حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنُ رُشَيْدٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ عَنْ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ حِصْنًا أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا سَلَمَةَ يُخْبِرُ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ عَلَی الْمُقْتَتِلِينَ أَنْ يَنْحَجِزُوا الْأَوَّلَ فَالْأَوَّلَ وَإِنْ کَانَتْ امْرَأَةً قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد بَلَغَنِي أَنَّ عَفْوَ النِّسَائِ فِي الْقَتْلِ جَائِزٌ إِذَا کَانَتْ إِحْدَی الْأَوْلِيَائِ وَبَلَغَنِي عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ فِي قَوْلِهِ يَنْحَجِزُوا يَکُفُّوا عَنْ الْقَوَدِ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 4538
Narrated Aishah, Ummul Muminin: The Prophet ﷺ Said: The disputants should refrain from taking retaliation. The one who is nearer should forgive first and then the one who is next to him, even if (the one who forgives) were a woman. Abu Dawud said: I have been informed that forgiving by women in the case of murder is permissible if a woman were one of the heirs (of the slain). I have been told on the authority of Abu Ubaid about the meaning of the word yanhajizu, that is, they should refrain from retaliation.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020