Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 2649
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى أَبُو مُوسَى، حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ، وَابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ، عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، قَالَ كَسَرَتِ الرُّبَيِّعُ عَمَّةُ أَنَسٍ ثَنِيَّةَ جَارِيَةٍ فَطَلَبُوا الْعَفْوَ فَأَبَوْا فَعَرَضَ عَلَيْهِمُ الأَرْشَ فَأَبَوْا فَأَتَوُا النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَأَمَرَ بِالْقِصَاصِ . فَقَالَ أَنَسُ بْنُ النَّضْرِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ تُكْسَرُ ثَنِيَّةُ الرُّبَيِّعِ وَالَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ لاَ تُكْسَرُ . فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " يَا أَنَسُ كِتَابُ اللَّهِ الْقِصَاصُ " . قَالَ فَرَضِيَ الْقَوْمُ فَعَفَوْا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِنَّ مِنْ عِبَادِ اللَّهِ مَنْ لَوْ أَقْسَمَ عَلَى اللَّهِ لأَبَرَّهُ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna Abu Musa reported to us: Khalid ibn al-Harith and Ibn Abi Adi reported to us, from Humayd, from Anas, who said: al-Rubayyi, Anas’s paternal aunt, broke a girl’s incisor. The girl’s family sought pardon, but they refused; compensation was offered, but they refused. They came to the Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace), who ordered retaliation. Anas ibn al-Nadr said, ‘Messenger of Allah, will al-Rubayyi’s incisor really be broken? By the One who sent you with the truth, it will not be broken!’ The Prophet said, ‘Anas, the Book of Allah prescribes retaliation.’ The people then accepted and pardoned her. The Messenger of Allah said, ‘Among Allah’s servants are some who, if they swear an oath by Allah, He fulfills it for them.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic records that the family first refused pardon and compensation, after which they accepted and forgave her.