حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو کُرَيْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ قُتِلَ رَجُلٌ عَلَی عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَدُفِعَ الْقَاتِلُ إِلَی وَلِيِّهِ فَقَالَ الْقَاتِلُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَاللَّهِ مَا أَرَدْتُ قَتْلَهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَمَا إِنَّهُ إِنْ کَانَ قَوْلُهُ صَادِقًا فَقَتَلْتَهُ دَخَلْتَ النَّارَ فَخَلَّی عَنْهُ الرَّجُلُ قَالَ وَکَانَ مَکْتُوفًا بِنِسْعَةٍ قَالَ فَخَرَجَ يَجُرُّ نِسْعَتَهُ قَالَ فَکَانَ يُسَمَّی ذَا النِّسْعَةِ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَی هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ وَالنِّسْعَةُ حَبْلٌ
جامع ترمذی · Hadith 1407
Narrated Abu Hurairah: A man was killed during the time of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), so the killer was brought to the man's guardian. The killer said: 'O Messenger of Allah! By Allah! I did not mean to kill him.' So the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'Then if what he is saying is true, and you kill him, you would enter the Fire.' So he let the man go. He said: His hands were bound behind him with a Nis'ah. He said: So he left, dragging his Nis'ah. [He said:] So he was called Dhan-Nis'ah'.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020