Hadith 4504

حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدُ بْنُ مُسَرْهَدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ أَبَا شُرَيْحٍ الْكَعْبِيَّ ، يَقُولُ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " أَلَا إِنَّكُمْ يَا مَعْشَرَ خُزَاعَةَ قَتَلْتُمْ هَذَا الْقَتِيلَ مِنْ هُذَيْلٍ وَإِنِّي عَاقِلُهُ ، فَمَنْ قُتِلَ لَهُ بَعْدَ مَقَالَتِي هَذِهِ قَتِيلٌ فَأَهْلُهُ بَيْنَ خِيَرَتَيْنِ : أَنْ يَأْخُذُوا الْعَقْلَ ، أَوْ يَقْتُلُوا " .
Narrated Abu Shurayb al-Kabi: The Prophet ﷺ said: Then you, Khuzaah, have killed this man of Hudhayl, but I will pay his blood-wit. After these words of mine if a man of anyone is killed, his people will have a choice to accept blood-wit or to kill him.
Hadith Reference سنن ابي داود / كتاب الديات / 4504
Hadith Grading الألبانی: صحيح  |  زبیر علی زئی: إسناده صحيح, مشكوة المصابيح (3457), أخرجه الترمذي (1406 وسنده صحيح)
Hadith Takhrij « سنن الترمذی/الدیات 13 (1406)، (تحفة الأشراف: 12058)، وقد أخرجہ: مسند احمد ( 4/31) (صحیح) »
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
There is also a third option, which is to pardon, while some jurists (fuqaha) have also described accepting blood money (diyah) as a form of pardon.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 4504
Shaykh Safi ur-Rahman Mubarakpuri
Takhrij:
««إٍسناده صحيح» Narrated by Abu Dawud, Book of Blood Money, Chapter: The Guardian of the Intentional Murderer Takes the Blood Money, Hadith: 4504; and al-Tirmidhi, Book of Blood Money, Hadith: 1406. Its origin is agreed upon: al-Bukhari, Book of Blood Money, Hadith: 6880; and Muslim, Book of Pilgrimage, Hadith: 1355.»©

Explanation:
Hadith Narrator:
«حضرت ابوشریح خزاعی رضی اللہ عنہ » ‘Amr ibn Khuwailid, and according to some, Khuwailid ibn ‘Amr al-Ka‘bi al-‘Adawi al-Khuza‘i.
He accepted Islam before the Conquest of Makkah.
He passed away in Madinah in the year 68 AH.
Source: Bulugh al-Maram: Commentary by Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri, Page: 1008