Sunan Ibn Majah 2677

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

Yaḥyā ibn Ḥakīm narrated to us: Bishr ibn ʿUmar narrated to us: I heard Mālik ibn Anas. Abū Laylā ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Sahl ibn Ḥunayf narrated to me, from Sahl ibn Abī Ḥathmah, who informed him from men among the elders of his people that ʿAbd Allāh ibn Sahl and Muḥayyisah had gone to Khaybar because hardship had befallen them. Someone came to Muḥayyisah and informed him that ʿAbd Allāh ibn Sahl had been killed and thrown into a pit or a spring at Khaybar. He went to the Jews and said, “By God, you killed him.” They said, “By God, we did not kill him.” Then he returned to his people and told them about it. He then came with his older brother Ḥuwayyiṣah and ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Sahl. Muḥayyisah, who had been at Khaybar, began to speak, but the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, said to him, “Let the older one speak first,” meaning in age. Then Ḥuwayyiṣah spoke, followed by Muḥayyisah. The Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “Either they will pay blood money for your companion, or they will declare that they are at war.” The Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, wrote to them about it, and they wrote back, “By God, we did not kill him.” The Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, said to Ḥuwayyiṣah, Muḥayyisah, and ʿAbd al-Raḥmān: “Will you swear an oath and thereby establish your claim to blood money for your companion?” They said, “No.” He said, “Then will the Jews swear an oath for you?” They said, “They are not Muslims.” So the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, paid the blood money himself and sent them one hundred she-camels, which were brought into their house. Sahl said: One of them, a red she-camel, kicked me.