Abdullah bin Sahl was found killed, so his brother along with his two paternal uncles, Huwaysa and Muhaysa, who were the uncles of Abdullah bin Sahl, came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Abdul-Rahman started to speak, but the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Let the elder speak, the elder."They said, "Messenger of Allah, we found Abdullah bin Sahl killed in a well in one of the wells of Khaybar."The Prophet ﷺ asked, "Whom do you accuse?"They replied, "We accuse the Jews."He asked, "Will you swear fifty oaths that the Jews killed him?"They said, "How can we swear about something we did not witness?"He said, "Then will the Jews clear themselves before you with fifty oaths that they did not kill him?"They said, "How can we accept the oaths of polytheists?"So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ paid his blood-money from his own resources. Malik bin Anas transmitted it as a mursal report.
أخبرنا محمد بن منصور قال حدثنا سفيان قال حدثنا يحيى بن سعيد عن بشير بن يسار
وجد عبد الله بن سهل قتيلا فجاء أخوه وعماه حويصة ومحيصة وهما عما عبد الله بن سهل إلى رسول الله ﷺ فذهب عبد الرحمن يتكلم فقال رسول الله ﷺ الكبر الكبر قالا يا رسول الله إنا وجدنا عبد الله بن سهل قتيلا في قليب من بعض قلب خيبر فقال النبي ﷺ من تتهمون قالوا نتهم اليهود قال أفتقسمون خمسين يمينا أن اليهود قتلته قالوا وكيف نقسم على ما لم نر قال فتبرئكم اليهود بخمسين أنهم لم يقتلوه قالوا وكيف نرضى بأيمانهم وهم مشركون فوداه رسول الله ﷺ من عنده أرسله مالك بن أنس
[Sahih] Previously mentioned, no. 4714, and it is in Sunan al-Kubra, no. 6919.