It is reported about Sayyiduna Umayr bin Umayyah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he had a sister. When he went out to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), that woman began to harm him concerning the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and to revile the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), for she was a polytheist. One day he took up a sword, then came to her, placed the sword upon her and killed her. Her sons stood up and began to shout. They said: "We know who killed her. Did our mother have to be killed, when there are these other people too whose fathers and mothers are polytheists (and none of them killed his relative)?" When Sayyiduna Umayr (may Allah be pleased with him) feared that they would kill someone other than her actual killer, Sayyiduna Umayr (may Allah be pleased with him) went to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and informed him about it. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Did you kill your sister?" He said: "Yes." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Why?" He said: "She used to harm me concerning you." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent for that woman's sons and asked them, and they named someone other than the actual killer. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) informed them about Sayyiduna Umayr (may Allah be pleased with him) and declared that woman's blood to be unavenged. Then that woman's sons said: "We hear and obey this ruling."
Al-Tabarani recorded it through two Tabi'in, one of whom is thiqah (trustworthy). The rest of its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الحدود والديات / 10570
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسنادہ حسن
Hadith Takhrij«اخرجه الطبراني فى المعجم الكبير (64/17)»