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Sahih al-Bukhari 31 (Book 2, Hadith 24) #31
Consequences of Two Muslims Fighting Each Other

SUMMARY: The hadith is about the consequences of two Muslims fighting each other with swords, and how both the murderer and murdered will go to Hell.

Narrated Al-Ahnaf bin Qais: While I was going to help this man ('Ali Ibn Abi Talib), Abu Bakra met me and asked, "Where are you going?" I replied, "I am going to help that person". He said, "Go back for I have heard Allah's Messenger saying, 'When two Muslims fight (meet) each other with their swords, both the murderer as well as the murdered will go to the Hell-fire'. I said, 'O Allah's Messenger ! It is all right for the murderer but what about the murdered one?' Allah's Messenger replied, "He surely had the intention to kill his companion".
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ، وَيُونُسُ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ، عَنِ الأَحْنَفِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ، قَالَ ذَهَبْتُ لأَنْصُرَ هَذَا الرَّجُلَ، فَلَقِيَنِي أَبُو بَكْرَةَ فَقَالَ أَيْنَ تُرِيدُ قُلْتُ أَنْصُرُ هَذَا الرَّجُلَ‏.‏ قَالَ ارْجِعْ فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ يَقُولُ ‏"‏ إِذَا الْتَقَى الْمُسْلِمَانِ بِسَيْفَيْهِمَا فَالْقَاتِلُ وَالْمَقْتُولُ فِي النَّارِ ‏"‏‏.‏ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَذَا الْقَاتِلُ فَمَا بَالُ الْمَقْتُولِ قَالَ ‏"‏ إِنَّهُ كَانَ حَرِيصًا عَلَى قَتْلِ صَاحِبِهِ

TOPICS
fight  *  intention  *  murder  *  hellfire  *  yakulun  *  niyyah  *  qatlu  *  jahannam

QUICK LESSONS:
Resolve conflicts peacefully without resorting to physical violence or aggression; avoid taking part in any kind of physical violence against another Muslim; understand intentions matter even when one has been killed by another Muslim

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is a warning from Allah's Messenger, Muhammad ﷺ, about the consequences of two Muslims fighting each other with swords. He said that both the murderer and murdered will go to Hell. When asked why this would be so for the murdered person, he replied that even though they were killed, they still had an intention to kill their companion. This shows us that we should not take part in any kind of physical violence against another Muslim as it can lead us to a grave consequence in the afterlife. We should instead try our best to resolve conflicts peacefully and without resorting to physical violence or aggression.

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