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Sunan an-Nasai 4716 (Book 45, Hadith 11) #19249
The Prophet's Compassionate Payment of Blood Money

SUMMARY: The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) paid the blood money himself when two men were unable to swear fifty oaths in order to receive compensation or be entitled to retaliate.

It was narrated from Sahl bin Abi Hathmah that: 'Abdullah bin Sahi Al-Ansari and Muhayyisah bin Mas'ud went out to Khaibar and went their separate ways to go about their business'.Abdullah bin Sahl Al-Anasari was killed and Muhayyisah'.Abdur-Rahman, who was the brother of the victim, and Hawayyisah, came to the Messenger of Allah'.Abdur-Rahman started to speak, but the Prophet said to him: "Let the elders speak first". So Muhayyisah and Hawayyisah spoke and told him about the case of 'Abdullah bin Sahl. The Messenger of Allah said: "Will you swear fifty oaths, then you will receive compensation or be entitled to retaliate?" They said: "How can we swear an oath when we did not witness (what happened) and we were not there?" The Messenger of Allah said: "Then can the Jews swear fifty oaths declaring their innocence?" They said: "O Messenger of Allah, how can we accept the oath of a disbelieving people?" So the Messenger of Allah paid the blood money himself. (One of the narrators) Bushair said: 'One of those camels kicked me in a Mirbad of ours"'.
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ يَحْيَى بْنَ سَعِيدٍ، يَقُولُ أَخْبَرَنِي بُشَيْرُ بْنُ يَسَارٍ، عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ أَبِي حَثْمَةَ، أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ سَهْلٍ الأَنْصَارِيَّ، وَمُحَيِّصَةَ بْنَ مَسْعُودٍ، خَرَجَا إِلَى خَيْبَرَ فَتَفَرَّقَا فِي حَاجَتِهِمَا فَقُتِلَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَهْلٍ الأَنْصَارِيُّ فَجَاءَ مُحَيِّصَةُ وَعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ أَخُو الْمَقْتُولِ وَحُوَيِّصَةُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ حَتَّى أَتَوْا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَذَهَبَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ يَتَكَلَّمُ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ‏"‏ الْكُبْرَ الْكُبْرَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَتَكَلَّمَ مُحَيِّصَةُ وَحُوَيِّصَةُ فَذَكَرُوا شَأْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَهْلٍ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ‏"‏ تَحْلِفُونَ خَمْسِينَ يَمِينًا فَتَسْتَحِقُّونَ قَاتِلَكُمْ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالُوا كَيْفَ نَحْلِفُ وَلَمْ نَشْهَدْ وَلَمْ نَحْضُرْ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ‏"‏ فَتُبَرِّئُكُمْ يَهُودُ بِخَمْسِينَ يَمِينًا ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَيْفَ نَقْبَلُ أَيْمَانَ قَوْمٍ كُفَّارٍ قَالَ فَوَدَاهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ‏.‏ قَالَ بُشَيْرٌ قَالَ لِي سَهْلُ بْنُ أَبِي حَثْمَةَ لَقَدْ رَكَضَتْنِي فَرِيضَةٌ مِنْ تِلْكَ الْفَرَائِضِ فِي مِرْبَدٍ لَنَا

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money  *  oath  *  retaliation  *  compensation  *  qasam  *  diyat  *  inqitaa  *  jazah  *  muhammad

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EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about the compassion and mercy of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). Two men went out to Khaibar and one was killed. When they came back to the Messenger of Allah for justice, he asked them if they could swear fifty oaths in order to receive compensation or be entitled to retaliate. However, since they did not witness what happened and were not there at the time of incident, they could not do so. Therefore, instead of allowing them injustice due to their inability to swear an oath as proof for their case against the Jews who killed 'Abdullah bin Sahl Al-Anasari ,the Messenger of Allah paid the blood money himself out of his own pocket as a sign of his mercy and compassion towards those who seek justice from him.

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