أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بَزِيعٍ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا يَزِيدُ عَنْ خَالِدٍ عَنْ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ أَوْسٍ أَنَّ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ دَخَلَ مَکَّةَ عَامَ الْفَتْحِ قَالَ أَلَا وَإِنَّ قَتِيلَ الْخَطَإِ الْعَمْدِ قَتِيلَ السَّوْطِ وَالْعَصَا مِنْهَا أَرْبَعُونَ فِي بُطُونِهَا أَوْلَادُهَا
سنن نسائی · Hadith 4813
It was narrated from Ya’qub bin Aws that a man from among the Companions of the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم , narrated to him that the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم entered Makkah during the Year of the Conquest, and 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