أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ إِسْحَقَ الْمَرْوَزِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي خَالِدُ بْنُ خِدَاشٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَاتِمُ بْنُ إِسْمَعِيلَ عَنْ بَشِيرِ بْنِ الْمُهَاجِرِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّ رَجُلًا جَائَ إِلَی النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ إِنَّ هَذَا الرَّجُلَ قَتَلَ أَخِي قَالَ اذْهَبْ فَاقْتُلْهُ کَمَا قَتَلَ أَخَاکَ فَقَالَ لَهُ الرَّجُلُ اتَّقِ اللَّهَ وَاعْفُ عَنِّي فَإِنَّهُ أَعْظَمُ لِأَجْرِکَ وَخَيْرٌ لَکَ وَلِأَخِيکَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ قَالَ فَخَلَّی عَنْهُ قَالَ فَأُخْبِرَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَسَأَلَهُ فَأَخْبَرَهُ بِمَا قَالَ لَهُ قَالَ فَأَعْنَفَهُ أَمَا إِنَّهُ کَانَ خَيْرًا مِمَّا هُوَ صَانِعٌ بِکَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ يَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ سَلْ هَذَا فِيمَ قَتَلَنِي
سنن نسائی · Hadith 4746
It was narrated from ‘Abdullah bin Buraidah, from his father, that a man came to the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم and said: “This man killed my brother.” He said: “Go and kill him as he killed your brother.” The man said to him: “Fear Allah and let me go, for that will bring you a greater reward and will be better for you and your brother on the Day of Resurrection.” So he let him go. The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم -. was told about that, so he asked him about it, and he told him what he had said. He said: “Pardoning him would be better for you than what he would have done for you on the Day of Resurrection when he said: ‘Lord, ask him why he killed me.” (Hasan)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020