Mishkat al-Masabih

Mishkat al-Masabih 3539

Arabic hadith text

وَعَن أَنَسٍ قَالَ: قَدِمَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَفَرٌ مِنْ عُكْلٍ فَأَسْلَمُوا فَاجْتَوَوُا الْمَدِينَةَ فَأَمَرَهُمْ أَنْ يَأْتُوا إِبِلَ الصَّدَقَةِ فَيَشْرَبُوا مِنْ أَبْوَالِهَا وَأَلْبَانِهَا فَفَعَلُوا فَصَحُّوا فَارْتَدُّوا وَقَتَلُوا رُعَاتَهَا وَاسْتَاقُوا الْإِبِلَ فَبَعَثَ فِي آثَارِهِمْ فَأُتِيَ بِهِمْ فَقَطَعَ أَيْدِيَهُمْ وَأَرْجُلَهُمْ وَسَمَلَ أَعْيُنَهُمْ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَحْسِمْهُمْ حَتَّى مَاتُوا ". وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ: فَسَمَّرُوا أَعْيُنَهُمْ وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ: أَمَرَ بِمَسَامِيرَ فَأُحْمِيَتْ فَكَحَّلَهُمْ بِهَا وَطَرَحَهُمْ بِالْحَرَّةِ يَسْتَسْقُونَ فَمَا يُسْقَوْنَ حَتَّى مَاتُوا

Translation

Anas reported: Some men from Ukl came to the Prophet, God bless him and grant him peace, and accepted Islam, but found Medina uncongenial. He instructed them to go to the charity camels and drink their urine and milk. They did so and recovered. Then they apostatized, killed the herdsmen, and drove off the camels. He sent people in pursuit of them, and they were brought back. He had their hands and feet cut off and their eyes put out, then left them without cauterizing their wounds until they died. In one version: Their eyes were pierced with heated iron. In another version: He ordered iron spikes to be heated and used them to cauterize their eyes, then had them cast at al-Harrah. They called for water, but were given none until they died.

Translation notes
  • The Arabic supplies two variant descriptions of what happened to the eyes; neither is omitted. No collection attribution appears in this Arabic entry, so none is added.