Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 3531
عَنْ رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ وَسَهْلِ بْنِ أَبِي حَثْمة أَنَّهُمَا حَدَّثَا أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ سَهْلٍ وَمُحَيِّصَةَ بْنَ مَسْعُودٍ أَتَيَا خَيْبَرَ فَتَفَرَّقَا فِي النَّخْلِ فَقُتِلَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَهْلٍ فَجَاءَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ سَهْلٍ وَحُوَيِّصَةُ وَمُحَيِّصَةُ ابْنَا مَسْعُودٍ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَتَكَلَّمُوا فِي أَمْرِ صَاحِبِهِمْ فَبَدَأَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ وَكَانَ أَصْغَر الْقَوْم فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " كبر الْكبر قَالَ يحيى بن سعد: يَعْنِي لِيَلِيَ الْكَلَامَ الْأَكْبَرُ فَتَكَلَّمُوا فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «اسْتَحِقُّوا قَتِيلَكُمْ أَوْ قَالَ صَاحِبَكُمْ بِأَيْمَانِ خَمْسِينَ مِنْكُمْ» . قَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَمْرٌ لَمْ نَرَهُ قَالَ: فَتُبَرِّئُكُمْ يَهُودُ فِي أَيْمَانِ خَمْسِينَ مِنْهُمْ؟ قَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَوْمٌ كُفَّارٌ فَفَدَاهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْ قِبَلِهِ. وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ: «تَحْلِفُونَ خَمْسِينَ يَمِينًا وَتَسْتَحِقُّونَ قَاتِلَكُمْ أَوْ صَاحِبَكُمْ» فَوَدَاهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَنْ عِنْده بِمِائَة نَاقَة
Rafi ibn Khadij and Sahl ibn Abi Hathmah reported: Abdullah ibn Sahl and Muhayyisah ibn Masud came to Khaybar and separated among the palm trees. Abdullah ibn Sahl was killed. Abd al-Rahman ibn Sahl, Huwayyisah and Muhayyisah, the sons of Masud, came to the Prophet and spoke about their companion. Abd al-Rahman, the youngest of the group, began to speak. The Prophet said to him: ‘Let the eldest speak first.’ Yahya ibn Sa'id said this meant the oldest should take charge of speaking. They then spoke, and the Prophet said: ‘Establish your claim concerning your slain man’—or he said, ‘your companion’—‘by the oaths of fifty of you.’ They said, ‘Messenger of God, this is something we did not witness.’ He said, ‘Then will the Jews clear themselves by swearing fifty oaths?’ They said, ‘Messenger of God, they are unbelievers.’ The Messenger of God paid the blood money for him himself. Another version says: ‘You swear fifty oaths and establish your claim concerning your slain man’—or ‘your companion.’ The Messenger of God paid his blood money from his own means: one hundred she-camels.
Translation notes
The Arabic includes Yahya ibn Said explanation of the instruction to let the eldest speak. The English witness adds Bukhari and Muslim as attribution; this is not in the Arabic text.