Sunan Ibn Majah 2690

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

Abū Bakr ibn Abī Shaybah and ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad said: Abū Muʿāwiyah narrated to us, from al-Aʿmash, from Abū Ṣāliḥ, from Abū Hurayrah, who said: A man was killed during the time of the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, and the matter was brought to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. He handed the killer over to the victim next of kin. The killer said, “Messenger of God, by God, I did not intend to kill him.” The Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, said to the next of kin: “If he is telling the truth and you kill him, you will enter the Fire.” So he released him. The man had been bound with a strap, and he went out dragging it, so he was called Dhū al-Nisʿah, “the one with the strap.”