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Sahih Bukhari 6896 — Qisas in Murder and Bodily Harm
If a group killed or injured one man, will all have to give Diya or be punished with Al-Qisas?
وَقَالَ مُطَرِّفٌ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ فِي رَجُلَيْنِ شَهِدَا عَلَى رَجُلٍ أَنَّهُ سَرَقَ فَقَطَعَهُ عَلِيٌّ، ثُمَّ جَاءَا بِآخَرَ وَقَالاَ أَخْطَأْنَا. فَأَبْطَلَ شَهَادَتَهُمَا وَأُخِذَا بِدِيَةِ الأَوَّلِ، وَقَالَ لَوْ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّكُمَا تَعَمَّدْتُمَا لَقَطَعْتُكُمَا.
Hadith Report About Qisas in Harm and Murder
Sahih Bukhari : 6896
Sahih BukhariHadith Number 6896
وَقَالَ لِي ابْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ أَنَّ غُلاَمًا، قُتِلَ غِيلَةً فَقَالَ عُمَرُ لَوِ اشْتَرَكَ فِيهَا أَهْلُ صَنْعَاءَ لَقَتَلْتُهُمْ. وَقَالَ مُغِيرَةُ بْنُ حَكِيمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ إِنَّ أَرْبَعَةً قَتَلُوا صَبِيًّا فَقَالَ عُمَرُ مِثْلَهُ. وَأَقَادَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ وَعَلِيٌّ وَسُوَيْدُ بْنُ مُقَرِّنٍ مِنْ لَطْمَةٍ. وَأَقَادَ عُمَرُ مِنْ ضَرْبَةٍ بِالدِّرَّةِ. وَأَقَادَ عَلِيٌّ مِنْ ثَلاَثَةِ أَسْوَاطٍ. وَاقْتَصَّ شُرَيْحٌ مِنْ سَوْطٍ وَخُمُوشٍ.
Ibn 'Umar Narrated from:
A boy was assassinated. 'Umar said, "If all the people of San'a took part in the assassination I would kill them all." Al-Mughira bin Hakim said that his father said, "Four persons killed a boy, and 'Umar said (as above)." Abu Bakr, Ibn Az-Zubair, 'Ali and Suwaid bin Muqarrin gave the judgement of Al-Qisas (equality in punishment) in cases of slapping. And 'Umar carried out Al-Qisas for a strike with a stick. And 'Ali carried out Al-Qisas for three lashes with a whip. And Shuraih carried out for one last and for scratching.
[1] The capital of Yemen.Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 6896In-book reference : Book 87, Hadith 35USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 1, Book 83, Hadith 34
Summary of Sahih Bukhari Hadith 6896
This report about Qisas gathers several judgments from early Muslim authorities. Ibn Umar reported that a boy was assassinated, and Umar said that if all the people of San‘a had taken part in it, he would kill them all. The report also mentions Qisas in cases of slapping, a strike with a stick, three lashes with a whip, one lash, and scratches. The text is about legal accountability for harm, not private revenge. For readers searching Qisas for slapping hadith, the main point is that bodily harm and shared involvement in killing were treated as serious legal matters. The report shows that even smaller injuries could be judged under Qisas when handled by authority.
What we learn from this hadith
- Shared involvement in killing is treated as a grave matter in the report.
- Qisas was applied in cases beyond murder, including slapping and striking.
- Even smaller forms of harm were not ignored in legal judgment.
- The report presents judgments under authority, not personal retaliation.
