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tabarani:4413Aḥmad b. ʿAmr al-Qaṭirānī > al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī al-Wāsiṭī > Hushaym > Abū Ḥayyān al-Taymī > ʿAbāyah b. Rifāʿah > Rāfiʿ b. Khadīj

A man of the Ansar was killed at Khaybar and his relatives went to the Prophet ﷺ and mentioned that to him. He asked: Have you two witnesses who can testify to the murderer of your friend? They replied: Messenger of Allah! there was not a single Muslim present, but only Jews who sometimes have the audacity to do even greater crimes than this. He said: Then choose fifty of them and demand that they take an oath; but they refused and the Prophet ﷺ paid the blood-wit himself. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4524)   

الطبراني:٤٤١٣حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الْقَطِرَانِيُّ ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْوَاسِطِيُّ ثنا هُشَيْمٌ عَنْ أَبِي حَيَّانَ التَّيْمِيِّ عَنْ عَبَايَةَ بْنِ رِفَاعَةَ عَنْ رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ قَالَ

أَصْبَحَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ مَقْتُولًا بِخَيْبَرَ فَانْطَلَقَ أَوْلِيَاؤُهُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرُوا ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ «لَكُمْ شَاهِدَانِ يَشْهَدَانِ عَلَى قَاتَلِ صَاحِبِكُمْ؟» قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ لَمْ يَكُنْ ثَمَّ أَحَدٌ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَإِنَّمَا هُمْ يَهُودٌ وَهُمْ يَجْتَرِؤُونَ عَلَى مَا هُوَ أَعْظَمُ مِنْ هَذَا قَالَ «فَاخْتَارُوا مِنْهُمْ خَمْسِينَ فَاسْتَحْلِفُوهُمْ» فَوَدَاهُمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ عِنْدَهُ  


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abudawud:4524al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī b. Rāshid > Hushaym > Abū Ḥayyān al-Taymī > ʿAbāyah b. Rifāʿah > Rāfiʿ b. Khadīj

A man of the Ansar was killed at Khaybar and his relatives went to the Prophet ﷺ and mentioned that to him. He asked: Have you two witnesses who can testify to the murderer of your friend? They replied: Messenger of Allah! there was not a single Muslim present, but only Jews who sometimes have the audacity to do even greater crimes than this. He said: Then choose fifty of them and demand that they take an oath; but they refused and the Prophet ﷺ paid the blood-wit himself.  

أبو داود:٤٥٢٤حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ رَاشِدٍ أَخْبَرَنَا هُشَيْمٌ عَنْ أَبِي حَيَّانَ التَّيْمِيِّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبَايَةُ بْنُ رِفَاعَةَ عَنْ رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ قَالَ

أَصْبَحَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ مَقْتُولاً بِخَيْبَرَ فَانْطَلَقَ أَوْلِيَاؤُهُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَذَكَرُوا ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ لَكُمْ شَاهِدَانِ يَشْهَدَانِ عَلَى قَتْلِ صَاحِبِكُمْ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَمْ يَكُنْ ثَمَّ أَحَدٌ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَإِنَّمَا هُمْ يَهُودُ وَقَدْ يَجْتَرِئُونَ عَلَى أَعْظَمَ مِنْ هَذَا قَالَ فَاخْتَارُوا مِنْهُمْ خَمْسِينَ فَاسْتَحْلِفُوهُمْ فَأَبَوْا فَوَدَاهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ  

bayhaqi:16492Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī > Abū Bakr b. Dāsah > Abū Dāwud > al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī b. Rāshid > Hushaym > Abū Ḥayyān al-Taymī > ʿAbāyah b. Rifāʿah > Rāfiʿ b. Khadīj

A man of the Ansar was killed at Khaybar and his relatives went to the Prophet ﷺ and mentioned that to him. He asked: Have you two witnesses who can testify to the murderer of your friend? They replied: Messenger of Allah! there was not a single Muslim present, but only Jews who sometimes have the audacity to do even greater crimes than this. He said: Then choose fifty of them and demand that they take an oath; but they refused and the Prophet ﷺ paid the blood-wit himself. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4524)   

البيهقي:١٦٤٩٢أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ أَنْبَأَ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ دَاسَةَ ثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ رَاشِدٍ أَنْبَأَ هُشَيْمٌ عَنْ أَبِي حَيَّانَ التَّيْمِيِّ ثَنَا عَبَايَةُ بْنُ رِفَاعَةَ عَنْ رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ قَالَ

أَصْبَحَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ مَقْتُولًا بِخَيْبَرَ فَانْطَلَقَ أَوْلِيَاؤُهُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَذَكَرُوا ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ أَلَكُمْ شَاهِدَانِ يَشْهَدَانِ عَلَى قَتْلِ صَاحِبِكُمْ؟ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ لَمْ يَكُنْ ثَمَّ أَحَدٌ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَإِنَّمَا هُمْ يَهُوَدُ وَقَدْ يَجْتَرِئُونَ عَلَى أَعْظَمَ مِنْ هَذَا وَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ  

bayhaqi:20525Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī > Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. Bakr > Abū Dāwud > al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī b. Rāshid > Hushaym > Abū Ḥayyān al-Taymī > ʿAbāyah b. Rifāʿah > Rāfiʿ b. Khadīj

A man of the Ansar was killed at Khaybar and his relatives went to the Prophet ﷺ and mentioned that to him. He asked: Have you two witnesses who can testify to the murderer of your friend? They replied: Messenger of Allah! there was not a single Muslim present, but only Jews who sometimes have the audacity to do even greater crimes than this. He said: Then choose fifty of them and demand that they take an oath; but they refused and the Prophet ﷺ paid the blood-wit himself. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4524)   

البيهقي:٢٠٥٢٥أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ رَاشِدٍ أنبأ هُشَيْمٌ عَنْ أَبِي حَيَّانَ التَّيْمِيِّ ثنا عَبَايَةُ بْنُ رِفَاعَةَ عَنْ رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ قَالَ

أَصْبَحَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ مَقْتُولًا بِخَيْبَرَ فَانْطَلَقَ أَوْلِيَاؤُهُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرُوا ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ أَلَكُمْ شَاهِدَانِ يَشْهَدَانِ عَلَى قَتْلِ صَاحِبِكُمْ ؟ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ لَمْ يَكُنْ ثَمَّ أَحَدٌ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَإِنَّمَا هُمْ يَهُودُ وَقَدْ يَجْتَرِئُونَ عَلَى أَعْظَمَ مِنْ هَذَا وَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ