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Sahih al-Bukhari 2973 (Book 56, Hadith 182) #2842
Rejecting Unjust Suits

SUMMARY: This hadith is about the Prophet rejecting a suit in which one person bit another's hand and pulled out his tooth. The Prophet compared it to how a male camel snaps vegetation.

Narrated Yali: I participated in the Ghazwa of Tabuk along with Allah's Messenger and I gave a young camel to be ridden in Jihad and that was, to me, one of my best deeds. Then I employed a laborer who quarrelled with another person. One of them bit the hand of the other and the latter drew his hand from the mouth of the former pulling out his front tooth. Then the former instituted a suit against the latter before the Prophet who rejected that suit saying, "Do you expect him to put out his hand for you to snap as a male camel snaps (vegetation)?"
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ، عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَعْلَى، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ غَزَوْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ غَزْوَةَ تَبُوكَ، فَحَمَلْتُ عَلَى بَكْرٍ، فَهْوَ أَوْثَقُ أَعْمَالِي فِي نَفْسِي، فَاسْتَأْجَرْتُ أَجِيرًا، فَقَاتَلَ رَجُلاً، فَعَضَّ أَحَدُهُمَا الآخَرَ فَانْتَزَعَ يَدَهُ مِنْ فِيهِ، وَنَزَعَ ثَنِيَّتَهُ، فَأَتَى النَّبِيَّ فَأَهْدَرَهَا فَقَالَ ‏ "‏ أَيَدْفَعُ يَدَهُ إِلَيْكَ فَتَقْضَمُهَا كَمَا يَقْضَمُ الْفَحْلُ

TOPICS
justice  *  lawsuit  *  camel

QUICK LESSONS:
Seek justice without bias or prejudice towards either party involved in any lawsuit or dispute regardless of their social status, wealth etc., Accept responsibility for our actions and seek forgiveness from Allah SWT if we have wronged someone else .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about justice and fairness in lawsuits. It was narrated by Yali who participated in the Ghazwa of Tabuk with the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. He gave a young camel to be ridden in Jihad and that was one of his best deeds. Then he employed a laborer who quarrelled with another person and one of them bit the hand of the other and pulled out his front tooth. The injured man then instituted a suit against him before the Prophet ﷺ who rejected that suit saying “Do you expect him to put out his hand for you to snap as a male camel snaps (vegetation)?” This shows us that justice must be served fairly without any bias or prejudice towards either party involved in any lawsuit or dispute. We should not expect someone else to suffer for our own wrongdoings or mistakes but rather accept responsibility for our actions and seek forgiveness from Allah SWT if we have wronged someone else.

The Prophet ﷺ also used an analogy here comparing how people should not expect others to suffer for their own wrongdoings just like how we would not expect someone else’s hand to be put out so we can snap it like how male camels snap vegetation when they eat it. This teaches us that justice must be served fairly without any bias or prejudice towards either party involved in any lawsuit or dispute regardless of their social status, wealth, etc., as this would lead to injustice being done upon innocent people which is something Allah SWT does not approve of at all!

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