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Human killing and Blood Money

Imam Bukhari: Volume 9, Book 83

NUMBER 1 :
NARRATED BY :’Abdullah
A man said, “O AllahAllah The Holy god of Muhammad, who revealed the Quran to him. In pre-Islamic Arabian culture, he had two daughters. He is al-ilāh. Il, el, or Eloah (Elohim= King in Torah) are the Semitic names of Allah. Allah's tawḥīd, wāḥid and aḥad were revealed to his Rusul.’s Apostle! Which sin is the greatest in Allah’s Sight?” The Prophet said, “To set up a rival unto Allah though He Alone created you. ” The man said, “What is next?” The Prophet 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)
NUMBER 2 :
NARRATED BY :Ibn ‘Umar
Allah’s Apostle said, “A faithful believer remains at liberty regarding his religionReligion ‘The word ‘Religion’ -Re Legion- A group or Collection or a brigade, is a social-cultural construction and Substantially doesn’t exist. Catholic religion is different from Protestant religion. It is not Dharma. unless he kills somebody unlawfully.”

NUMBER 3 :
NARRATED BY :’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.

NUMBER 4 :
NARRATED BY :’Abdullah
The Prophet said, “The first cases to be decided among the people (on the Day of Resurrection) will be those of blood-shed.”

NUMBER 5 :
NARRATED BY :Al-Miqdad bin ‘Amr Al-Kindi
An ally of Bani Zuhra who took part in the battle of Badr with the Prophet, that he said, “O Allah’s Apostle! 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 (i.e. embraced Islam),’ may I kill him after he has said so?” Allah’s Apostle said, “Do not kill him.” Al-Miqdad said, “But O Allah’s Apostle! He had chopped off one of my hands and he said that after he had cut it off. May I kill him?” The Prophet said. “Do not kill him for if you kill him, he would be in the position in which you had been before you kill him, and you would be in the position in which he was before he said the sentence.” The Prophet also said to Al-Miqdad, “If a faithful believer conceals his faith (Islam) 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 (Islam) at Mecca before.”

NUMBER 6 :
NARRATED BY :’Abdullah
The Prophet said, “No human being is killed unjustly, but a part of responsibility for the crimeCrime A positive or negative act in violation of penal law; an offense against the state classified either as a felony or misdemeanor. is laid on the first son of Adam who invented the tradition of killing (murdering) on the earth. (It is said that he was Qabil).
NUMBER 7 :
NARRATED BY :’Abdullah bin ‘Umar
The Prophet said, “After me (i.e. after my death), do not become disbelievers, by striking (cutting) the necks of one another.
BOOK – 83, NUMBER 8 :
NARRATED BY :Abu Zur’a bin ‘Amr bin Jarir
The Prophet said during Hajjat-al-Wada’, “Let the people be quiet and listen to me. After me, do not become disbelievers, by striking (cutting) the necks of one another.”

NUMBER 9 :
NARRATED BY :’Abdullah bin ‘Amr
The Prophet said, “Al-Kaba’ir (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.” (The sub-narrator, Shu’ba is not sure) Mu’adh said: Shu’ba said, “Al-kaba’ir (the biggest sins) are: (1) Joining others as partners in worship with Allah, (2) to take a false oath (3) and to be undutiful to one’s parents,” or said, “to murder (someone unlawfully).

NUMBER 10 :
NARRATED BY :Anas bin Malik
The Prophet said, “The biggest of Al-Kaba’ir (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 (4) and to make a false statement,” or said, “to give a false witness.”

NUMBER 11 :
NARRATED BY :Usama bin Zaid bin Haritha
Allah’s Apostle sent us (to fight) against Al-Huraqa (one of the sub-tribes) of Juhaina. We reached those people 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 till I killed him. When we reached (Medina), this news reached the Prophet. 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 Apostle! He said so in order to save himself.” The Prophet said, “You killed him after he had said, ‘None has the right to be worshipped but Allah.” The Prophet kept on repeating that statement till I wished I had not been a MuslimMuslim A community gathered around Muhammad (d. 632 CE) and confessed that Muhammad was the last of Prophets and he received Quran through Zibreel Farista from Allah. Hadith of Sahih Bukhari faithfully recorded the commands of Muhammad. He acknowledged the contribution of Jesus to the Abrahamic Religion. before that day.

NUMBER 12 :
NARRATED BY :’Ubada bin As-Samat
I was among those Naqibs (selected leaders) who gave the Pledge of allegiance to Allah’s Apostle. We gave the oath of allegiance, that we would not join partners in worship besides Allah, would not steal, would not commit illegal sexual intercourse, would not kill a life which Allah has forbidden, would not commit robbery, would not disobey (Allah and His Apostle), and if we fulfilled this pledge we would have Paradise, but if we committed any one of these (sins), then our case will be decided by Allah.

NUMBER 13 :
NARRATED BY :’Abdullah
The Prophet said, “Whoever carries arms against us, is not from us.”

NUMBER 14 :
NARRATED BY :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.”

NUMBER 15 :
NARRATED BY :Anas bin Malik
A JewJew “Being Jewish” is very important and not forgetting the Holocaust is religion over Halakha. Israeli Jews are divided into Haredi (Orthodox), Dati (reformed), Masorti (Conservative/traditional) or Hiloni (secular), nonetheless, their ethnoreligious identity was possibly originated in ancient Egypt and modified in Babylone. In their Synagogue, they read the Torah and pray for the coming of the Messiah, who would build global 'Israel', through which the Divine and Human would meet forever. 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.

NUMBER 16 :
NARRATED BY :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 timeTime Where any expression of it occurs in any Rules, or any judgment, order or direction, and whenever the doing or not doing of anything at a certain time of the day or night or during a certain part of the day or night has an effect in law, that time is, unless it is otherwise specifically stated, held to be standard time as used in a particular country or state. (In Physics, time and Space never exist actually-“quantum entanglement”), 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.

NUMBER 17 :
NARRATED BY :’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.”

NUMBER 18 :
NARRATED BY :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.

NUMBER 19 :
NARRATED BY :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 (armyArmy The Army of the Islamic Republic of Iran shall be an Islamic army, which is an ideological and peoples army and which shall recruit competent individuals faithful to the objectives of the Islamic Revolution and ready to make sacrifices for attaining the same. (Art-144) 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.”

NUMBER 20 :
NARRATED BY :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 nationNation A collective consciousness, founded in ancient origin within a geographic area, with definite history and heritage, culture and way of life, language and literature, food and clothing, coupled with a deep understanding of war and peace is to be known as a nation. Rasra is the Vedic word for it. (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.

NUMBER 21 :
NARRATED BY :Ibn ‘Abbas
The Prophet said, “The most hated persons to Allah are three: (1) A person who deviates from the right conduct, i.e., an evil doer, in the Haram (sanctuaries of Mecca and Medina); (2) a person who seeks that the traditions of the Pre-lslamic Period of Ignorance, should remain in Islam

(3) and a person who seeks to shed somebody’s blood without any right.”

NUMBER 22 :
NARRATED BY :’Aisha
The pagans were defeated on the day (of the battle) of Uhud. Satan shouted among the people on the day of Uhud, “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 (bin Al-Yaman) shouted, “My father!” My father! But they killed him. Hudhaifa said, “May Allah forgive you.” (The narrator added: Some of the defeated pagans fled till they reached Taif.)

NUMBER 23 :
NARRATED BY :Anas bin Malik
A Jew crushed the head of a girl between two stones. It was said to her. “Who has done this to you, such-and-such person, such-and-such person?” When the name of the Jew was mentioned, she nodded with her head, agreeing. So the Jew was brought and he confessed. The Prophet ordered that his head be crushed with the stones. (Hammam said, “with two stones.”)

NUMBER 24 :
NARRATED BY :Anas bin Malik
The Prophet killed a Jew for killing a girl in order to take her ornaments.
NUMBER 25 :
NARRATED BY :’Aisha
We poured medicineMedicine Refers to the practices and procedures used for the prevention, treatment, or relief of symptoms of diseases or abnormal conditions. This term may also refer to a legal drug used for the same purpose. into the mouth of the Prophet during his ailment. He said, “Don’t pour medicine into my mouth.” (We thought he said that) out of the aversion a patient usually has for medicines. When he improved and felt better he said, “There is none of you but will be forced to drink medicine, except Al-‘Abbas, for he did not witness your deed.”

NUMBER 26 :
NARRATED BY :Abu Huraira
That he heard Allah’s Apostle saying, “We (Muslims) are the last (to come) but (will be) the foremost (on the Day of Resurrection).” And added, “If someone is peeping (looking secretly) into your house without your permission, and you throw a stone at him and destroy his eyes, there will be no blame on you.”

NUMBER 27 :
NARRATED BY :Yahya
Humaid said, “A man peeped into the house of the Prophet and the Prophet 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)
NUMBER 28 :
NARRATED BY :’Aisha
“When it was the day of (the battle of) Uhud, the pagans were defeated. Then Satan shouted, “O Allah’s worshipers! Beware of what is behind you!” So the front files attacked the back files of the army. Hudhaifa looked, and behold, there was his father, Al-Yaman (being attacked) ! He shouted (to his companions), “O Allah’s worshipers, my father, my father!” But by Allah, they did not stop till they killed him (i.e., Hudhaifa’s father). Hudhaifa said, “May Allah forgive you.” (‘Urwa said, Hudhaifa continued asking Allah’s Forgiveness for the killer of his father till he died.

NUMBER 29 :
NARRATED BY :Salama
We went out with the Prophet to Khaibar. A man (from the companions) said, “O ‘Amir! Let us hear some of your Huda (camel-driving songs.)” So he sang some of them (i.e. a lyric in harmony with the camels walk). The Prophet said, “Who is the driver (of these camels)?” They said, “Amir.” The Prophet said, “May Allah bestow His Mercy on him !” The people said, “O Allah’s Apostle! Would that you let us enjoy his company longer!” Then ‘Amir was killed the following morning. The people said, “The good deeds of ‘Amir are lost as he has killed himself.” I returned at the time while they were talking about that. I went to the Prophet and said, “O Allah’s Prophet! Let my father be sacrificed for you! The people claimA Claim A claim is “factually unsustainable” where it could be said with confidence before trial that the factual basis for the claim is entirely without substance, which can be the case if it were clear beyond question that the facts pleaded are contradicted by all the documents or other material on which it is based. that ‘Amir’s good deeds are lost.” The Prophet said, “Whoever says so is a liar, for ‘Amir will have a double reward as he exerted himself to obey Allah and fought in Allah’s Cause. No other way of killing would have granted him greater reward.”

NUMBER 30 :
NARRATED BY :’Imran bin Husain
A man bit another man’s hand and the latter pulled his hand out of his mouth by force, causing two of his incisors (teeth) to fall out. They submitted their case to the Prophet, who said, “One of you bit his brother as a male camel bites. (Go away), there is no Diya (Blood-money) for you.”

NUMBER 31 :
NARRATED BY :Ya’la
I went out in one of the Ghazwa and a man bit another man and as a result, an incisor tooth of the former was pulled out. The Prophet cancelled the case.

NUMBER 32 :
NARRATED BY :Anas
The daughter of An-Nadr slapped a girl and broke her incisor tooth. They (the relatives of that girl), came to the Prophet and he gave the order of Qisas (equality in punishment).

NUMBER 33 :
NARRATED BY :Ibn ‘Abbas
The Prophet said, “This and this are the same.” He meant the little finger and the thumb.

NUMBER 34 :
NARRATED BY :’Aisha
I heard the Prophet (saying the same as above Hadith 34).

NUMBER 35 :
NARRATED BY :’Aisha
We poured medicine into the mouth of Allah’s Apostle during his illness, and he pointed out to us intending to say, “Don’t pour medicine into my mouth.” We thought that his refusal was out of the aversion a patient usually has for medicine. When he improved and felt a bit better he said (to us.) “Didn’t I forbid you to pour medicine into my mouth?” We said, “We thought (you did so) because of the aversion, one usually have for medicine.” Allah’s Apostle said, “There is none of you but will be forced to drink medicine, and I will watch you, except Al-‘Abbas, for he did not witness this act of yours.”

NUMBER 36 :
NARRATED BY :Sahl bin Abi Hathma
(a man from the Ansar) That a NUMBER of people from his tribe went to Khaibar and dispersed, and then they found one of them murdered. They said to the people with whom the corpse had been found, “You have killed our companion!” Those people said, “Neither have we killed him, nor do we know his killer.” The bereaved group went to the Prophet and said, “O Allah’s Apostle! We went to Khaibar and found one of us murdered.” The Prophet said, “Let the older among you come forward and speak.” Then the Prophet said, to them, “Bring your proof against the killer.” They said “We have no proof.” The Prophet said, “Then they (the defendants) will take an oath.” They said, “We do not accept the oaths of the Jews.” Allah’s Apostle did not like that the Blood-money of the killed one be lost without compensation, so he paid one-hundred camels out of the camels of Zakat (to the relatives of the deceased) as Diya (Blood-money).
NUMBER 37 :
NARRATED BY :Abu Qilaba
Once ‘Umar bin ‘Abdul ‘Aziz sat on his throne in the courtyard of his house so that the people might gather before him. Then he admitted them and (when they came in), he said, “What do you think of Al-Qasama?” They said, “We say that it is lawful to depend on Al-Qasama in Qisas, as the previous Muslim Caliphs carried out Qisas depending on it.” Then he said to me, “O Abu Qilaba! What do you say about it?” He let me appear before the people and I said, “O Chief of the Believers! You have the chiefs of the army staff and the nobles of the Arabs. If fifty of them testified that a married man had committed illegal sexual intercourse in Damascus but they had not seen him (doing so), would you stone him?” He said, “No.” I said, “If fifty of them testified that a man had committed theft in Hums, would you cut off his hand though they did not see him?” He replied, “No.” I said, “By Allah, Allah’s Apostle never killed anyone except in one of the following three situations: (1) A person who killed somebody unjustly, was killed (in Qisas,) (2) a married person who committed illegal sexual intercourse and (3) a man who fought against Allah and His Apostle and deserted Islam and became an apostate.” Then the people said, “Didn’t Anas bin Malik narrate that Allah’s Apostle cut off the hands of the thieves, branded their eyes and then, threw them in the sun?” I said, “I shall tell you the narration of Anas. Anas said: “Eight persons from the tribe of ‘Ukl came to Allah’s Apostle and gave the Pledge of allegiance for Islam (became Muslim). The climate of the place (Medina) did not suit them, so they became sick and complained about that to Allah’s Apostle. He said (to them ), “Won’t you go out with the shepherd of our camels and drink of the camels’ milk and urine (as medicine)?” They said, “Yes.” So they went out and drank the camels’ milk and urine, and after they became healthy, they killed the shepherd of Allah’s Apostle and took away all the camels. This news reached Allah’s Apostle , so he sent (men) to follow their traces and they were captured and brought (to the Prophet). He then ordered to cut their hands and feet, and their eyes were branded with heated pieces of iron, and then he threw them in the sun till they died.” I said, “What can be worse than what those people did? They deserted Islam, committed murder and theft.” Then ‘Anbasa bin Said said, “By Allah, I never heard a narration like this of today.” I said, “O ‘Anbasa! You deny my narration?” ‘Anbasa said, “No, but you have related the narration in the way it should be related. By Allah, these people are in welfare as long as this Sheikh (Abu Qilaba) is among them.” I added, “Indeed in this event there has been a tradition set by Allah’s Apostle. The narrator added: Some Ansari people came to the Prophet and discussed some matters with him, a man from amongst them went out and was murdered. Those people went out after him, and behold, their companion was swimming in blood. They returned to Allah’s Apostle and said to him, “O Allah’s Apostle, we have found our companion who had talked with us and gone out before us, swimming in blood (killed).” Allah’s Apostle went out and asked them, “Whom do you suspect or whom do you think has killed him?” They said, “We think that the Jews have killed him.” The Prophet sent for the Jews and asked them, “Did you kill this (person)?” They replied, “No.” He asked the Al-Ansars, “Do you agree that I let fifty Jews take an oath that they have not killed him?” They said, “It matters little for the Jews to kill us all and then take false oaths.” He said, “Then would you like to receive the Diya after fifty of you have taken an oath (that the Jews have killed your man)?” They said, “We will not take the oath.” Then the Prophet himself paid them the Diya (Blood-money).” The narrator added, “The tribe of Hudhail repudiated one of their men (for his evil conduct) in the Pre-lslamic period of Ignorance. Then, at a place called Al-Batha’ (near Mecca), the man attacked a Yemenite family at night to steal from them, but a. man from the family noticed him and struck him with his sword and killed him. The tribe of Hudhail came and captured the Yemenite and brought him to ‘Umar during the Hajj season and said, “He has killed our companion.” The Yemenite said, “But these people had repudiated him (i.e., their companion).” ‘Umar said, “Let fifty persons of Hudhail swear that they had not repudiated him.” So forty-nine of them took the oath and then a person belonging to them, came from Sham and they requested him to swear similarly, but he paid one-thousand Dirhams instead of taking the oath. They called another man instead of him and the new man shook hands with the brother of the deceased. Some people said, “We and those fifty men who had taken false oaths (Al-Qasama) set out, and when they reached a place called Nakhlah, it started raining so they entered a cave in the mountain, and the cave collapsed on those fifty men who took the false oath, and all of them died except the two persons who had shaken hands with each other. They escaped death but a stone fell on the leg of the brother of the deceased and broke it, whereupon he survived for one year and then died.” I further said, “‘Abdul Malik bin Marwan sentenced a man to death in Qisas (equality in punishment) for murder, basing his judgmentJudgment The statement given by the Judge on the grounds of a decree or order - CPC 2(9). It contains a concise statement of the case, points for determination, the decision thereon, and the reasons for such decision - Order 20 Rule 4(2).  Section 354 of CrPC requires that every judgment shall contain points for determination, the decision thereon and the reasons for the decision. Indian Supreme Court Decisions > Law declared by Supreme Court to be binding on all courts (Art 141 Indian Constitution) Civil and judicial authorities to act in aid of the Supreme Court (Art 144) Supreme Court Network On Judiciary – Portal > Denning: “Judges do not speak, as do actors, to please. They do not speak, as do advocates, to persuade. They do not speak, as do historians, to recount the past. They speak to give Judgment. And in their judgments, you will find passages, which are worthy to rank with the greatest literature….” Law Points on Judgment Writing > The judge must write to provide an easy-to-understand analysis of the issues of law and fact which arise for decision. Judgments are primarily meant for those whose cases are decided by judges (State Bank of India and Another Vs Ajay Kumar Sood SC 2022) on Al-Qasama, but later on he regretted that judgment and ordered that the names of the fifty persons who had taken the oath (Al-Qasama), be erased from the register, and he exiled them in Sham.”

NUMBER 38 :
NARRATED BY :Anas
A man peeped into one of the dwelling places of the Prophet. The Prophet got up and aimed a sharp-edged arrow head (or wooden stick) at him to poke him stealthily.

NUMBER 38 :
NARRATED BY :Sahl bin Sa’d As-Sa’idi
A man peeped through a hole in the door of Allah’s Apostle’s house, and at that time, Allah’s Apostle had a Midri (an iron comb or bar) with which he was rubbing his head. So when Allah’s Apostle saw him, he said (to him), “If I had been sure that you were looking at me (through the door), I would have poked your eye with this (sharp iron bar).” Allah’s Apostle added, “The asking for permission to enter has been enjoined so that one may not look unlawfully (at what there is in the house without the permission of its people).”

NUMBER 39 :
NARRATED BY :Abu Huraira
Abul Qasim said, “If any person peeps at you without your permission and you poke him with a stick and injure his eye, you will not be blamed.”

NUMBER 40 :
NARRATED BY :Ash-Sha’bi
I heard Abu Juhaifa saying, “I asked `Ali ‘Have you got any Divine literature apart from the Qur’an?’ (Once he said…apart from what the people have?) `Ali replied, ‘By Him Who made the grain split (germinate) and created the soulSoul Abraham, having wept a short time over his wife’s body, soon rose up from the corpse; thinking, as it should seem, that to mourn any longer would be inconsistent with that wisdom by which he had been taught that he was not to look upon death as the extinction of the soul, but rather as a separation and disjunction of it from the body, returning back to the region from whence it came; and it came, from God. (Philo) न जायते म्रियते वा कदाचिन्-नायं भूत्वा भविता वा न भूयः-अजो नित्यः शाश्वतोयं पुराणो-न हन्यते हन्यमाने शरीरे (Gita 2.20 ), we have nothing except what is in the Qur’an and the ability (gift) of understanding Allah’s BOOKwhich He may endow a man with and we have what is written in this paper.’ I asked, ‘What is written in this paper?’ He replied, ‘Al-`Aql (the regulation of Diya), about the ransom of captives, and the Judgment that a Muslim should not be killed in Qisas (equality in punishment) for killing a disbeliever.” (See Hadith No. 283,Vol. 4)

NUMBER 41 :
NARRATED BY :Abu Huraira
Two women from the tribe of Hudhail (fought with each other) and one of them threw (a stone at) the other, causing her to have a miscarriage and Allah’s Apostle gave his verdict that the killer (of the fetus) should give a male or female slave (as a Diya).

NUMBER 42 :
NARRATED BY :Hisham’s father
‘Umar consulted the companions about the case of a woman’s abortion (caused by somebody else). Al-Mughlra said: The Prophet gave the verdict that a male or female slave should be given (as a Diya). Then Muhammad bin Maslama testified that he had witnessed the Prophet giving such a verdict.

NUMBER 43 :
NARRATED BY :’Urwa
I heard Al-Maghira bin Shu’ba narrating that ‘Umar had consulted them about the case of abortion (similarly as narrated in No. 42).

NUMBER 44 :
NARRATED BY :Abu Huraira
Allah’s Apostle gave a verdict regarding an aborted fetus of a woman from Bani Lihyan that the killer (of the fetus) should give a male or female slave (as a Diya) but the woman who was required to give the slave, died, so Allah’s Apostle gave the verdict that her inheritance be given to her children and her husband and the Diya be paid by her ‘Asaba.

NUMBER 45 :
NARRATED BY :Abu Huraira
Two women from Hudhail fought with each other and one of them hit the other with a stone that killed her and what was in her womb. The relatives of the killer and the relatives of the victim submitted their case to the Prophet who judged that the Diya for the fetus was a male or female slave, and the Diya for the killed woman was to be paid by the ‘Asaba (near relatives) of the killer.

NUMBER 46 :
NARRATED BY :’Abdul-‘Aziz
Anas said, “When Allah’s Apostle arrived at Medina, Abu Talha took hold of my hand and brought me to Allah’s Apostle and said, “O Allah’s Apostle! Anas is an intelligent boy, so let him serve you.” Anas added, “So I served the Prophet L at home and on journeys; by Allah, he never said to me for anything which I did: Why have you done this like this or, for anything which I did not do: ‘Why have you not done this like this?”

NUMBER 47 :
NARRATED BY :Abu Huraira
Allah’s Apostle said, “There is no Diya for persons killed by animals or for the one who has been killed accidentally by falling into a well or for the one killed in a mine. And one-fifth of Rikaz (treasures buried before the Islamic era) is to be given to the state.”

NUMBER 48 :
NARRATED BY :Abu Huraira
The Prophet said, “There is no Diya for a person injured or killed by an animal (going about without somebody to control it) and similarly, there is no Diya for the one who falls and dies in a well, and also the one who dies in a mine. As regards the Ar-Rikaz (buried wealth), one-fifth thereof is for the state.”

NUMBER 49 :
NARRATED BY :’Abdullah bin ‘Amr
The Prophet said, “Whoever killed a Mu’ahid (a person who is granted the pledge of protection by the Muslims) shall not smell the fragrance of Paradise though its fragrance can be smelt at a distance of forty years (of traveling).”

NUMBER 50 :
NARRATED BY :Abu Juhaifa
I asked ‘Ali “Do you have anything Divine literature besides what is in the Qur’an?” Or, as Uyaina once said, “Apart from what the people have?” ‘Ali said, “By Him Who made the grain split (germinate) and created the soul, we have nothing except what is in the Quran and the ability (gift) of understanding Allah’s BOOKwhich He may endow a man, with and what is written in this sheet of paper.” I asked, “What is on this paper?” He replied, “The legal regulations of Diya (Blood-money) and the (ransom for) releasing of the captives, and the judgment that no Muslim should be killed in Qisas (equality in punishment) for killing a Kafir (disbeliever).”

NUMBER 51 :
NARRATED BY :Abu Said
The Prophet said, “Do not prefer some prophets to others.”

NUMBER 52 :
NARRATED BY :Abu Said Al-Khudri
A Jew whose face had been slapped (by someone), came to the Prophet and said, “O Muhammad! A man from your Ansari companions slapped me. ” The Prophet said, “Call him”. They called him and the Prophet asked him, “Why did you slap his face?” He said, “O Allah’s Apostle! While I was passing by the Jews, I heard him saying, ‘By Him Who chose Moses above all the human beings.’ I said (protestingly), ‘Even above Muhammad?’ So I became furious and slapped him.” The Prophet said, “Do not give me preference to other prophets, for the people will become unconscious on the Day of Resurrection and I will be the first to gain conscious, and behold, I will Find Moses holding one of the pillars of the Throne (of Allah). Then I will not know whether he has become conscious before me or he has been exempted because of his unconsciousness at the mountain (during his worldly life) which he received.”