Sahih Muslim Hadith 4346 – Qasâmah (Oaths)

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[4346] 3 – ( … ) It was narrated from Bushair bin Yasâr that 'Abdullâh bin Sahl bin Zaid and Mubaisah bin Mas'üd bin Zaid, two AnsârI men from the tribe of Banü Hârithah, went out to Khaibar during the time of the Messenger of Allah . At that time there was a peace treaty, and its people were Jews. They parted to go about their business, and 'Abdullâh bin Sahi was killed. He was found slain in a water tank. His companion buried him, then he came to A]- Madinah. The brother of the slain man, 'Abdur-Rahmân bin Sahi, along with Mubaiah and Uuwaiah, went and told the Messenger of Allah jW about 'Abdullâh, and where he was killed. Bushair, who narrated this HadIth from one of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah 4b,F whom he met, said that he () said to them: "Will you swear fifty oaths so that you will be entitled to the blood money?" They said: "0 Messenger of Allah, we did not witness anything and we were not present." And he said, that he () said: "Will you let the Jews swear fifty times that they are innocent?" They said: "0 Messenger of Allah, how can we accept the oaths of a disbelieving people?" Bushair said that the Messenger of Allah paid the blood money himself.