Sunan an-Nasa'i

Sunan an-Nasa'i 4717

Arabic hadith text

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ بُشَيْرِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ، عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ أَبِي حَثْمَةَ، قَالَ وُجِدَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَهْلٍ قَتِيلاً فَجَاءَ أَخُوهُ وَعَمَّاهُ حُوَيِّصَةُ وَمُحَيِّصَةُ وَهُمَا عَمَّا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَهْلٍ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَذَهَبَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ يَتَكَلَّمُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ الْكُبْرَ الْكُبْرَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالاَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّا وَجَدْنَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ سَهْلٍ قَتِيلاً فِي قَلِيبٍ مِنْ بَعْضِ قُلُبِ خَيْبَرَ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ مَنْ تَتَّهِمُونَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالُوا نَتَّهِمُ الْيَهُودَ ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏ "‏ أَفَتُقْسِمُونَ خَمْسِينَ يَمِينًا أَنَّ الْيَهُودَ قَتَلَتْهُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالُوا وَكَيْفَ نُقْسِمُ عَلَى مَا لَمْ نَرَ قَالَ ‏"‏ فَتُبَرِّئُكُمُ الْيَهُودُ بِخَمْسِينَ أَنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَقْتُلُوهُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالُوا وَكَيْفَ نَرْضَى بِأَيْمَانِهِمْ وَهُمْ مُشْرِكُونَ فَوَدَاهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم مِنْ عِنْدِهِ ‏.‏ أَرْسَلَهُ مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ ‏.‏

Translation

Sahl ibn Abi Hathmah reported that ʿAbdullah ibn Sahl was found murdered. His brother and paternal uncles, Huwayyisah and Muhayyisah, came to the Messenger of Allah. The Prophet told the youngest, ʿAbd al-Rahman, to let the elders speak first. They said they had found ʿAbdullah killed in one of the wells of Khaybar and suspected the Jews. The Prophet asked whether they would swear fifty oaths that the Jews had killed him. They said they had not seen what happened. He asked whether the Jews would swear fifty oaths that they had not killed him. They asked how they could accept the oaths of polytheists. The Messenger of Allah paid the blood compensation himself. Malik transmitted this report with a disconnected chain.