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Bayhaqi 16034 — The choice in retaliation

أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى الْمُزَكِّي، ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ، أنبأ الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، أنبأ الشَّافِعِيُّ، أنبأ سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، أنبأ عَمْرُو بْنُ دِينَارٍ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ مُجَاهِدًا، يَقُولُ: سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ، يَقُولُ: كَانَ فِي بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ الْقِصَاصُ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ فِيهِمُ الدِّيَةُ، فَقَالَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لِهَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ: {كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْقِصَاصُ فِي الْقَتْلَى الْحُرُّ بِالْحُرِّ وَالْعَبْدُ بِالْعَبْدِ وَالْأُنْثَى بِالْأُنْثَى فَمَنْ عُفِيَ لَهُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ شَيْءٌ} [البقرة: ١٧٨]، قَالَ: الْعَفْوُ أَنْ يَقْبَلَ الدِّيَةَ فِي الْعَمْدِ، {فَاتِّبَاعٌ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَأَدَاءٌ إِلَيْهِ بِإِحْسَانٍ، ذَلِكَ تَخْفِيفٌ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ} [البقرة: ١٧٨] مِمَّا كُتِبَ عَلَى مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ، {فَمَنِ اعْتَدَى بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فَلَهُ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ} [البقرة: ١٧٨]،.
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: Among the Children of Israel there was retaliation, but there was no diyah among them, so Allah Almighty said to this Ummah: "Retaliation is prescribed for you in the case of those killed: the free for the free, the slave for the slave and the female for the female. Then whoever is pardoned something by his brother" [Surah al-Baqarah: 178]. The meaning of 'afw (pardon) is that they take the diyah and do not kill. "Then let there be a following up in a fair manner and payment to him with excellence. That is an alleviation from your Lord and a mercy" [Surah al-Baqarah: 178], that is, from what was prescribed for those before you. "Whoever transgresses after that will have a painful punishment" [Surah al-Baqarah: 178].
Hadith Reference السنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الجنايات / 16034
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