hadith 8564–9729

Abd al-Rahman bin Abdullah bin al-Qasim narrated: Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) was asked about a man who freed his slave at the time of death, while he had no wealth other than him and he was in debt. He said: "He (the slave) is to work to earn the equivalent of his value."

Alqamah narrated: A man came to Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: "A slave girl of mine has breastfed a son of mine, and I want to sell her." The narrator said: Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) expressed his displeasure with him and said: "Would that he went about calling out: 'Who will I sell my child's mother to!'"

Abu Wa'il Shaqiq bin Salamah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) bought a slave girl from a man for six hundred, or nine hundred (dirhams). Then he searched for that seller for a year but did not find him. Then he took it (the money) out to the raised platform at the (mosque's) door and gave it in charity, a dirham and two dirhams at a time, on behalf of its owner. "Then, if its owner comes, he is to be given the choice: if he chooses the reward, it is his, and if he wants his wealth, he is to have his wealth." Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Do likewise with lost property (luqatah)." (These are the words of Abd al-Razzaq's narration.)

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "These are the two bitter things: miserliness during life, and extravagance at the time of death."

Amr bin Shurahbil (Abu Maysarah al-Hamdani) narrated that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said to me: "You are among the tribes of Kufah most likely to have one of you die leaving behind neither a paternal heir ('asabah) nor any relative. So in that case, what prevents him from spending his wealth on the poor or the needy?"

Silah bin Zufar narrated: A man from the tribe of Hamdan came to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) riding a piebald horse and said: "My paternal uncle has made me the executor of his estate, and this horse is part of his estate. Shall I buy it?" He said: "No, and do not borrow anything from their wealth."

A man narrated: I was sitting with Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) when a man from the tribe of Hamdan came to him and said: "O Abu Abd al-Rahman! Shall I buy this horse?" He asked: "What is its situation?" He said: "Its owner has made me his executor." He said: "Do not buy it, and do not borrow anything from his wealth."

Muhammad bin Abd al-Rahman bin Abi Layla narrated that Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Quasi-deliberate killing (shibh al-'amd) is with a stone, a stick, a whip, a shove, a sudden blow, and anything with which you deliberately struck him; in it the blood money is made heavier. And accidental killing is that one throws at something and misses with it."

Abd al-Karim narrated from Sayyiduna Ali and Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with them both) that "quasi-deliberate killing is with a stone and a stick."

Sayyiduna Ali and Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "In quasi-deliberate killing (the blood money) is made heavier, but no retaliation (qisas) is taken for it."

Ibrahim narrated that Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "The blood money for quasi-deliberate killing consists of twenty-five hiqqahs, twenty-five jadha'ahs, twenty-five bint makhads and twenty-five bint labuns (she-camels)."

Ibrahim narrated that Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "The blood money for accidental killing is in five parts: twenty hiqqahs, twenty jadha'ahs, twenty bint makhads, twenty ibn makhads and twenty bint labuns."

Alqamah bin Qays narrated that Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "For every paired organ there is the full blood money, and for every single organ there is also the full blood money."

Al-Sha'bi narrated that Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "The two eyes are equal, the two testicles are equal, the fingers are equal, the teeth are equal, the two hands are equal, and the two feet are equal."

Mujahid narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) concerning the man and the woman that he said: "They are equal up to five camels." The narrator said: And Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "(It is) half in everything."

Ibrahim narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) concerning a man from whom retaliation is taken and who then dies, that he said: "The one who took retaliation owes his (the deceased's) blood money, then the blood money for his (own) wound is deducted from it."

Qatadah narrated that a man who had killed another man was brought before Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him). The sons of the slain man came, and one of them had forgiven. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) asked Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), who was at his side: "What is your view?" Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "In my view, he has been saved from being killed." The narrator said: So Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) struck him on his shoulder and said: "He is a vessel filled with knowledge."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) concerning a person who commits offences liable to hudud punishments and is then deliberately killed, that he said: "When killing comes, it wipes out everything."

Alqamah said that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "The people most restrained in the manner of killing are the people of faith."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "The blood money of a mu'ahid (a non-Muslim under covenant) is equal to the blood money of a Muslim." Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) also said the same.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that he used to say: "For every mu'ahid, whether a Magian or anyone else, there is the full blood money."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that Ma'qil bin Muqarrin (may Allah be pleased with him) asked him: "A slave of mine has stolen a cloak (qaba') from another slave of mine; must his hand be cut off?" He said: "No, your property is part of itself (it is all your own property)."

Zayd bin Wahb said that it was said to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him): "Are you aware that wine is dripping from the beard of al-Walid bin Uqbah?" He said: "We have been forbidden from spying; if it becomes evident to us, we will carry out the prescribed punishment on him."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "The hand is not to be cut off except for (the theft of) one dinar or ten dirhams."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "The hand is not to be cut off except for (the theft of) one dinar or ten dirhams."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "The shroud is (to be taken first) from the whole of (the deceased's) wealth."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Whoever kills a snake or a scorpion, it is as if he has killed a disbeliever."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Whoever kills a snake or a scorpion has killed a disbeliever."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Kill snakes; and whoever fears their revenge is not of me."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "A Muslim has six rights over a Muslim: that he greets him with salam when he meets him, accepts his invitation when he invites him, says 'Yarhamuk Allah' (may Allah have mercy on you) to him when he sneezes, attends his funeral when he dies, wishes him well even when he is absent, and loves for him what he loves for himself."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "A time will come upon the people when a man will come to a grave and say: 'Would that I were in the place of my companion (in this grave).' He will not wish this out of love of meeting Allah, but because of the affliction he sees (among the living)."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "A time will surely come upon you when a man will pass by a grave and say: 'Would that I were in his place!' It will not be love of meeting Allah, but the severity of the affliction he is witnessing." It was asked: "What will be best at that time?" He said: "A strong horse and weapons, with which a man can get away wherever he wishes."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "That a camel smeared with tar should jostle me is dearer to me than that a perfumed woman should jostle me."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "That a man's belly be filled with pus is better for him than that it be filled with poetry."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Keep the Qur'an pure; do not mix with it anything that is not part of it."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "The first thing of your religion that you will lose is trustworthiness (amanah), and the last thing you will lose is the prayer."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "The Trumpet (Sur) is like a horn, into which it will be blown."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Mix with people, but keep yourselves apart from them (in religion)."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Mix with people, and go along with them in the things they like, but do not wound your religion."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man had wealth with which he had never done any good. When death came to him, he said to his family: When I die, burn me, then grind (my ashes), then scatter them in the wind. So that was done to him. Then Allah gathered him together and said: What made you do what you did? He said: Fear of You. So the mercy of Allah reached him.