Narration:
وَعَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَعْلَى، أَنْ أَجِيرًا لِيَعْلَى بْنِ مُنَبِّهِ، عَضَّ رَجُلٌ ذِرَاعَهُ فَجَذَبَهَا فَسَقَطَتُ ثَنِيتُهُ، فَرُفِعَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ لَا فَأَبْطَلَهَا، وَقَالَ: أَرَدْتَ أَنْ تَقْضِمَهَا كَمَا يَقْضِمُ الْجَمَلُ
متفق عليه
Translation of the Incident:
Safwan bin Ya‘la narrates that there was a laborer of Ya‘la bin Umayyah. A man bit his arm, and the laborer pulled it away, causing the attacker’s front teeth to fall out. This matter was presented before the Prophet ﷺ. He ﷺ invalidated the claim and said: “Did you intend to bite him like a camel bites?”
[Agreed upon – Bukhari: 2265, Muslim: 1674]
❷ Biting a human being like a beast reflects an extreme level of savagery and cruelty.
❸ It is permissible to hire someone as a laborer even during war.
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 صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَعْلَى، أَنْ أَجِيرًا لِيَعْلَى بْنِ مُنَبِّهِ، عَضَّ رَجُلٌ ذِرَاعَهُ فَجَذَبَهَا فَسَقَطَتُ ثَنِيتُهُ، فَرُفِعَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ لَا فَأَبْطَلَهَا، وَقَالَ: أَرَدْتَ أَنْ تَقْضِمَهَا كَمَا يَقْضِمُ الْجَمَلُ
متفق عليه
Translation of the Incident:
Safwan bin Ya‘la narrates that there was a laborer of Ya‘la bin Umayyah. A man bit his arm, and the laborer pulled it away, causing the attacker’s front teeth to fall out. This matter was presented before the Prophet ﷺ. He ﷺ invalidated the claim and said: “Did you intend to bite him like a camel bites?”
[Agreed upon – Bukhari: 2265, Muslim: 1674]
✿ Key Points and Rulings ✿
❶ If a person, in the act of saving himself, harms the oppressor, then the victim is not liable for compensation – provided that he was experiencing severe harm and had no other way of escape.❷ Biting a human being like a beast reflects an extreme level of savagery and cruelty.
❸ It is permissible to hire someone as a laborer even during war.
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.
