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Sahih Muslim 1669e (Book 28, Hadith 5) #11457
Paying Blood-Wit for a Slain Person

SUMMARY: The hadith is about a situation where two people from the Ansar tribe of Banu Haritha were travelling to Khaibar and one of them was killed. His companion reported the incident to Allah's Messenger who then paid the blood-wit himself.

Bushair b. Yasar reported that 'Abdullah b. Sahl b. Zaid and Muhayyisa b. Mas'ud b. Zaid, both of them were Ansar belonging to the tribe of Banu Haritha, set out to Khaibar during the lifetime of Allah's Messenger . There was peace during those days and (this place) was inhabited by the Jews. They parted company for their (respective) needs. Abdullah b. Sahl was killed, and his dead body was found in a tank. His companion (Muhayyisa) buried him and came to Medina, and the brothers of the slain 'Abd al-Rahman b. Sahl. and Muhayyisa and Hawayyisah told Allah's Messenger the case of 'Abdullah and the place where he had been murdered. Bushair reported on the authority of one who had seen Allah's Messenger that he had said to them: You take fifty oaths and you are entitled to blood-wit of (one) slain among you (or your companion). They said: Messenger of Allah, we neither saw (with our own eyes this murder) nor were we present there. Thereupon (Allah's Messenger is reported to have said): Then the Jews will exonerate themselves by taking fifty oaths. They said: Allah's Messenger, how can we accept the oath of unbelieving people? Bushair said that Allah's Messenger paid the blood-wit himself.
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ بْنِ قَعْنَبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ بِلاَلٍ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ بُشَيْرِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ، أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ سَهْلِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ، وَمُحَيِّصَةَ بْنَ مَسْعُودِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ الأَنْصَارِيَّيْنِ، ثُمَّ مِنْ بَنِي حَارِثَةَ خَرَجَا إِلَى خَيْبَرَ فِي زَمَانِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ وَهِيَ يَوْمَئِذٍ صُلْحٌ وَأَهْلُهَا يَهُودُ فَتَفَرَّقَا لِحَاجَتِهِمَا فَقُتِلَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَهْلٍ فَوُجِدَ فِي شَرَبَةٍ مَقْتُولاً فَدَفَنَهُ صَاحِبُهُ ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ فَمَشَى أَخُو الْمَقْتُولِ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ سَهْلٍ وَمُحَيِّصَةُ وَحُوَيِّصَةُ فَذَكَرُوا لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ شَأْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَحَيْثُ قُتِلَ فَزَعَمَ بُشَيْرٌ وَهُوَ يُحَدِّثُ عَمَّنْ أَدْرَكَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ أَنَّهُ قَالَ لَهُمْ ‏"‏ تَحْلِفُونَ خَمْسِينَ يَمِينًا وَتَسْتَحِقُّونَ قَاتِلَكُمْ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ أَوْ ‏"‏ صَاحِبَكُمْ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا شَهِدْنَا وَلاَ حَضَرْنَا ‏.‏ فَزَعَمَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ ‏"‏ فَتُبْرِئُكُمْ يَهُودُ بِخَمْسِينَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَيْفَ نَقْبَلُ أَيْمَانَ قَوْمٍ كُفَّارٍ فَزَعَمَ بُشَيْرٌ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ عَقَلَهُ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ

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bloodwit  *  oath  *  people  *  qasam  *  yameen  *  kafir

QUICK LESSONS:
Strive towards justice even if it means making sacrifices yourself .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about an incident that happened during the lifetime of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, where two people from the Ansar tribe of Banu Haritha were travelling to Khaibar and one of them was killed. His companion reported this incident to Prophet Muhammad ﷺ who then paid the blood-wit himself as compensation for his death. The concept of blood-wit or diyah in Islamic law is a payment made by an offender or their family in order to compensate for any harm caused by their actions, such as murder or injury. In this case, since there were no witnesses present at the time when Abdullah b. Sahl was murdered, it would have been difficult for his family members to prove that he had been killed and receive compensation from those responsible without taking fifty oaths from them which they refused due to their disbelief in Islam. Therefore, Prophet Muhammad ﷺ decided to pay out this compensation himself as an act of kindness towards Abdullah’s family members and justice towards those responsible for his death even though they could not be identified or proven guilty beyond doubt. This hadith teaches us that we should always strive towards justice even if it means going out our way and making sacrifices ourselves in order to ensure that justice prevails regardless of whether we are able to identify those responsible or not.

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