Anas reported that Umm Haritha, the sister of Rubayyi' (she was the father's sister of Hadrat Anas) injured a person (she broke his teeth). The dispute was referred to Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ). Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: Retribution, retribution. Umm Rubayyi' said: Messenger of Allah, will retribution be taken from so and so? By Allah, it shall not be taken from her (i. e. from Umm Haritha). Thereupon Allah's Apostle said: Hallowed be Allah. O Umm Rubayyi', Qisas (retribution is a command, prescribed) in the Book of Allah. She said: No, by Allah, Qisas will never be taken from her; and she went on saying this until they (the relatives of the one who had been injured) accepted the blood-wit. Thereupon Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: Verily there are amongst the servants of Allah (such pious persons) who, if they take oath of Allah, He honours it.
Read More..Abdullah (b. Mas'ud) reported Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) as saying: It is not permissible to take the life of a Muslim who bears testimony (to the fact that there is no god but Allah, and I am the Messenger of Allah, but in one of the three cases: the married adulterer, a life for life, and the deserter of his Din (Islam), abandoning the community.
Read More..Abdullah (b. Mas'ud) reported: Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) stood up and said: By Him besides Whom there is no god but He, the blood of a Muslim who bears the testimony that there is no god but Allah, and I am His Messenger, may be lawfully shed only in case of three persons: the one who abandons Islam, and deserts the community [Ahmad, one of the narrators, is doubtful whether the Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) used the word li'l-jama'ah or al-jama'ah), and the married adulterer, and life for life.
Read More..This hadith has been reported on the authority of A'mash with the same chain of narrators but with a slight variation of words, i. e. he did not say: By Him besides Whom there is no god.
Read More..Abdullah (b. Mas'ud) reported: Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) having said: No person who is killed unjustly, but the share of (this offence of his also) falls upon the first son of Adam, for he was the first to introduce killing.
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