Narrated Al-Ahnaf bin Qais: I went to help that man (i.e., `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 Apostle saying, 'If two Muslims meet each other with their swords then (both) the killer and the killed one are in the (Hell) Fire.' I said, 'O Allah's Apostle! It is alright for the killer, but what about the killed one?' He said, 'The killed one was eager to kill his opponent.
Read More..Narrated Anas bin Malik: 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 and the Prophet kept on questioning him till he confessed, whereupon his head was crushed with stones.
Read More..Narrated Anas bin Malik: A girl wearing ornaments, went out at Medina. Somebody struck her with a stone. She was brought to the Prophet while she was still alive. Allah's Apostle 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. Allah's Apostle then sent for the killer and killed him between two stones.
Read More..Narrated `Abdullah: Allah's Apostle 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.
Read More..Narrated Anas: 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 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 killed him (the Jew) with two stones.
Read More..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 Apostle! Allah's Apostle said (to his companions), Write that for Abu Shah. Then another man from Quraish got up, saying, O Allah's Apostle! Except Al- Idhkhir (a special kind of grass) as we use it in our houses and for graves. Allah's Apostle said, Except Al-idhkkir.
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