Sunan Abi Dawud

Sunan Abi Dawud 4271

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Sunan Abi Dawud 4271
Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُبَارَكٍ، حَدَّثَنَا صَدَقَةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ، أَوْ غَيْرُهُ قَالَ قَالَ خَالِدُ بْنُ دِهْقَانَ سَأَلْتُ يَحْيَى بْنَ يَحْيَى الْغَسَّانِيَّ عَنْ قَوْلِهِ ‏"‏ اعْتَبَطَ بِقَتْلِهِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ الَّذِينَ يُقَاتِلُونَ فِي الْفِتْنَةِ فَيَقْتُلُ أَحَدُهُمْ فَيَرَى أَنَّهُ عَلَى هُدًى لاَ يَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ - يَعْنِي - مِنْ ذَلِكَ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَقَالَ فَاعْتَبَطَ يَصُبُّ دَمَهُ صَبًّا ‏.‏

Translation

Abd al-Rahman ibn Amr narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn Mubarak: Sadaqah ibn Khalid—or someone else—narrated to us, saying: Khalid ibn Dihqan said: I asked Yahya ibn Yahya al-Ghassani about the phrase “deliberately killed him.” He said: It refers to those who fight during civil strife, when one of them kills, believing himself to be rightly guided, and does not seek God forgiveness for it. Abu Dawud said: He also said that the phrase means he pours out blood profusely.