سنن نسائی · Hadith 4731

It was narrated from Sahl bin Abi Hathmah that ‘Abdullah bin Sahl Al-Ansari and Muha bin Mas’ud went out to Khaibar and went their separate ways to go about their business. ‘Abdullah bin Sahl Al-Ansari was killed, and Muhayysah, ‘Abdur-Rahman, who was the brother of the victim, and Huwayysah, came to the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم‘Abdur-Rahman started to speak, but the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم said to him: “Let the elders speak first.” So Mu and IIuwayy spoke and told him about the case of ‘Abdullah bin Sahl. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم said: “Will you swear fifty oaths, then you will receive compensation or be entitled to retaliate?” They said: “How can we swear an oath when we did not witness (what happened) and we were not there?” The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم said: “Then can the Jews swear fifty oaths declaring their innocence?” They said: “Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم, how can we accept the oath of a disbelieving people?” So the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم paid the blood money himself. (One of the narrators) Bushair said: “Sahl bin Abi Hathmah told me: ‘One of those camels kicked me in a Mirbad of ours.” (Sahih)

Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020