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جَامِعُ بْنُ مَطَرٍ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ

tabarani:18299 – [Chain 1] Muʿādh b. al-Muthanná And ʾAbū Khalīfah > Ḥafṣ b. ʿUmar al-Ḥawḍī [Chain 2] Aḥmad b. Dāwud al-Makkī > Saʿīd b. Sulaymān al-Nashīṭī > Jāmiʿ b. Maṭar > ʿAlqamah b. Wāʾil from his father

[Machine] We were sitting with the Prophet ﷺ when a man with a disheveled neck came and said, "O Messenger of Allah, me and my brother were digging a well and the pickaxe fell and he struck his friend's head with it and killed him." The Prophet ﷺ told him, "Forgive him." But he refused. The Prophet ﷺ repeated his request to forgive, but he still refused. The Prophet ﷺ then told him, "Take him away with you, and if you kill him, you would be like him in guilt." So he took him away until he disappeared from our sight. Then the Prophet ﷺ called him back and said, "Did you not hear what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said?" The man returned and said, "Yes, I forgive him." Then he dragged his friend's body until it was hidden from our view.  

الطبراني:١٨٢٩٩ – حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى وَأَبُو خَلِيفَةَ قَالَا ثنا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْحَوْضِيُّ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ الْمَكِّيُّ ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ النَّشِيطِيُّ قَالَا نا جَامِعُ بْنُ مَطَرٍ قَالَ ثنا عَلْقَمَةُ بْنُ وَائِلٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

كُنَّا قُعُودًا عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ فِي عُنُقَهِ نِسْعَةٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ هَذَا وَأَخِي كَانَا فِي جُبٍّ يَحْفُرَانِهِ فَوَقَعَ الْمِنْقَارُ فَضَرَبَ بِهِ رَأْسَ صَاحِبِهِ فَقَتَلَهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «اعْفُ عَنْهُ» فَأَبَى ثُمَّ قَامَ فَذَكَرَ مِثْلَ الْكَلَامِ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «اعْفُ عَنْهُ» فَأَبَى فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «اذْهَبْ بِهِ فَإِنْ قَتَلْتَهُ كُنْتَ مِثْلَهُ» فَخَرَجَ بِهِ حَتَّى جَاوَزَ فَنَادَاهُ أَلَا تَسْمَعَ مَا يَقُولُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ؟ فَرَجَعَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنْ قَتَلْتَهُ كُنْتَ مِثْلَهُ» قَالَ نَعَمْ أَعْفُو عَنْهُ فَخَرَجَ يَجُرُّ نِسْعَتَهُ حَتَّى خَفِيَ عَلَيْنَا  

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Collected by Nasāʾī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
nasai:4726 – ʿAmr b. Manṣūr > Ḥafṣ b. ʿUmar / al-Ḥawḍī > Jāmiʿ b. Maṭar > ʿAlqamah b. Wāʾil from his father

"I was sitting with the Messenger of Allah when a man came with a string around his neck and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, this man and my brother were digging a hole, and he raised his pickax and struck his companion in the head, Killing him. 'The Prophet said: 'Forgive him,' but he refused and said: 'O Prophet of Allah, this man and my brother were digging a whole, and he raised his pickax and struck his companion in the head, killing him.' The Prophet said: 'Forgive him,' but he refused, then he stood up and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, this man and my brother were digging a hole, and he raised his pickax and struck his companion in the head, killing him.' The Prophet said: 'Forgive him,' but he refused. He (the prophet) said: 'Go, but if you kill him, you will be like him. So he took him out, and they called out to him: Didn't you hear what the Messenger of Allah said?' So he came back and he said: 'If I kill him will I be like him?' He said: 'Yes. Forgive him.' Then he went out, dragging his string, until he disappeared from our view."  

النسائي:٤٧٢٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ وَهُوَ الْحَوْضِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا جَامِعُ بْنُ مَطَرٍ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ وَائِلٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

كُنْتُ قَاعِدًا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ فِي عُنُقِهِ نِسْعَةٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ هَذَا وَأَخِي كَانَا فِي جُبٍّ يَحْفِرَانِهَا فَرَفَعَ الْمِنْقَارَ فَضَرَبَ بِهِ رَأْسَ صَاحِبِهِ فَقَتَلَهُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ اعْفُ عَنْهُ فَأَبَى وَقَالَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ إِنَّ هَذَا وَأَخِي كَانَا فِي جُبٍّ يَحْفِرَانِهَا فَرَفَعَ الْمِنْقَارَ فَضَرَبَ بِهِ رَأْسَ صَاحِبِهِ فَقَتَلَهُ فَقَالَ اعْفُ عَنْهُ فَأَبَى ثُمَّ قَامَ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ هَذَا وَأَخِي كَانَا فِي جُبٍّ يَحْفِرَانِهَا فَرَفَعَ الْمِنْقَارَ أُرَاهُ قَالَ فَضَرَبَ رَأْسَ صَاحِبِهِ فَقَتَلَهُ فَقَالَ اعْفُ عَنْهُ فَأَبَى قَالَ اذْهَبْ إِنْ قَتَلْتَهُ كُنْتَ مِثْلَهُ فَخَرَجَ بِهِ حَتَّى جَاوَزَ فَنَادَيْنَاهُ أَمَا تَسْمَعُ مَا يَقُولُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَرَجَعَ فَقَالَ إِنْ قَتَلْتُهُ كُنْتُ مِثْلَهُ قَالَ نَعَمِ اعْفُ فَخَرَجَ يَجُرُّ نِسْعَتَهُ حَتَّى خَفِيَ عَلَيْنَا  

nasai-kubra:6902 – ʿAmr b. Manṣūr > Ḥafṣ b. ʿUmar / al-Ḥawḍī > Jāmiʿ b. Maṭar > ʿAlqamah b. Wāʾil from his father

"I was sitting with the Messenger of Allah when a man came with a string around his neck and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, this man and my brother were digging a hole, and he raised his pickax and struck his companion in the head, Killing him. 'The Prophet said: 'Forgive him,' but he refused and said: 'O Prophet of Allah, this man and my brother were digging a whole, and he raised his pickax and struck his companion in the head, killing him.' The Prophet said: 'Forgive him,' but he refused, then he stood up and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, this man and my brother were digging a hole, and he raised his pickax and struck his companion in the head, killing him.' The Prophet said: 'Forgive him,' but he refused. He (the prophet) said: 'Go, but if you kill him, you will be like him. So he took him out, and they called out to him: Didn't you hear what the Messenger of Allah said?' So he came back and he said: 'If I kill him will I be like him?' He said: 'Yes. Forgive him.' Then he went out, dragging his string, until he disappeared from our view." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4726)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٦٩٠٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ وَهُوَ الْحَوْضِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا جَامِعُ بْنُ مَطَرٍ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ وَائِلٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

كُنْتُ قَاعِدًا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ فِي عُنُقِهِ نِسْعَةٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ هَذَا وَأَخِي كَانَا فِي جُبٍّ يَحْفِرَانِهَا فَرَفَعَ الْمِنْقَارَ فَضَرَبَ بِهِ رَأْسَ صَاحِبِهِ فَقَتَلَهُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «اعْفُ عَنْهُ» فَأَبَى وَقَامَ فَقَالَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ إِنَّ هَذَا وَأَخِي كَانَا فِي جُبٍّ يَحْفِرَانِهَا فَرَفَعَ الْمِنْقَارَ فَضَرَبَ بِهِ رَأْسَ صَاحِبِهِ فَقَتَلَهُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «اعْفُ عَنْهُ» فَأَبَى ثُمَّ قَامَ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ هَذَا وَأَخِي كَانَا فِي جُبٍّ يَحْفِرَانِهَا فَرَفَعَ الْمِنْقَارَ أُرَاهُ قَالَ فَضَرَبَ بِهِ رَأْسَ صَاحِبِهِ فَقَتَلَهُ فَقَالَ «اعْفُ عَنْهُ» فَأَبَى فَقَالَ «اذْهَبْ إِنْ قَتَلْتَهُ كُنْتَ مِثْلَهُ» فَخَرَجَ بِهِ حَتَّى جَاوَزَ فَنَادَيْنَاهُ أَمَا تَسْمَعُ مَا يَقُولُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ؟ فَرَجَعَ فَقَالَ إِنْ قَتَلْتُهُ كُنْتُ مِثْلَهُ؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ اعْفُ عَنْهُ» فَخَرَجَ يَجُرُّ نِسْعَتَهُ حَتَّى خَفِيَ عَلَيْنَا