Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 29730 — A man liable to be killed

Huyayy bin Ya'la reported that a man came to Sayyiduna Ya'la (may Allah be pleased with him) and said to him: This man is my killer. So Sayyiduna Ya'la handed that man over to him. They beat him severely with their swords until they thought they had killed him, though a spark of life remained in him. His family took him and had him treated until he recovered. Sayyiduna Ya'la came and said: Did I not hand him over to you? So he told him about it. Sayyiduna Ya'la called him and found that he had become crippled. His wounds were then reckoned, and they found that they amounted to the blood money. Sayyiduna Ya'la said to that man: If you wish, pay him his blood money and kill him; otherwise, leave him. So the man went to Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) and sought his help against Sayyiduna Ya'la. But Sayyiduna Umar and Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with them both) agreed on the ruling of Sayyiduna Ya'la: that the survivor should first be paid the blood money and then be killed, or that he should be left and not killed. And Sayyiduna Umar said to Sayyiduna Ya'la: You are indeed a judge. Then he returned him to his post.