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Sunan Abi Dawud 4257 (Book 37, Hadith 18) #24547
Responding to Intentional Harm

SUMMARY: The hadith is about how to respond when someone enters your house with the intention of killing you.

Narrated Sa'd ibn AbuWaqqas: I asked: Messenger of Allah! tell me if someone enters my house and extends his hands to kill me (what should I do?) The Messenger of Allah replied: Be like the two sons of Adam. The narrator Yazid (ibn Khalid) then recited the verse: "If thou dost stretch they hand against me to slay me". 5:28
حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ الرَّمْلِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا مُفَضَّلٌ، عَنْ عَيَّاشٍ، عَنْ بُكَيْرٍ، عَنْ بُسْرِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ حُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الأَشْجَعِيِّ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ سَعْدَ بْنَ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ فِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ دَخَلَ عَلَىَّ بَيْتِي وَبَسَطَ يَدَهُ لِيَقْتُلَنِي قَالَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ‏"‏ كُنْ كَابْنَىْ آدَمَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ وَتَلاَ يَزِيدُ ‏{‏ لَئِنْ بَسَطْتَ إِلَىَّ يَدَكَ ‏}‏ الآيَةَ

TOPICS
selfdefense  *  protection  *  sons  *  verse

QUICK LESSONS:
Use wisdom and restraint in such situations; Seek help from those around us if necessary; Protect yourself from intentional harm.

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith speaks about how one should respond when faced with intentional harm. It is narrated by Sa'd ibn AbuWaqqas and Yazid ibn Khalid, who both recount a conversation between the Prophet Muhammad and Sa'd. In this conversation, Sa'd asked what he should do if someone entered his house intending to kill him. The Prophet Muhammad replied that he should be like the two sons of Adam, referring to a verse in the Quran which states “If thou dost stretch they hand against me to slay me” [ 5:28 ]. This verse teaches us that we must protect ourselves from intentional harm, but also not take any action which would cause further harm or violence. We must use wisdom and restraint in such situations, as well as seek help from those around us if necessary.

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