Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1394
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ، حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، قَالَ خَرَجَتْ جَارِيَةٌ عَلَيْهَا أَوْضَاحٌ فَأَخَذَهَا يَهُودِيٌّ فَرَضَخَ رَأْسَهَا بِحَجَرٍ وَأَخَذَ مَا عَلَيْهَا مِنَ الْحُلِيِّ . قَالَ فَأُدْرِكَتْ وَبِهَا رَمَقٌ فَأُتِيَ بِهَا النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ " مَنْ قَتَلَكِ أَفُلاَنٌ " . قَالَتْ بِرَأْسِهَا لاَ . قَالَ " فَفُلاَنٌ " . حَتَّى سُمِّيَ الْيَهُودِيُّ فَقَالَتْ بِرَأْسِهَا أَىْ نَعَمْ . قَالَ فَأُخِذَ فَاعْتَرَفَ فَأَمَرَ بِهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَرُضِخَ رَأْسُهُ بَيْنَ حَجَرَيْنِ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ . وَالْعَمَلُ عَلَى هَذَا عِنْدَ بَعْضِ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ وَهُوَ قَوْلُ أَحْمَدَ وَإِسْحَاقَ . وَقَالَ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ لاَ قَوَدَ إِلاَّ بِالسَّيْفِ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Anas reported that a young girl wearing silver ornaments went out, and a Jewish man took her, crushed her head with a stone, and took the jewelry she wore. She was found while still alive and brought to the Prophet. He asked: “Did so-and-so kill you?” She shook her head to indicate no. He asked about another man, until the Jewish man was named, and she nodded to indicate yes. The man was seized and confessed. The Messenger of Allah ordered that his head be crushed between two stones. Abū ʿĪsā said: This is a ḥasan ṣaḥīḥ hadith. Some scholars, including Aḥmad and Isḥāq, acted according to it. Others held that retaliation may be carried out only with a sword.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The report describes a case of murder followed by a confession and a specific form of retaliation; jurists differed on the means of retaliation.