Sunan Abu Dawood — Hadith 4499
Sahih
Sunan Abu Dawood : 4499
Narrated Wail bin Hujr رضی اللہ عنہ :
حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ الْجُشَمِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ عَوْفٍ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمْزَةُ أَبُو عُمَرَ الْعَائِذِيُّ، حَدَّثَنِي عَلْقَمَةُ بْنُ وَائِلٍ، حَدَّثَنِي وَائِلُ بْنُ حُجْرٍ، قَالَ: كُنْتُ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذْ جِيءَ بِرَجُلٍ قَاتِلٍ فِي عُنُقِهِ النِّسْعَةُ، قَالَ: فَدَعَا وَلِيَّ الْمَقْتُولِ، فَقَالَ: أَتَعْفُو ؟ قَالَ: لَا، قَالَ: أَفَتَأْخُذُ الدِّيَةَ ؟ قَالَ: لَا، قَالَ: أَفَتَقْتُلُ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: اذْهَبْ بِهِ، فَلَمَّا وَلَّى، قَالَ: أَتَعْفُو ؟ قَالَ: لَا، قَالَ: أَفَتَأْخُذُ الدِّيَةَ ؟ قَالَ: لَا، قَالَ: أَفَتَقْتُلُ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: اذْهَبْ بِهِ، فَلَمَّا كَانَ فِي الرَّابِعَةِ، قَالَ: أَمَا إِنَّكَ إِنْ عَفَوْتَ عَنْهُ يَبُوءُ بِإِثْمِهِ وَإِثْمِ صَاحِبِهِ، قَالَ: فَعَفَا عَنْهُ، قَالَ: فَأَنَا رَأَيْتُهُ يَجُرُّ النِّسْعَةَ .
I was with the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم when a man who was a murderer and had a strap round his neck was brought to him. He then called the legal guardian of the victim and asked him: Do you forgive him? He said: No. He asked: Will you accept the blood-money? He said: No. He asked: Will you kill him? He said: Yes. He said: Take him. When he turned his back, he said: Do you forgive him? He said: No. He said: Will you accept the blood-money? He said: No. He said: Will you kill him? He said: Yes. He said: Take him. After repeating all this a fourth time, he said: If you forgive him, he will bear the burden of his own sin and the sin of the victim. He then forgave him. He (the narrator) said: I saw him pulling the strap.