Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1399
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ، حَدَّثَنَا الْمُثَنَّى بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، عَنْ سُرَاقَةَ بْنِ مَالِكِ بْنِ جُعْشُمٍ، قَالَ حَضَرْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يُقِيدُ الأَبَ مِنِ ابْنِهِ وَلاَ يُقِيدُ الاِبْنَ مِنْ أَبِيهِ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ مِنْ حَدِيثِ سُرَاقَةَ إِلاَّ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ وَلَيْسَ إِسْنَادُهُ بِصَحِيحٍ رَوَاهُ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ عَنِ الْمُثَنَّى بْنِ الصَّبَّاحِ . وَالْمُثَنَّى بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ يُضَعَّفُ فِي الْحَدِيثِ . وَقَدْ رَوَى هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ أَبُو خَالِدٍ الأَحْمَرُ عَنِ الْحَجَّاجِ بْنِ أَرْطَاةَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَنْ عُمَرَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَقَدْ رُوِيَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ مُرْسَلاً وَهَذَا حَدِيثٌ فِيهِ اضْطِرَابٌ . وَالْعَمَلُ عَلَى هَذَا عِنْدَ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ أَنَّ الأَبَ إِذَا قَتَلَ ابْنَهُ لاَ يُقْتَلُ بِهِ وَإِذَا قَذَفَ ابْنَهُ لاَ يُحَدُّ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Surāqah ibn Mālik ibn Juʿshum said: “I was present when the Messenger of Allah ruled that a father is not subject to retaliation for killing his child, but a child is subject to retaliation for killing his father.” Abū ʿĪsā said: We know this report from Surāqah only through this chain, which is not sound. Ismāʿīl ibn ʿAyyāsh narrated it from al-Muthannā ibn al-Ṣabbāḥ, who was considered weak. Abū Khālid al-Aḥmar narrated it from al-Ḥajjāj ibn Arṭāh, from ʿAmr ibn Shuʿayb, from his father, from his grandfather, from ʿUmar, from the Prophet; it has also been narrated as mursal from ʿAmr ibn Shuʿayb. The reports are inconsistent. Scholars held that a father is not executed for killing his child and is not subject to the prescribed punishment for accusing his child of illicit sex.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The report and commentary discuss exemptions from retaliation and prescribed punishment in the parent-child relationship.