أَخْبَرَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ مَسْعَدَةَ وَإِسْمَعِيلُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرٌ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ قَالَ ذَکَرَ أَنَسٌ أَنَّ عَمَّتَهُ کَسَرَتْ ثَنِيَّةَ جَارِيَةٍ فَقَضَی نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِالْقِصَاصِ فَقَالَ أَخُوهَا أَنَسُ بْنُ النَّضْرِ أَتُکْسَرُ ثَنِيَّةُ فُلَانَةَ لَا وَالَّذِي بَعَثَکَ بِالْحَقِّ لَا تُکْسَرُ ثَنِيَّةُ فُلَانَةَ قَالَ وَکَانُوا قَبْلَ ذَلِکَ سَأَلُوا أَهْلَهَا الْعَفْوَ وَالْأَرْشَ فَلَمَّا حَلَفَ أَخُوهَا وَهُوَ عَمُّ أَنَسٍ وَهُوَ الشَّهِيدُ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ رَضِيَ الْقَوْمُ بِالْعَفْوِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنَّ مِنْ عِبَادِ اللَّهِ مَنْ لَوْ أَقْسَمَ عَلَی اللَّهِ لَأَبَرَّهُ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 4771
Anas narrated that his paternal aunt broke the front tooth of a girl and the Prophet of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم i decreed retaliation. Her brother, Anas bin Malik said: “Will you break the front tooth of so and so? No, by the One Who sent you with the truth, the front tooth of so and so will not be broken!” Before that, they had asked her family for forgiveness and blood money. When her brother — who was the paternal uncle of Anas and was martyred at Uhud — swore that oath, the people agreed to forgive. The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم said: “There are among the slaves of Allah who, if they swear by Allah, Allah fulfills their oath.”(Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020