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مشكوة المصابيح
Mishkat al-Masabih
كتاب القصاص
The Book of Retaliation
(بَيَانُ عِدَّةِ قَتَلَةٍ لِقَتِيلٍ وَاحِدٍ)
(Explanation of multiple killers for one victim)
Mishkat al-Masabih 3481 — Explanation of multiple killers for one
عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ: أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخطاب قَتَلَ نَفَرًا خَمْسَةً أَوْ سَبْعَةً بِرَجُلٍ وَاحِدٍ قَتَلُوهُ قَتْلَ غِيلَةٍ وَقَالَ عُمَرُ: لَوْ تَمَالَأَ عَلَيْهِ أَهْلُ صَنْعَاءَ لَقَتَلْتُهُمْ جَمِيعًا. رَوَاهُ مَالِكٌ
Sa'id b. al-Musayyib told that ‘Umar b. al-Khattab killed five or seven people for one man whom they had killed treacherously, ‘Umar saying. “If the people of San'a’ had conspired against him I would have killed them all.” Malik transmitted it.
