Volume 9- Book 87, Blood Money (Ad-Diyat)————–6861-6917
Chapter: “…And whoever kills a believer intentionally, his recompense is Hell…”
Sahih al-Bukhari 6861
Narrated Abdullah:
A man said, “O Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him)! Which sin is the greatest in Allah’s sight?” The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “To set up a rival unto Allah though He Alone created you.” The man said, “What is next?” The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “To kill your son lest he should share your food with you.” The man said, “What is next?” The Prophet said, “To commit illegal sexual intercourse with the wife of your neighbor.” So Allah revealed in confirmation of this narration: ‘And those who invoke not with Allah any other god, nor kill such life as Allah has forbidden except for just cause, nor commit illegal sexual intercourse; and whoever does this shall receive the punishment’ (25:68).
Sahih al-Bukhari 6862
Narrated Ibn Umar:
Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) said, “A faithful believer remains at liberty regarding his religion unless he kills somebody unlawfully.”
Sahih al-Bukhari 6863
Narrated Abdullah bin Umar:
One of the evil deeds with bad consequence from which there is no escape for the one who is involved in it is to kill someone unlawfully.
Sahih al-Bukhari 6864
Narrated Abdullah:
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “The first cases to be decided among the people on the Day of Resurrection will be those of bloodshed.”
Sahih al-Bukhari 6865–6866
Narrated Al-Miqdad bin Amr Al-Kindi:
He said, “O Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him)! If I meet an unbeliever and we have a fight, and he strikes my hand with the sword and cuts it off, and then takes refuge from me under a tree and says, ‘I have surrendered to Allah,’ may I kill him after he has said so?” The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “Do not kill him.” Al-Miqdad said, “But O Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him)! He had chopped off one of my hands and he said that after he had cut it off. May I kill him?” The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “Do not kill him, for if you kill him, he would be in the position in which you had been before you killed him, and you would be in the position in which he was before he said that sentence.” The Prophet (peace be upon him) also said to Al-Miqdad, “If a faithful believer conceals his faith from the disbelievers, and then when he declares his Islam you kill him, you will be sinful. Remember that you were also concealing your faith at Mecca before.”
Chapter: “And if anyone saved a life…”
Sahih al-Bukhari 6867
Narrated Abdullah:
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “No human being is killed unjustly but a part of the responsibility for the crime is laid on the first son of Adam who invented the tradition of killing on the earth.”
Sahih al-Bukhari 6868
Narrated Abdullah bin Umar:
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “After me, do not become disbelievers by striking the necks of one another.”
Sahih al-Bukhari 6869
Narrated Abu Zur’a bin Amr bin Jarir:
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said during Hajjat-al-Wada, “Let the people be quiet and listen to me. After me, do not become disbelievers by striking the necks of one another.”
Sahih al-Bukhari 6870
Narrated Abdullah bin Amr:
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “The biggest sins are: to join others as partners in worship with Allah, to be undutiful to one’s parents,” or said, “to take a false oath.” Mu’adh said: Shu’ba said, “The biggest sins are: (1) joining others as partners in worship with Allah, (2) to take a false oath, and (3) to be undutiful to one’s parents,” or said, “to murder someone unlawfully.”
Sahih al-Bukhari 6871
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “The biggest of the great sins are: (1) to join others as partners in worship with Allah, (2) to murder a human being, (3) to be undutiful to one’s parents, and (4) to make a false statement or to give false witness.”
Sahih al-Bukhari 6872
Narrated Usama bin Zaid bin Haritha:
Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) sent us to fight against Al-Huraqa of Juhaina. We reached them in the morning and defeated them. A man from the Ansar and I chased one of their men and when we attacked him, he said, “None has the right to be worshipped but Allah.” The Ansari refrained from killing him but I stabbed him with my spear until I killed him. When we reached Medina, this news reached the Prophet (peace be upon him). He said to me, “O Usama! You killed him after he had said, ‘None has the right to be worshipped but Allah?’” I said, “O Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him)! He said so in order to save himself.” The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “You killed him after he had said, ‘None has the right to be worshipped but Allah?’” He kept on repeating that statement until I wished I had not been a Muslim before that day.
Sahih al-Bukhari 6873
Narrated Ubada bin As-Samit:
I was among those Naqibs (selected leaders) who gave the pledge of allegiance to Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him). We gave the oath that we would not join partners in worship with Allah, would not steal, would not commit illegal sexual intercourse, would not kill a life which Allah has forbidden, would not commit robbery, and would not disobey. If we fulfilled this pledge, we would have Paradise, but if we committed any of these sins, then our case would be decided by Allah.
Sahih al-Bukhari 6874
Narrated Abdullah:
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “Whoever carries arms against us is not from us.”
Sahih al-Bukhari 6875
Narrated Al-Ahnaf bin Qais:
I went to help that man (Ali), and on the way I met Abu Bakra who asked me, “Where are you going?” I replied, “I am going to help that man.” He said, “Go back, for I heard Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) saying, ‘If two Muslims meet each other with their swords, then both the killer and the killed are in the Hellfire.’ I said, ‘O Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him)! It is all right for the killer, but what about the killed one?’ He said, ‘The killed one was eager to kill his opponent.’”
Chapter: “O you who believe! Al-Qisas is prescribed for you in case of murder…
Chapter: To question the killer till he confesses
Sahih al-Bukhari 6876
A Jew crushed the head of a girl between two stones, and the girl was asked, “Who has done that to you, so-and-so or so and so?” (Some names were mentioned for her) till the name of that Jew was mentioned, whereupon she agreed. The Jew was brought to the Prophet (peace be upon him) and he kept on questioning him till he confessed, whereupon his head was crushed with stones.
Chapter: If someone kills with a stone or with a stick
Sahih al-Bukhari 6877
A girl wearing ornaments went out at Medina. Somebody struck her with a stone. She was brought to the Prophet (peace be upon him) while she was still alive. He asked her, “Did such-and-such a person strike you?” She raised her head, denying that. He asked her a second time, saying, “Did so-and-so strike you?” She raised her head, denying that. He said for the third time, “Did so-and-so strike you?” She lowered her head, agreeing. The Prophet (peace be upon him) then sent for the killer and killed him between two stones.
Chapter: “Life for life, eye for eye, nose for nose, ear for ear, tooth for tooth and wounds equal for equal”
Sahih al-Bukhari 6878
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “The blood of a Muslim who confesses that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah and that I am His Apostle cannot be shed except in three cases: In Qisas for murder, a married person who commits illegal sexual intercourse, and the one who reverts from Islam (apostate) and leaves the Muslims.”
Chapter: Whoever punished with a stone
Sahih al-Bukhari 6879
A Jew killed a girl so that he may steal her ornaments. He struck her with a stone, and she was brought to the Prophet (peace be upon him) while she was still alive. The Prophet asked her, “Did such-and-such person strike you?” She gestured with her head, expressing denial. He asked her for the second time, and she again gestured with her head, expressing denial. When he asked her for the third time, she beckoned, “Yes.” So the Prophet (peace be upon him) killed him with two stones.
Chapter: The relative of the killed person has the right to choose one of two compensations
Chapter: The relative of the killed person has the right to choose one of two compensations
Narrated Abu Huraira:
In the year of the Conquest of Mecca, the tribe of Khuza`a killed a man from the tribe of Bam Laith in revenge for a killed person belonging to them in the Pre-lslamic Period of Ignorance. So Allah’s Apostle got up saying, “Allah held back the (army having) elephants from Mecca, but He let His Apostle and the believers overpower the infidels (of Mecca). Beware! (Mecca is a sanctuary)! Verily! Fighting in Mecca was not permitted for anybody before me, nor will it be permitted for anybody after me; It was permitted for me only for a while (an hour or so) of that day. No doubt! It is at this moment a sanctuary; its thorny shrubs should not be uprooted; its trees should not be cut down; and its Luqata (fallen things) should not be picked up except by the one who would look for its owner. And if somebody is killed, his closest relative has the right to choose one of two things, i.e., either the Blood money or retaliation by having the killer killed.” Then a man from Yemen, called Abu Shah, stood up and said, “Write that) for me, O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)!” Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said (to his companions), “Write that for Abu Shah.” Then another man from Quraish got up, saying, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! Except Al- Idhkhir (a special kind of grass) as we use it in our houses and for graves.” Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “Except Al-idhkkir.”
Sahih al-Bukhari 6881
Narrated Ibn `Abbas:
For the children of Israel the punishment for crime was Al-Qisas only (i.e., the law of equality in punishment) and the payment of Blood money was not permitted as an alternate. But Allah said to this nation (Muslims): ‘O you who believe! Qisas is prescribed for you in case of murder, …..(up to) …end of the Verse. (2.178) Ibn `Abbas added: Remission (forgiveness) in this Verse, means to accept the Blood-money in an intentional murder. Ibn `Abbas added: The Verse: ‘Then the relatives should demand Blood-money in a reasonable manner.’ (2.178) means that the demand should be reasonable and it is to be compensated with handsome gratitude.
Sahih al-Bukhari 6882
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “The most hated persons to Allah are three: (1) A person who deviates from the right conduct in the Haram (sanctuaries of Mecca and Medina); (2) a person who seeks that the traditions of the Pre-Islamic Period of Ignorance should remain in Islam; and (3) a person who seeks to shed somebody’s blood without any right.”
Chapter: To shed somebody’s blood without any right
Chapter: Excusing somebody who killed by mistake
Sahih al-Bukhari 6883
The pagans were defeated on the day of Uhud. Satan shouted among the people, “O Allah’s worshippers! Beware of what is behind you!” So the front file of the army attacked the back files, mistaking them for the enemy, till they killed Al-Yaman. Hudhaifa shouted, “My father! My father!” But they killed him. Hudhaifa said, “May Allah forgive you.” Some of the defeated pagans fled till they reached Taif.
Chapter: “It is not for a believer to kill a believer except by mistake….
Chapter: If a killer confesses once, he should be killed
Sahih al-Bukhari 6884
A Jew crushed the head of a girl between two stones. When asked who had done it, the girl nodded to the Jew. He was brought, confessed, and the Prophet (peace be upon him) ordered that his head be crushed with stones.
Chapter: Killing a man for having killed a woman
Sahih al-Bukhari 6885
The Prophet (peace be upon him) killed a Jew for killing a girl in order to take her ornaments.
Chapter: Al-Qisas in cases of injury
Sahih al-Bukhari 6886
It is narrated that a man can be killed for killing a woman. Scholars have stated that Qisas applies to men and women alike for intentional injury.
Narrated Aisha: We poured medicine into the mouth of the Prophet (peace be upon him) during his illness. He said, "Don't pour medicine into my mouth." When he improved, he said, "There is none of you but will be forced to drink medicine, except Al-Abbas, for he did not witness your deed.”
Chapter: Whoever took his right or retaliation from somebody without submitting the case to the ruler
Sahih al-Bukhari 6887-6888
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “We (Muslims) are the last to come but will be the foremost on the Day of Resurrection. If someone peeps into your house without permission and you throw a stone at him and destroy his eyes, there will be no blame on you.”
Sahih al-Bukhari 6889
Narrated Yahya:
Humaid said, “A man peeped into the house of the Prophet (ﷺ) and the Prophet (ﷺ) aimed an arrow head at him to hit him.” I asked, “Who told you that?” He said, “Anas bin Malik” (See Hadith No. 258 and 259, Vol. 8)
Chapter: If someone dies or is killed in a big crowd
Sahih al-Bukhari 6890
On the day of Uhud, the pagans were defeated. Satan shouted, “O Allah’s worshippers! Beware of what is behind you!” The front files attacked the back files. Hudhaifa saw his father, Al-Yaman, being attacked. He shouted, “O Allah’s worshippers, my father!” But they did not stop till they killed him. Hudhaifa said, “May Allah forgive you.” He continued asking Allah’s forgiveness for the killer of his father till he died.