المنتقى ابن الجارود
Al-Muntaqa Ibn al-Jarud
كتاب الطلاقBook of Divorce
باب في القسامةQasamah (oath in murder cases)
Hadith 798
حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ الْمُقْرِئِ ، قَالَ : ثنا سُفْيَانُ ، عَنْ يَحْيَى يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَعِيدٍ ، عَنْ بَشِيرِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ ، عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ أَبِي حَثْمَةَ ، قَالَ : وُجِدَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَهْلٍ قَتِيلا ، وَقَالَ مَرَّةً : مَيِّتًا فِي قَلِيبٍ مِنْ قُلَبِ خَيْبَرَ ، أَوْ فَقِيرٍ مِنْ فُقُرِهَا ، فَجَاءَ عَمَّاهُ وَأَخُوهُ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ سَهْلٍ ، وَقَدْ شَهِدَ بَدْرًا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَتَكَلَّمَ أَخُوهُ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ ، فَقَالَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " الْكُبْرَ الْكُبْرَ ، فَتَكَلَّمَ مُحَيِّصَةُ فَقَالَ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، إِنَّا وَجَدْنَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ قَتِيلا فِي قَلِيبٍ مِنْ قُلَبِ خَيْبَرَ ، قَالَ : " فَيُقْسِمُ مِنْكُمْ خَمْسُونَ أَنَّ يَهُودَ قَتَلَتْهُ " قَالُوا : فَكَيْفَ نُقْسِمُ عَلَى مَا لَمْ نَرَ ؟ قَالَ : فَسَتُبِرِّئُكُمْ يَهُودُ بِخَمْسِينَ ، قَالُوا : كَيْفَ نَرْضَى بِهِمْ وَهُمْ مُشْرِكُونَ ؟ وَقَالَ ابْنُ الْمُقْرِئِ : وَقَالَ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى : فَقَالَ : تُبَرِّئُكُمْ يَهُودُ بِخَمْسِينَ يَحْلِفُونَ أَنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَقْتُلُوهُ وَلَمْ يَعْلَمُوا قَاتِلا ، فَقَالُوا : كَيْفَ نَرْضَى بِأَيْمَانِ قَوْمٍ مُشْرِكِينَ ؟ قَالَ : فَيُقْسِمُ مِنْكُمْ خَمْسُونَ أَنَّهُمْ قَتَلُوهُ ، قَالُوا : كَيْفَ نَحْلِفُ وَلَمْ نَرَ ؟ فَوَادَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ ، فَرَكَضَتْنِي بَكْرَةٌ مِنْهَا " .
Sayyiduna Sahl bin Abi Hathmah رضي الله عنه narrates that Abdullah bin Sahl was found murdered or dead in a well or pit in Khaybar. His two paternal uncles and his brother Abdur Rahman bin Sahl, who had also participated in the Battle of Badr, came to the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم. His brother Abdur Rahman began to speak, but the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said: Let the elder speak. So Muhayyisah spoke and said: O Messenger of Allah! We found Abdullah murdered in a well in Khaybar. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said: Fifty men from among you should swear oaths that the Jews killed him. They said: How can we swear an oath about something we did not see? The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said: Then the Jews will swear fifty oaths and be acquitted of the charge. They said: How can we accept their oaths when they are polytheists? Ibn Maqri says: In one narration, it is mentioned that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said: The Jews will swear fifty oaths and be acquitted from you, that they neither killed him nor do they know the killer. They said: How can we accept the oaths of polytheists? He said: Then fifty men from among you should swear oaths that they (the Jews) killed him. They said: How can we swear without having seen it? So the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم paid the blood money from his own side. One of the she-camels among them kicked me on the leg.
