أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بَزِيعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ عَنْ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ أَوْسٍ أَنَّ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَمَّا قَدِمَ مَکَّةَ عَامَ الْفَتْحِ قَالَ أَلَا وَإِنَّ قَتِيلَ الْخَطَإِ الْعَمْدِ قَتِيلَ السَّوْطِ وَالْعَصَا مِنْهَا أَرْبَعُونَ فِي بُطُونِهَا أَوْلَادُهَا
سنن نسائی · Hadith 4812
It was narrated from Ya’qub bin Aws that a man from among the Companions of the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم told him, that when the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم came to Makkah, in the Year of the Conquest, he said: “Indeed, accidental killing on purpose, is killing with a whip or stick, for which forty (she-camels) with their young in their wombs.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020