Sahih Muslim Hadith 4342 – Qasâmah (Oaths)

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[4342] 1 – (1669) It was narrated from Sahi bin AbI Haihmah – Yahyâ said: "I think he said: 'And from Râfi' bin liadIj" – that they said: "Abdullâh bin Sahi bin Zaid and Muhaisah bin Mas'üd bin Zaid went out, and when they were in ichaibar they parted. Then Muhaisah found 'Abdullâh bin Sahi slain, so he buried him. Then he came to the Messenger of Allah ç along with Huwaisah bin Mas'üd and 'Abdur-Rahmân bin Sahl, who was the youngest of the people. 'Abdur-Rahmân began to speak before his two companions, and the Messenger of Allah said to him: 'Let the eldest speak.' So he fell silent and his two companions spoke, and he spoke with them. They told the Messenger of Allah about the killing of 'Abdullâh bin MuhâribIn: These are aggressors who transgress against society or the legitimate state, as mentioned in the Verse: "The recompense of those who wage war against Allah and His Messenger and do mischief in the land is only that they shall be killed or crucified or their hands and their feet be Cut off from opposite sides, or be exiled from the land. That is their disgrace in this world, and a great torment is theirs in the Hereafter" [Al-Mâ'idah 5:331 Sahl, and he said to them: 'Will you swear fifty times so that you may be entitled to (blood money) for your companion?' They said: 'How can we swear when we did not witness (what happened)?' He said: 'Then let the Jews swear fifty oaths that they are innocent.' They said: 'How can we accept the oaths of a disbelieving people?' When the Messenger of Allah saw that, he paid the blood money himself."