سنن نسائي
Nasai
كتاب القسامة والقود والدياتThe Book of Oaths (qasamah), Retaliation and Blood Money
بَابُ : ذِكْرِ اخْتِلاَفِ النَّاقِلِينَ لِخَبَرِ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ وَائِلٍ فِيهِChapter: Mentioning The Differences Reported In The Narration Of 'Alqamah Bin Wa'il
Hadith 4735
اُردوEn
أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاق الْمَرْوَزِيُّ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنِي خَالِدُ بْنُ خِدَاشٍ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا حَاتِمُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيل ، عَنْ بَشِيرِ بْنِ الْمُهَاجِرِ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، أَنَّ رَجُلًا جَاءَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالَ : إِنَّ هَذَا الرَّجُلَ قَتَلَ أَخِي ، قَالَ : " اذْهَبْ فَاقْتُلْهُ كَمَا قَتَلَ أَخَاكَ " ، فَقَالَ لَهُ الرَّجُلُ : اتَّقِ اللَّهَ وَاعْفُ عَنِّي فَإِنَّهُ أَعْظَمُ لِأَجْرِكَ وَخَيْرٌ لَكَ وَلِأَخِيكَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ ، قَالَ : فَخَلَّى عَنْهُ ، قَالَ : فَأُخْبِرَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَسَأَلَهُ ، فَأَخْبَرَهُ بِمَا قَالَ لَهُ : قَالَ : " فَأَعْنَفَهُ , أَمَا إِنَّهُ كَانَ خَيْرًا مِمَّا هُوَ صَانِعٌ بِكَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ , يَقُولُ : يَا رَبِّ سَلْ هَذَا فِيمَ قَتَلَنِي " .
´It was narrated from 'Abdullah bin Buraidah, from the father, that a man came to the Prophet and said:` "This man killed my brother." He said: "Go and kill him as he killed your brother." The man said to him: "Fear Allah and let me go, for that will bring you a greater reward and will be better for you and your brother on the Day of Resurrection." So he let him go. The Prophet was told about that, so he asked him about it, and he told him what he had said. He said: "Pardoning him would be better for you than what he would have done for you on the Day of Resurrection when he said: 'O Lord, ask him why he killed me."'
Explanation & Benefits
Hafiz Muhammad Ameen
(1) "It would have been better for you to be killed"—that is, forgiveness is indeed better and more virtuous for the murdered person and his heir, but it is detrimental for the killer, because the murdered person and his heir, due to granting forgiveness, will enter Paradise, whereas the killer will have to give account and endure punishment. In contrast, if forgiveness had not been granted and the killer had been executed, then the killer’s sin would have been forgiven; however, there would have been no guarantee of forgiveness for the murdered person and his heir.
(2) From this hadith, it is understood that even after a sentence is passed by the court, the killer can request forgiveness from the heir of the murdered person, and if the heir wishes, he may forgive, because this is purely his right. And this applies only in the matter of murder. In cases such as theft, before the case reaches the court, forgiveness can be granted, but not afterwards, as clarified in another hadith. And Allah knows best.
(2) From this hadith, it is understood that even after a sentence is passed by the court, the killer can request forgiveness from the heir of the murdered person, and if the heir wishes, he may forgive, because this is purely his right. And this applies only in the matter of murder. In cases such as theft, before the case reaches the court, forgiveness can be granted, but not afterwards, as clarified in another hadith. And Allah knows best.
Source: Sunan Nasa'i: Translation and Benefits by Shaykh Hafiz Muhammad Amin Hafizullah, Page: 4735
