A man killed by a group

Sa'id bin al-Musayyib said: A man was killed in the city of San'a, so Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) killed seven men in return for him and said: If all the inhabitants of the city of San'a had agreed upon killing him, I would have killed them all.

Sa'id bin al-Musayyib said that Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: If all the inhabitants of the city of San'a had taken part in it, I would have killed them all.

Nafi' said that Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said that Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) killed seven inhabitants of the city of San'a in retaliation for one man and said: If all the inhabitants of the city of San'a had taken part in killing him, I would have killed them all.

Abu Ishaq said that Sa'id bin Wahb said: Some men set out on a journey and another man accompanied them. When they returned, that man was not with them. The narrator said: That man's family accused those travellers. At this Shurayh said: Bring your witnesses that they killed your companion; otherwise these people will swear by Allah that they did not kill him. So the people brought them to Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), and I was with him. He separated them from one another, and they confessed. The narrator said: I heard Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) saying: I am Abu al-Hasan, the experienced one. Then, on his order, they were killed.

Ibn Jurayj said: I heard Sulayman bin Musa say, concerning a group of people who all join together in killing a man: Kill all of them in return for him.

Ibn Jurayj said: I asked Ata about a man who deliberately killed two free men. He said: He is to be killed in retaliation for both of them.

Al-Sha'bi said that Sayyiduna al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah (may Allah be pleased with him) killed seven in retaliation for one man.