Mishkat al-Masabih

Mishkat al-Masabih 3496

Arabic hadith text

وَعَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ: خَطَبَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَامَ الفتحِ ثمَّ قَالَ: «أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّهُ لَا حِلْفَ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ وَمَا كَانَ مِنْ حِلْفٍ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَإِنَّ الْإِسْلَامَ لَا يَزِيدُهُ إِلَّا شِدَّةً الْمُؤْمِنُونَ يَدٌ عَلَى مَنْ سِوَاهُمْ يُجِيرُ عَلَيْهِمْ أَدْنَاهُمْ وَيَرُدُّ عليهِم أقْصاهم يَردُّ سراياهم على قعيدتِهم لَا يُقْتَلُ مُؤْمِنٌ بِكَافِرٍ دِيَةُ الْكَافِرِ نِصْفُ دِيَةِ الْمُسْلِمِ لَا جَلَبَ وَلَا جَنَبَ وَلَا تُؤْخَذُ صَدَقَاتُهُمْ إِلَّا فِي دُورِهِمْ» . وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ قَالَ: «دِيَةُ الْمُعَاهِدِ نِصْفُ دِيَةِ الْحُرِّ» . رَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُد

Translation

Amr ibn Shuayb reported from his father, from his grandfather: In the year of the Conquest, the Messenger of God delivered an address and said: ‘People, there is no alliance in Islam. Any alliance made in pre-Islamic times is only strengthened by Islam. The believers are united against all others. The least among them may grant protection on their behalf, and the farthest among them may uphold it for them; their detachments return their spoils to those who remained behind. A believer is not to be killed for a non-believer. The blood money for a non-believer is half that for a Muslim. There is no jalab or janab, and their alms are collected only in their homes.’ Another version says: ‘The blood money for a covenant-holder is half that for a free person.’ Abu Dawud transmitted it.

Translation notes
  • The English witness gives an interpretation of jalab and janab and of the phrase about return of detachments; those editorial explanations are omitted.