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الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
أبواب القصاصChapters on Retaliation
أَبْوَابُ الدِّيةChapters on Blood Money
Hadith 6579
اُردوEn
عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ وَجَدَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَتِيلًا بَيْنَ قَرْيَتَيْنِ فَأَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَذُرِعَ مَا بَيْنَهُمَا قَالَ وَكَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى شِبْرِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَلْقَاهُ عَلَى أَقْرَبِهِمَا
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, found a murdered person between two settlements. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, ordered the distance between the two settlements to be measured. It is as if I can still see the handspan of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him. Then he held the nearer settlement responsible for the murder.
Brief Explanation
Benefits: … The Noble Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam maintained some principles and regulations from before Islam; among these is the regulation of Qasamah. Qasamah is a specific form of oath, and it is as follows: when a person is found murdered in a certain area, but the killer is unknown, or there is suspicion upon some people that they are involved in the murder, yet there is no evidence, then fifty oaths will be taken from the claimants. If they take these fifty oaths, they will be entitled to the blood money (diyah). And if they do not take these oaths, then fifty trustworthy men from the defendants will be made to swear that neither did they kill him nor do they know his killer. In such a case, the people of that area will be acquitted of the accusation of murder.
