Narration:
وَعَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الْأَكْوَعِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فِي حَدِيثٍ: فَلَمَّا تَصَافَّ الْقَوْمُ، كَانَ سَيْفُ عَامِرٍ – يَعْنِي ابْنَ الْأَكْوَعِ فِيهِ قِصَرٌ فَتَنَاوَلَ بِهِ سَاقَ يَهُودِي لِيَضْرِبَهُ فَرَجَعَ ذُبَابُ سَيْفِهِ فَأَصَابَ رُكْبَةَ عَامِرٍ ، فَمَاتَ مِنْهُ
[Reported by Bukhari: 4192, Muslim: 1802]
Translation of the Incident:
Salamah bin al-Akwaʿ رضي الله عنه narrated: When the armies lined up, ʿĀmir bin al-Akwaʿ had a short sword. He attempted to strike a Jew’s leg with it, but the blade rebounded and struck his own knee, causing his death.
This incident is recorded in both Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī and Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim.
❷ A person is the master of their own self. If someone causes harm to themselves, neither qisās (retribution) nor diyyah will be applicable on anyone else.
Reference:
This content is derived from the book Ḍiyā’ al-Islām fī Sharḥ al-Ilmām bi-Aḥādīth al-Aḥkām by Shaykh Taqī al-Dīn Abī al-Fatḥ, translated by Maulana Mahmood Ahmad Ghaznfar.
وَعَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الْأَكْوَعِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فِي حَدِيثٍ: فَلَمَّا تَصَافَّ الْقَوْمُ، كَانَ سَيْفُ عَامِرٍ – يَعْنِي ابْنَ الْأَكْوَعِ فِيهِ قِصَرٌ فَتَنَاوَلَ بِهِ سَاقَ يَهُودِي لِيَضْرِبَهُ فَرَجَعَ ذُبَابُ سَيْفِهِ فَأَصَابَ رُكْبَةَ عَامِرٍ ، فَمَاتَ مِنْهُ
[Reported by Bukhari: 4192, Muslim: 1802]
Translation of the Incident:
Salamah bin al-Akwaʿ رضي الله عنه narrated: When the armies lined up, ʿĀmir bin al-Akwaʿ had a short sword. He attempted to strike a Jew’s leg with it, but the blade rebounded and struck his own knee, causing his death.
This incident is recorded in both Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī and Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim.
✿ Key Points and Rulings ✿
❶ If someone accidentally injures or kills themselves while attempting to attack another, there is no liability of blood money (diyyah) upon the person they intended to strike.❷ A person is the master of their own self. If someone causes harm to themselves, neither qisās (retribution) nor diyyah will be applicable on anyone else.
Reference:
This content is derived from the book Ḍiyā’ al-Islām fī Sharḥ al-Ilmām bi-Aḥādīth al-Aḥkām by Shaykh Taqī al-Dīn Abī al-Fatḥ, translated by Maulana Mahmood Ahmad Ghaznfar.
