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tabarani:18402 – ʿUbayd b. Ghannām > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Wakīʿ > Shuʿbah > ʿAmr b. Murrah > Abū al-Bakhtarī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Yaḥṣibī > Wāʾil b. Ḥujr

[Machine] I witnessed the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when the killer was brought to him, dragging his spear. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to the guardian of the deceased, "Do you forgive him?" He replied, "No." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Then you shall take revenge." He replied, "No." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Then you shall kill him." He replied, "Yes." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ repeated this three times, and then he said to him, "If you were to forgive him, he would bear the burden of his sin." He then forgave him, and I saw him dragging his spear and he was forgiven.  

الطبراني:١٨٤٠٢ – حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ غَنَّامٍ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْبَخْتَرِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْيَحْصِبِيِّ عَنْ وَائِلِ بْنِ حُجْرٍ قَالَ

شَهِدْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ حِينَ أُتِيَ بِالْقَاتِلِ يَجُرُّ نِسْعَتَهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِوَلِيِّ الْمَقْتُولِ «أَتَعْفُو عَنْهُ؟» قَالَ لَا قَالَ «فَتَأْخُذُ» قَالَ لَا قَالَ «فَتَقْتُلُهُ» قَالَ نَعَمْ فَأَعَادَ عَلَيْهِ ثَلَاثًا فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّكَ إِنْ عَفَوْتَ عَنْهُ فَإِنَّهُ يَبُوءُ بِإِثْمِهِ» قَالَ فَعَفَا عَنْهُ قَالَ فَرَأَيْتُهُ يَجُرُّ نِسْعَتَهُ قَدْ عَفَا عَنْهُ  

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nasai:4723 – Muḥammad b. Ismāʿīl b. Ibrāhīm > Isḥāq > ʿAwf al-Aʿrābī > ʿAlqamah b. Wāʾil al-Ḥaḍramī from his father

A man who had killed someone was brought to the Messenger of Allah, and he was brought by the heir of the victim. The Messenger of Allah said to him. 'Will you forgive him? He said: No.' He said: 'Will you kill him? He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Go away.' Then when he went away, he called him back and said: will you forgive him?' He said: 'No.' He said: 'Will you accept the Diyah? He said: 'No.' He said: 'will you kill him? He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Go away.' Then when he had gone he said: If you forgive him, he will carry your sin and the sin of your companion (the victim)." So he forgave him and let him go." He said: "And I saw him dragging his string."  

النسائي:٤٧٢٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ عَنْ عَوْفٍ الأَعْرَابِيِّ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ وَائِلٍ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

جِيءَ بِالْقَاتِلِ الَّذِي قَتَلَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ جَاءَ بِهِ وَلِيُّ الْمَقْتُولِ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَتَعْفُو قَالَ لاَ قَالَ أَتَقْتُلُ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ اذْهَبْ فَلَمَّا ذَهَبَ دَعَاهُ قَالَ أَتَعْفُو قَالَ لاَ قَالَ أَتَأْخُذُ الدِّيَةَ قَالَ لاَ قَالَ أَتَقْتُلُ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ اذْهَبْ فَلَمَّا ذَهَبَ قَالَ أَمَا إِنَّكَ إِنْ عَفَوْتَ عَنْهُ فَإِنَّهُ يَبُوءُ بِإِثْمِكَ وَإِثْمِ صَاحِبِكَ فَعَفَا عَنْهُ فَأَرْسَلَهُ قَالَ فَرَأَيْتُهُ يَجُرُّ نِسْعَتَهُ  

nasai:4724 – Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > ʿAwf b. Abū Jamīlah > Ḥamzah Abū ʿAmr al-ʿĀʾidhī > ʿAlqamah b. Wāʾil > Wāʾil

"I saw the Messenger of Allah when the heir of a victim brought the killer, leading him by a string. The Messenger of Allah said to the heir of the victim: Will you forgive him?' He said: 'No., He said: 'Will you accept Diyah?' He said: 'No.' He said: 'Will you kill him?' He said: 'Yes.' He said" 'Take him away (to kill him).' When he took him and turned away, he turned to those who were with him, and called him back, and said to him: 'Will you forgive him?' He said: No.' He said: 'Will you accept Diyah?' He said: No.' He said: 'Will you kill him?' He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Take him away.' Then the Messenger of Allah said: 'If you forgive him, he will carry your sin and the sin of your companion (the victim).' So he forgave him and left him, and I was him dragging his string."  

النسائي:٤٧٢٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عَوْفِ بْنِ أَبِي جَمِيلَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي حَمْزَةُ أَبُو عَمْرٍو الْعَائِذِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلْقَمَةُ بْنُ وَائِلٍ عَنْ وَائِلٍ قَالَ

شَهِدْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ حِينَ جِيءَ بِالْقَاتِلِ يَقُودُهُ وَلِيُّ الْمَقْتُولِ فِي نِسْعَةٍ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِوَلِيِّ الْمَقْتُولِ أَتَعْفُو قَالَ لاَ قَالَ أَتَأْخُذُ الدِّيَةَ قَالَ لاَ قَالَ فَتَقْتُلُهُ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ اذْهَبْ بِهِ فَلَمَّا ذَهَبَ بِهِ فَوَلَّى مِنْ عِنْدِهِ دَعَاهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَتَعْفُو قَالَ لاَ قَالَ أَتَأْخُذُ الدِّيَةَ قَالَ لاَ قَالَ فَتَقْتُلُهُ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ اذْهَبْ بِهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ أَمَا إِنَّكَ إِنْ عَفَوْتَ عَنْهُ يَبُوءُ بِإِثْمِهِ وَإِثْمِ صَاحِبِكَ فَعَفَا عَنْهُ وَتَرَكَهُ فَأَنَا رَأَيْتُهُ يَجُرُّ نِسْعَتَهُ  

darimi:2404 – Aḥmad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Hamdānī > Abū Usāmah > ʿAwf > Ḥamzah Abū ʿUmar > ʿAlqamah b. Wāʾil al-Ḥaḍramī > Abīh Wāʾil b. Ḥujr

[Machine] I witnessed the Prophet ﷺ when a killer was brought to him, bound in chains. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to the guardian of the slain person, "Will you pardon him?" He replied, "No." The Prophet ﷺ then asked, "Will you accept blood money?" He again replied, "No." The Prophet ﷺ then asked, "Will you kill him?" He finally replied, "Yes." The Prophet ﷺ said, "If you forgive him, then he will bear your sin and the sin of his companion." The guardian decided to forgive him and said, "I have seen him dragging his chains, and he has been forgiven."  

الدارمي:٢٤٠٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ عَنْ عَوْفٍ عَنْ حَمْزَةَ أَبِي عُمَرَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ وَائِلٍ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَائِلِ بْنِ حُجْرٍ قَالَ

شَهِدْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ حِينَ أُتِيَ بِالرَّجُلِ الْقَاتِلِ يُقَادُ فِي نِسْعَةٍ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِوَلِيِّ الْمَقْتُولِ «أَتَعْفُو» قَالَ لَا قَالَ «فَتَأْخُذُ الدِّيَةَ» قَالَ لَا قَالَ «فَتَقْتُلُهُ» قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنَّكَ إِنْ عَفَوْتَ عَنْهُ فَإِنَّهُ يَبُوءُ بِإِثْمِكَ وَإِثْمِ صَاحِبِكَ» قَالَ فَتَرَكَهُ قَالَ «فَأَنَا رَأَيْتُهُ يَجُرُّ نِسْعَتَهُ قَدْ عَفَا عَنْهُ»  

bayhaqi:16054 – Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ And ʾAbū Bakr al-Qāḍī > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. al-Jahm b. Hārūn al-Simmarī > Hawdhah b. Khalīfah al-Bakrāwī > ʿAwf > Ḥamzah b. ʿUmar al-ʿĀʾidhī > ʿAlqamah b. Wāʾil al-Ḥaḍramī from his father

"I saw the Messenger of Allah when the heir of a victim brought the killer, leading him by a string. The Messenger of Allah said to the heir of the victim: Will you forgive him?' He said: 'No., He said: 'Will you accept Diyah?' He said: 'No.' He said: 'Will you kill him?' He said: 'Yes.' He said" 'Take him away (to kill him).' When he took him and turned away, he turned to those who were with him, and called him back, and said to him: 'Will you forgive him?' He said: No.' He said: 'Will you accept Diyah?' He said: No.' He said: 'Will you kill him?' He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Take him away.' Then the Messenger of Allah said: 'If you forgive him, he will carry your sin and the sin of your companion (the victim).' So he forgave him and left him, and I was him dragging his string." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4724)   

البيهقي:١٦٠٥٤ – وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ الْقَاضِي قَالَا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْجَهْمِ بْنِ هَارُونَ السِّمَّرِيُّ ثنا هَوْذَةُ بْنُ خَلِيفَةَ الْبَكْرَاوِيُّ ثنا عَوْفٌ عَنْ حَمْزَةَ بْنِ عُمَرَ الْعَائِذِيِّ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ وَائِلٍ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

شَهِدْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ حِينَ جِيءَ بِالرَّجُلِ الْقَاتِلِ يُقَادُ فِي نِسْعَةٍ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِوَلِيِّ الْمَقْتُولِ أَتَعْفُو؟ قَالَ لَا قَالَ فَتَأْخُذُ الدِّيَةَ؟ قَالَ لَا قَالَ فَتَقْتُلُهُ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ اذْهَبْ بِهِ فَلَمَّا ذَهَبَ بِهِ فَتَوَلَّى مِنْ عِنْدِهِ قَالَ لَهُ تَعَالَ أَتَعْفُو؟ مِثْلَ قَوْلِهِ الْأَوَّلِ فَقَالَ وَلِيُّ الْمَقْتُولِ مِثْلَ قَوْلِهِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ قَالَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عِنْدَ الرَّابِعَةِ أَمَا إِنَّكَ إِنْ عَفَوْتَ فَإِنَّهُ يَبُوءُ بِإِثْمِكَ وَإِثْمِ صَاحِبِكَ قَالَ فَتَرَكَهُ قَالَ فَأَنَا رَأَيْتُهُ يَجُرُّ نِسْعَتَهُ وَقَالَ فِيهِ يَحْيَى الْقَطَّانُ عَنْ عَوْفٍ يَبُوءُ بِإِثْمِهِ وَإِثْمِ صَاحِبِكَ  

bayhaqi:16075 – [Chain 1] Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ And ʾAbū Bakr b. al-Ḥasan al-Qāḍī > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Muḥammad b. al-Jahm b. Hārūn al-Simmarī > Hawdhah b. Khalīfah al-Bakrāwī > ʿAwf > Ḥamzah Abū ʿUmar al-ʿĀʾidhī [Chain 2] Abū Muḥammad ʿAbdullāh b. Yūsuf > Abū Saʿīd b. al-Aʿrābī > Saʿdān b. Naṣr > Isḥāq b. Yūsuf al-Azraq > ʿAwf al-Aʿrābī Aẓunnuh > Ḥamzah al-ʿĀʾidhī > ʿAlqamah b. Wāʾil b. Ḥujr al-Ḥaḍramī from his father

A man who had killed someone was brought to the Messenger of Allah, and he was brought by the heir of the victim. The Messenger of Allah said to him. 'Will you forgive him? He said: No.' He said: 'Will you kill him? He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Go away.' Then when he went away, he called him back and said: will you forgive him?' He said: 'No.' He said: 'Will you accept the Diyah? He said: 'No.' He said: 'will you kill him? He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Go away.' Then when he had gone he said: If you forgive him, he will carry your sin and the sin of your companion (the victim)." So he forgave him and let him go." He said: "And I saw him dragging his string." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4723)   

البيهقي:١٦٠٧٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْقَاضِي قَالَا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْجَهْمِ بْنِ هَارُونَ السِّمَّرِيُّ ثنا هَوْذَةُ بْنُ خَلِيفَةَ الْبَكْرَاوِيُّ ثنا عَوْفٌ عَنْ حَمْزَةَ أَبِي عُمَرَ الْعَائِذِيِّ ح وَثَنَا أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ أنبأ أَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ الْأَعْرَابِيِّ ثنا سَعْدَانُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ ثنا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ الْأَزْرَقُ ثنا عَوْفٌ الْأَعْرَابِيُّ أَظُنُّهُ عَنْ حَمْزَةَ الْعَائِذِيِّ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ وَائِلِ بْنِ حُجْرٍ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

جِيءَ بِالْقَاتِلِ الَّذِي قَتَلَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ جَاءَ بِهِ وَلِيُّ الْمَقْتُولِ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَتَعْفُو؟ قَالَ لَا قَالَ أَتَأْخُذُ الدِّيَةَ؟ قَالَ لَا قَالَ أَتَقْتُلُ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَاذْهَبْ بِهِ فَلَمَّا ذَهَبَ دَعَاهُ فَقَالَ أَمَا إِنَّكَ إِنْ عَفَوْتَ عَنْهُ فَإِنَّهُ يَبُوءُ بِإِثْمِكَ وَإِثْمِ صَاحِبِكَ فَعَفَا عَنْهُ فَأَرْسَلَهُ قَالَ فَرَأَيْتُهُ وَهُوَ يَجُرُّ نِسْعَتَهُ