أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلَائِ وَأَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ وَاللَّفْظُ لِأَحْمَدَ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ قُتِلَ رَجُلٌ عَلَی عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَرُفِعَ الْقَاتِلُ إِلَی النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَدَفَعَهُ إِلَی وَلِيِّ الْمَقْتُولِ فَقَالَ الْقَاتِلُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَا وَاللَّهِ مَا أَرَدْتُ قَتْلَهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لِوَلِيِّ الْمَقْتُولِ أَمَا إِنَّهُ إِنْ کَانَ صَادِقًا ثُمَّ قَتَلْتَهُ دَخَلْتَ النَّارَ فَخَلَّی سَبِيلَهُ قَالَ وَکَانَ مَکْتُوفًا بِنِسْعَةٍ فَخَرَجَ يَجُرُّ نِسْعَتَهُ فَسُمِّيَ ذَا النِّسْعَةِ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 4737
It was narrated that Abu urairah said: “A man was killed during the time of the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم , and the killer was brought to the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلمHe handed him over to the heir of the victim, but the killer said: ‘Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم, by Allah I did not mean to kill him.’ The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم said to the next of kin: ‘If he is telling the truth and you kill him, you will go to the Fire.’ So he let him go. He had been tied with a string and he went out dragging his string, so he became known as Dhul-Nis ‘ah (the one with the string). (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020