yaʿlá Ibn Munyah

a man from Banu Tamim fought with another man, and he bit his hand, so he pulled it away and a front tooth fell out. They referred the dispute to the Messenger of Allah, who said: "Would one of you bite his brother as a young camel bites?" and he thwarted it, meaning he judged it to be invalid.  

النسائي:٤٧٦٤أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ عَقِيلٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا جَدِّي قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنْ يَعْلَى ابْنِ مُنْيَةَ

أَنَّ رَجُلاً مِنْ بَنِي تَمِيمٍ قَاتَلَ رَجُلاً فَعَضَّ يَدَهُ فَانْتَزَعَهَا فَأَلْقَى ثَنِيَّتَهُ فَاخْتَصَمَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَعَضُّ أَحَدُكُمْ أَخَاهُ كَمَا يَعَضُّ الْبَكْرُ فَأَطَلَّهَا أَىْ أَبْطَلَهَا  

ahmad:19829Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah And Ḥajjāj > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Zurārah b. Awfá

[Machine] And Hajjaj said to his two companions, and they argued among themselves in the presence of the Prophet ﷺ. He said, "Let each of you bite his companion as the stallion bites, for he has no blood money to pay."  

أحمد:١٩٨٢٩حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ وَحَجَّاجٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي شُعْبَةُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ قَتَادَةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ بْنِ أَوْفَى قَالَ حَجَّاجٌ فِي حَدِيثِهِ سَمِعْتُ زُرَارَةَ بْنَ أَوْفَى عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ قَالَ قَاتَلَ يَعْلَى ابْنُ مُنْيَةَ أَوْ ابْنُ أُمَيَّةَ رَجُلًا فَعَضَّ أَحَدُهُمَا يَدَ صَاحِبِهِ فَانْتَزَعَ يَدَهُ مِنْ فِيهَ فَانْتَزَعَثَنِيَّتَهُ

وَقَالَ حَجَّاجٌ ثَنِيَّتَيْهِ فَاخْتَصَمَا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَعَضُّ أَحَدُكُمَا أَخَاهُ كَمَا يَعَضُّ الْفَحْلُ لَا دِيَةَ لَهُ  

ahmad:19900Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Zurārah > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

[Machine] "A man bit another man's hand and the hand was severed, and it caused a deformation or deformations. So the injured man came to the Prophet ﷺ and he said, 'Would one of you bite his brother as a male camel bites, and there is no recompense for you?'"  

أحمد:١٩٩٠٠حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا عَضَّ يَدَ رَجُلٍ فَانْتَزَعَ يَدَهُ فَنَدَرَتْ ثَنِيَّتُهُ أَوْ ثَنِيَّتَاهُ فَأَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَعَضُّ أَحَدُكُمْ أَخَاهُ كَمَا يَعَضُّ الْفَحْلُ لَا دِيَةَ لَكَ  

darimi:2421Hāshim b. al-Qāsim > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Zurārah b. Awfá > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn > a man ʿAḍ Yad a man

[Machine] He pulled his hand away and his two fingers got dislocated, so they argued with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He said, "Will one of you bite his brother as a stallion bites?" You have no compensation."  

الدارمي:٢٤٢١حَدَّثَنَا هَاشِمُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ قَتَادَةُ أَخْبَرَنِي قَالَ سَمِعْتُ زُرَارَةَ بْنَ أَوْفَى عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ أَنَّ رَجُلًا عَضَّ يَدَ رَجُلٍ قَالَ

فَنَزَعَ يَدَهُ فَوَقَعَتْ ثَنِيَّتَاهُ فَاخْتَصَمُوا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «يَعَضُّ أَحَدُكُمْ أَخَاهُ كَمَا يَعَضُّ الْفَحْلُ؟ لَا دِيَةَ لَكَ»  

ذِكْرُ إِبْطَالِ الْقِصَاصِ فِي ثَنِيَّةِ الْعَاضِّ يَدَ أَخِيهِ إِذَا انْقَلَعَتْ بِجَذْبِ الْمَعْضُوضِ يَدَهُ مِنْهُ

ibnhibban:5998Abū Khalīfah > Musaddad b. Musarhad > Yaḥyá > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Zurārah b. Awfá > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn > a man Qātal a man Faʿaḍ Yadah Fanadarat Thaniyyatuh

[Machine] A man killed another man, then he bit his hand and it swelled. The Prophet ﷺ said, "Does one of you bite like a male camel?" and he invalidated it.  

ابن حبّان:٥٩٩٨أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو خَلِيفَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدُ بْنُ مُسَرْهَدٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ بْنِ أَوْفَى عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا قَاتَلَ رَجُلًا فَعَضَّ يَدَهُ فَنَدَرَتْ ثَنِيَّتُهُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «يَعَضُّ أَحَدُكُمْ كَمَا يَعَضُّ الْفَحْلُ؟ » وَأَبْطَلَهَا  

ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الْمُدْحِضِ قَوْلَ مَنْ زَعَمَ أَنَّ شُعْبَةَ لَمْ يَسْمَعْ هَذَا الْخَبَرَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ

ibnhibban:5999Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Sāmī > ʿAlī b. al-Jaʿd > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Zurārah b. Awfá > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn > a man ʿAḍ Yad a man

[Machine] With his hand, he pulled it out from within him, and his two fingers met and clashed. They came to argue with the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ , so he said, "Is one of you biting his brother like a stallion? You have no blood money."  

ابن حبّان:٥٩٩٩أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السَّامِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْجَعْدِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ زُرَارَةَ بْنَ أَوْفَى يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ أَنَّ رَجُلًا عَضَّ يَدَ رَجُلٍ فَقَالَ

بِيَدِهِ هَكَذَا فَنَزَعَهَا مِنْ فِيهِ فَوَقَعَتْ ثَنِيَّتَاهُ فَاخْتَصَمُوا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ ﷺ «يَعَضُّ أَحَدُكُمْ أَخَاهُ كَمَا يَعَضُّ الْفَحْلُ؟ لَا دِيَةَ لَكَ»  

tabarani:15681[Chain 1] ʿUmar b. Ḥafṣ al-Sadūsī And Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá al-Marwazī > ʿĀṣim b. ʿAlī [Chain 2] Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥaḍramī And Muḥammad b. ʿAbdūs b. Kāmil > ʿAlī b. al-Jaʿd > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Zurārah b. Awfá > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

[Machine] A man bit the hand of another man, causing him to lose his thumb. They both presented their case to the Prophet ﷺ , who said, "No compensation will be paid, for one of you bit the other like a male camel."  

الطبراني:١٥٦٨١حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ السَّدُوسِيُّ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الْمَرْوَزِيُّ قَالَا ثنا عَاصِمُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدُوسِ بْنِ كَامِلٍ قَالَا ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْجَعْدِ قَالَا ثنا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ بْنِ أَوْفَى عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا عَضَّ يَدَ رَجُلٍ فَنَزَعَ ثَنِيَّتَهُ فَاخْتَصَمَا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ «يَعَضُّ أَحَدُكُمْ أَخَاهُ كَمَا يَعَضُّ الْفَحْلُ لَا دِيَةَ لَكَ»  

nasai-kubra:6936Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Muḥammad > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Zurārah > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

"Ya'la fought with a man, and one of them bit the other, who pulled his hand away from his mouth, and a front tooth fell out. They referred their dispute to the Messenger of Allah and he said: 'Would one of you bite his brother as a stallion bites? There is no Diyah for that." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4760)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٦٩٣٦أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ وَأَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ قَالَ

قَاتَلَ يَعْلَى رَجُلًا فَعَضَّ أَحَدُهُمَا صَاحِبَهُ فَانْتَزَعَ يَدَهُ مِنْ فِيهِ فَنَزَعَ ثَنِيَّتُهُ فَاخْتَصَمَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «يَعَضُّ أَحَدُكُمْ أَخَاهُ كَمَا يَعَضُّ الْفَحْلُ لَا دِيَةَ لَهُ» اللَّفْظُ لِابْنِ بَشَّارٍ  

nasai-kubra:6939Mālik b. al-Khalīl al-Baṣrī > Ibn Abū ʿAdī > Shuʿbah > al-Ḥakam > Mujāhid > Yaʿlá b. Munyah

he fought a man and one of them bit the other, who pulled his forearm away from his mouth, and a front tooth fell out. The matter was referred to the Prophet and he said: "Would one of you bite his brother as a young camel bites?" And judged it to be invalid. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4763)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٦٩٣٩أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ الْخَلِيلِ الْبَصْرِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنْ يَعْلَى بْنِ مُنْيَةَ

أَنَّهُ قَاتَلَ رَجُلًا فَعَضَّ أَحَدُهُمَا صَاحِبَهُ فَانْتَزَعَ يَدَهُ مِنْ فِيهِ فَقَلَعَ سِنَّهُ فَرُفِعَ ذَلِكَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ «يَعَضُّ أَحَدُكُمْ أَخَاهُ كَمَا يَعَضُّ الْبَكْرُ» فَأَبطَلَهَا  

nasai-kubra:6940Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUbayd b. ʿAqīl al-Baṣrī from my father > Shuʿbah > al-Ḥakam > Mujāhid > Yaʿlá b. Munyah

a man from Banu Tamim fought with another man, and he bit his hand, so he pulled it away and a front tooth fell out. They referred the dispute to the Messenger of Allah, who said: "Would one of you bite his brother as a young camel bites?" and he thwarted it, meaning he judged it to be invalid. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4764)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٦٩٤٠أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ عَقِيلٍ الْبَصْرِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا جَدِّي قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنْ يَعْلَى بْنِ مُنْيَةَ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا مِنْ بَنِي تَمِيمٍ قَاتَلَ رَجُلًا فَعَضَّ يَدَهُ فَانْتَزَعَهَا فَأَلْقَى ثَنِيَّتَهُ فَاخْتَصَمَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «يَعَضُّ أَحَدُكُمْ أَخَاهُ كَمَا يَعَضُّ الْبَكْرُ» فَأَطَلَّهَا أَيْ أَبْطَلَهَا  

bayhaqi:17643Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn b. Muḥammad al-Rūdhbārī al-Faqīh > Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. Maḥmawayh al-ʿAskarī > Jaʿfar b. Muḥammad al-Qalānisī > Ādam b. Abū Iyās > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Zurārah b. Awfá > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

[Machine] A man bit the hand of another man, so the bitten man pulled his hand out forcefully causing his two fingers to fall off. They then argued before the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, and he said, "Let not any one of you bite his brother like a male camel bites, for there is no compensation for you."  

البيهقي:١٧٦٤٣أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ الْفَقِيهُ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مَحْمَوَيْهِ الْعَسْكَرِيُّ ثنا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْقَلَانِسِيُّ ثنا آدَمُ بْنُ أَبِي إِيَاسٍ ثنا شُعْبَةُ ثنا قَتَادَةُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ زُرَارَةَ بْنَ أَوْفَى يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا عَضَّ يَدَ رَجُلٍ فَنَزَعَ يَدَهُ مِنْ فِيهِ فَوَقَعَتْ ثَنِيَّتَاهُ فَاخْتَصَمُوا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَعَضُّ أَحَدُكُمْ أَخَاهُ كَمَا يَعَضُّ الْفَحْلُ لَا دِيَةَ لَكَ  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ آدَمَ بْنِ أَبِي إِيَاسٍ وَأَخْرَجَهُ مُسْلِمٌ مِنْ حَدِيثِ غُنْدَرٍ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ