300 hadith
Sulayman bin Surad and Khalid bin Arfata were sitting together when it was mentioned that a man had died of a stomach ailment. One of them said to the other, "Have you not heard, or has it not reached you, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ…
أحمد 18311SahihI was walking with Abdullah bin Umar when we came upon a head mounted on a piece of wood. He said, "Wretched is the one who killed this man." I said, "Are you the one saying this, Abu Abdul-Rahman?" He pulled his hand away from mine and…
أحمد 5708DaifI was holding Ibn Umar's hand on one of the roads of Medina when we came upon a head mounted on a pole. He said, "Wretched is the one who killed this man." When he had moved on, he said, "And I do not think this one is anything but wretched…
أبو داود 4260DaifThe Prophet ﷺ said, "The passing away of this world is a lighter matter to Allah than the killing of a Muslim man." Muhammad bin Bashshar narrated to us, Muhammad bin Jafar narrated to us, Shuba narrated to us from Yaala bin Ata, from his…
الترمذي 1395HasanThe Muslims caught up with a man who was tending his flock. He said, "Peace be upon you," but they killed him and seized his flock. Then the verse was revealed, *"And do not say to one who offers you peace, 'You are not a believer,' seeking…
أبو داود 3974SahihI was sitting with Sulayman bin Surad and Khalid bin Arfata when they mentioned that a man had died from a stomach ailment. Both of them wished to be present at his funeral. One of them said to the other, "Did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ not…
الأعظمي 3878SahihA man came to Ibn Abbas and said, "Ibn Abbas, what do you say about a man who has killed a believer?" Ibn Abbas recited, *"His recompense is Hell, abiding therein eternally"* [Nisa 4:93], to the end of the verse. The man asked, "Ibn Abbas,…
أحمد 2683SahihI was sitting with Sulayman bin Surad and Khalid bin Arfata, and they intended to follow the funeral procession of a man who had died of a stomach ailment. One of them said to his companion, "Did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ not say that…
أحمد 18310SahihThe killing of a believer is greater before Allah than the passing away of the entire world.
النسائي 3993HasanThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever is killed under a banner of blind allegiance, calling to tribal partisanship or supporting tribal partisanship, has died the death of the days of ignorance."
الأعظمي 7663SahihI was sitting with Sulayman bin Surad and Khalid bin Arfata when they mentioned that a man had died from a stomach ailment, and the two of them expressed their wish to attend his funeral. One of them said to the other, "Did the Messenger of…
النسائي 2054SahihA Jew killed a young girl for some silver ornaments she was wearing, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ put him to death for it.
أحمد 12741SahihThe killing of a believer is greater before Allah than the passing away of the entire world.
النسائي 3994HasanIbn Abbas was asked about a man who killed a believer, then repented, believed, did righteous deeds, and was guided. He replied, "Woe to you, how can he be guided? I heard your Prophet ﷺ say, 'The murdered man will come clinging to his…
أحمد 1941SahihWalid came to me and a companion of mine and said to us, "Come, both of you are younger than me and have a better memory for hadith than I do." He took us to Bishr bin Asim. Abu Aliyah said to him, "Narrate your hadith to these two." He…
أحمد 22490SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever is killed under a blind banner, calling to tribal partisanship or supporting tribal partisanship, his death is a death of ignorance."
مسلم 4792SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "The passing away of this world is of less consequence to Allah than the killing of a Muslim man."
النسائي 3992HasanAbdul-Rahman bin Abza instructed me, saying, "Ask Ibn Abbas about these two verses and how they fit together, *"and do not kill the soul which Allah has forbidden"* [Anam 6:151, Isra 17:33] and *"whoever kills a believer deliberately"*…
الأعظمي 6787SahihKhalid bin Arfata said to Sulayman, or Sulayman said to Khalid, "Did you not hear the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'Whoever is killed by his stomach will not be punished in his grave'?" One of them said to his companion, "Yes."
الترمذي 1064SahihA man from the tribe of Banu Mudlij named Qatada struck his own son with a sword and hit his leg. The wound bled on until the boy died. So Suraqa bin Jasham came to Umar bin Khattab and reported the matter to him. Umar said to him, "Count…
مالك 1676DaifAbu Qatada, a man from the tribe of Banu Mudlij, killed his son. Umar took from him one hundred camels as blood-money, thirty hiqqas, thirty jadhaas, and forty pregnant she-camels. The nephew of the slain said, "I heard the Messenger of…
ابن ماجه 2646HasanIbn Abza said, "Ask Ibn Abbas about the words of Allah Most High, *'And whoever kills a believer intentionally, his recompense is Hell, abiding there forever, and the wrath of Allah is upon him, and He has cursed him and prepared for him a…
الأعظمي 12918SahihIbn Abbas [[r3]]a commented on the verse *"And do not say to one who offers you the greeting of peace, 'You are not a believer'"* [Nisa 4:94]. Ibn Abbas explained, "There was a man tending some sheep of his when a party of Muslims came upon…
البخاري 4591SahihAbdul-Rahman bin Abza instructed me, saying, "Ask Ibn Abbas about these two verses, what is their ruling? *'And do not kill the soul which Allah has forbidden'* [Isra 17:33], and *'Whoever kills a believer intentionally'*." So I asked Ibn…
الأعظمي 12193SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "There is no person who kills a sparrow or anything larger without just cause except that Allah [[r4]] will question him about it." Someone asked, "Messenger of Allah, what is its just cause?" He replied,…
النسائي 4354HasanThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The passing away of this world is of less consequence to Allah than the unjust killing of a believer."
ابن ماجه 2619HasanA brother of Abu Musa was rushing headlong into the civil strife, and Abu Musa kept forbidding him, but he would not stop. So Abu Musa said, "I had thought that a small word from me, or a little admonition, would suffice you, but I see that…
أحمد 19590DifficultThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The murdered man will come on the Day of Resurrection bringing his killer, and he will say, 'Ask this man why he killed me.' The killer will reply, 'I killed him for the kingdom of so-and-so.'" Jundab said,…
النسائي 4003SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent out a military expedition. The detachment raided a people, and one man broke away from them. A man from the expedition pursued him with his sword drawn. The fleeing man said, "I am a Muslim," but the pursuer…
الأعظمي 6784SahihFrom his father, Musa said and his grandfather, who had both witnessed Hunayn with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Then we return to the narration of Wahb. Muhallim bin Jathama al-Laythi killed a man from Ashja during the time of Islam, and this…
أبو داود 4503HasanA man killed his son intentionally, and the case was brought before Umar bin Khattab [[r1]]. He imposed on him a hundred camels, thirty hiqqahs, thirty jadhaahs, and forty thaniyahs, and he said, "The killer shall not inherit. Were it not…
أحمد 346HasanA woman struck her co-wife with a tent pole while she was pregnant and killed her. One of the two women was from the tribe of Lihyan. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ ruled that the blood-money for the slain woman was due from the paternal male…
الأعظمي 6872SahihWe were on the campaign of Constantinople at Dhalqiya when a man from the people of Palestine, one of their nobles and chosen ones, recognized as such among them, came to us. His name was Hani bin Kulthum bin Sharik al-Kinani. He greeted…
الأعظمي 6796SahihI killed a man, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked, "Who killed this man?" They replied, "Ibn al-Akwa." He said to him, "His belongings are yours."
أحمد 16494SahihTwo co-wives quarreled, and one of them struck the other with a tent pole and killed her. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ ruled that the blood-money was due from the paternal male relatives of the killer, and that for the child in her womb a slave…
أحمد 18177SahihI heard a man at the funeral of Hudhayfah say, "I heard the occupant of this bier say, 'There is no harm in me regarding what I heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. If you fight one another, I will enter my house, and if anyone comes in…
أحمد 23307DaifA man came to Ibn Abbas and asked, "What do you say about a man who kills another deliberately?" He replied, "His recompense is *'Hell, abiding therein eternally, and the wrath of Allah is upon him, and He has cursed him and prepared for…
أحمد 2142SahihA woman struck her co-wife with a tent pole while the co-wife was pregnant, killing her. One of the two women was from the tribe of Lihyan. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ imposed the blood-money for the slain woman upon the paternal male…
مسلم 4393SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ dispatched some of his cavalry toward the land of Najd, and they returned with a man named Thumama bin Uthal al-Hanafi, the chief of the people of Yamamah. He then narrated the hadith in the same manner as the…
مسلم 4590SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "None of you should witness a slain person, for he may have been killed unjustly, and divine wrath would then strike him."
أحمد 17522DaifThe Prophet ﷺ said that a man had killed ninety-nine people, and he began to ask whether there was any path to repentance for him. He came to a monk and asked him, and the monk said, "There is no repentance for you." So he killed the monk…
مسلم 7009SahihUmar [[r1]] said, "Were it not that I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'The killer inherits nothing,' I would have given it to you as inheritance." Then he summoned the maternal uncle of the slain boy and handed the camels over to him.
أحمد 347DaifThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "By the One in whose hand my soul rests, the killing of a believer is greater in the sight of Allah than the passing away of this world." Abu Abdul-Rahman said, Ibrahim bin al-Muhajir is not strong in…
النسائي 3991HasanA man came to Ibn Abbas and mentioned the hadith. Ibn Abbas said, "I heard your Prophet ﷺ say, 'The murdered man will come on the Day of Resurrection holding his head,'" — he said either "in his left hand" or "in his right hand" — "'with…
أحمد 3445SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "Whoever kills his slave, we will kill him, and whoever mutilates his slave, we will mutilate him." Yet he used to say, "A free man is not put to death for a slave."
أبو داود 4517HasanA man who had killed another was brought to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and the victim's heir was granted retaliation against him. He led him away with a rope around his neck, dragging him along. As they were leaving, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ…
مسلم 4388SahihHe heard the Prophet ﷺ say, "Killing is enough for my Companions."
الأعظمي 15794SahihThe Prophet of Allah ﷺ said, "Among the people before you was a man who had killed ninety-nine souls. He asked about the most knowledgeable person on earth, and he was directed to a monk. He went to him and said that he had killed…
مسلم 7008SahihSomeone asked Ibn Abbas about a person who deliberately kills a believer, then repents, believes, does righteous deeds, and follows guidance. He replied, "Woe to him! How can guidance be available to him? I heard your Prophet ﷺ say, 'On the…
ابن ماجه 2621SahihTwo women were married to the same man, and one of them became jealous and struck the other with a tent pole, killing her. The matter was brought before the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and one of them said, "Messenger of Allah, how can we pay…
أحمد 18149SahihIbn Abbas was asked about a man who killed a believer, then repented, believed, did righteous deeds, and was guided. He replied, "Woe to you, how can he find guidance? I heard your Prophet say, 'The murdered man will come clinging to his…
الأعظمي 6803HasanThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Being killed in the cause of Allah expiates every sin." Then Jibreel said, "Except debt." So the Prophet ﷺ said, "Except debt."
الترمذي 1640SahihA man was killed during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and the killer was handed over to the victim's heir. The killer said, "Messenger of Allah, by Allah, I did not intend to kill him." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If he is…
الترمذي 1407SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "People of Khuza, you have killed this man from Huzayl, and I will pay his blood-money. But whoever has someone killed after these words of mine, his family has one of two choices, either they accept the…
أبو داود 4504SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "When two Muslims face each other with their swords and one kills the other, both are in the Fire." Someone asked, "Messenger of Allah, this is the killer, but what about the one who was killed?" He replied, "He too…
أحمد 19676DifficultThe Prophet ﷺ said, "Whoever slaughters a sparrow or kills it for no reason." Amr said, "I think he said, 'except for a just cause, Allah will question him about it on the Day of Resurrection.'"
أحمد 6550DaifI asked Yahya bin Yahya Ghassani about the phrase "he killed him without just cause." He replied, "It refers to those who fight one another in times of civil strife. One of them kills, yet believes he is upon guidance and so does not ask…
أبو داود 4271SahihI heard Abu Darda say, I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "Every sin Allah may forgive, except for one who dies as a polytheist, or a believer who kills another believer deliberately." Hani bin Kulthum said, I heard Mahmud bin Rabi…
أبو داود 4270SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "A man will come holding another man by the hand and say, 'My Lord, this man killed me.' Allah will ask him, 'Why did you kill him?' He will reply, 'I killed him so that the glory would be Yours.' Allah will say,…
الأعظمي 6801SahihI heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "Every sin may be forgiven by Allah, except for a man who dies as a disbeliever, or a man who kills a believer intentionally."
الأعظمي 12166Hasan