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Abu Dawud 4525 · Book 41

Sunan Abi Dawud, 4525

Types of Blood-Wit (Kitab Al-Diyat)

Da‘if (weak)« Munkar » by Al-Albani

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ يَحْيَى الْحَرَّانِيُّ، حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدٌ، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَلَمَةَ - عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ بُجَيْدٍ، قَالَ إِنَّ سَهْلاً وَاللَّهِ أَوْهَمَ الْحَدِيثَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَتَبَ إِلَى يَهُودَ ‏ "‏ أَنَّهُ قَدْ وُجِدَ بَيْنَ أَظْهُرِكُمْ قَتِيلٌ فَدُوهُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَكَتَبُوا يَحْلِفُونَ بِاللَّهِ خَمْسِينَ يَمِينًا مَا قَتَلْنَاهُ وَلاَ عَلِمْنَا قَاتِلاً ‏.‏ قَالَ فَوَدَاهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم مِنْ عِنْدِهِ مِائَةَ نَاقَةٍ ‏.‏

Narrated 'Abd al-Rahman b. Bujaid:I swear by Allah, Sahl had a misunderstanding about this tradition. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) wrote to the Jews: A slain man has been found amongnst you, so pay his bloodwit. They wrote (to him): Swearing by Allah fifty oaths, we neither killed him nor do we know his slayer. He said: Then the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) himself paid his bloodwit which consisted of one hundred she-camels
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Rapporté par ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Bujaid : Je jure par Allah, Sahl s’est trompé à propos de ce récit. Le Messager d’Allah ﷺ écrivit aux Juifs : « Un homme a été tué parmi vous, alors payez son prix du sang. » Ils lui répondirent : « En jurant par Allah, cinquante serments, nous ne l’avons ni tué ni ne connaissons son meurtrier. » Le Messager d’Allah ﷺ paya alors lui-même le prix du sang, qui était de cent chamelles
FR · French translation supplied by the source (hadith-api), not proofread.

Grades given by scholars

Al-Albani
Munkar
Muhammad Muhyi Al-Din Abdul Hamid
Munkar
Shuaib Al Arnaut
Munkar
Zubair Ali Zai
Daif

Source: fawazahmed0/hadith-api (public domain).