Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

Hazrat Abdullah bin Umar narrates that Huwaisah bin Mas’ud, Muhayisah bin Mas’ud, Abdullah, and Abdur Rahman — these four set out on a journey, and as they passed by Khaybar, Abdullah was attacked and killed. The narrator says that this matter was mentioned before the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), so the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “You will take fifty oaths, then you will be entitled (to the blood money).” They said: “O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), how can we take oaths when we were not present there?” The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Then you absolve the Jews, that is, the Jews will take the oaths.” They said: “O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), then the Jews will kill us.” So the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) paid the blood money from his own side. (28386 M) Hazrat Ibn Yasar has also narrated similarly from the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), but he said: Abdur Rahman, the brother of the slain, went to speak, so the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Call, call the elder.” So their elder spoke, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “You take fifty oaths, you will be entitled, or they will take fifty oaths for you?” The narrator says they submitted: “O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), how can we accept the oaths of disbelieving people?” So the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) paid the blood money from his own side.