45/18, 19: Chapter
Sunan an-Nasai 4758 — Biting Hand Case
Retaliation For A Bite And Mentioning The Differences In The Report Of The Narrators Of The Narration Of 'Imran bin Husain Concerning That
Hadith About Biting a Hand and No Blame for Pulling Away
Sunan an-Nasai : 4758
Sunan an-NasaiHadith Number 4758
أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ أَبُو الْجَوْزَاءِ، قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا قُرَيْشُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَوْنٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ، عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ، أَنَّ رَجُلاً، عَضَّ يَدَ رَجُلٍ فَانْتَزَعَ يَدَهُ فَسَقَطَتْ ثَنِيَّتُهُ أَوْ قَالَ ثَنَايَاهُ فَاسْتَعْدَى عَلَيْهِ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " مَا تَأْمُرُنِي تَأْمُرُنِي أَنْ آمُرَهُ أَنْ يَدَعَ يَدَهُ فِي فِيكَ تَقْضَمُهَا كَمَا يَقْضَمُ الْفَحْلُ إِنْ شِئْتَ فَادْفَعْ إِلَيْهِ يَدَكَ حَتَّى يَقْضَمَهَا ثُمَّ انْتَزِعْهَا إِنْ شِئْتَ " .
'Imran bin Husain Narrated from:
A man bit the hand of another man, who pulled his hand away, and the man's front tooth (or from teeth) fell out. He complained about that to the Messenger of Allah, and the Messenger of Allah said: "What do you want? Do you want me to tell him to put his hand in your mouth, so that you can bite it like a stallion bites? Or, do you want to give him your hand so that he may bite it, then you can pull it away if you want?"
Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 4758In-book reference : Book 45, Hadith 53English translation : Vol. 5, Book 45, Hadith 4762
Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 4758
This Hadith describes a man who bit another man's hand. The bitten man pulled his hand away, and the biter's front tooth, or teeth, fell out. When the complaint was brought to the Messenger of Allah, he answered with a sharp question: did the man expect him to order the other person to leave his hand in the biter's mouth so he could bite it like a stallion bites? The core topic is self-defense in an injury case. The main search phrase is hadith about biting hand. The text focuses on a person pulling away from harm, not on starting harm. It teaches that the complaint of the biter was not accepted in the way he wanted.
What we learn from this hadith
- The man who was bitten pulled his hand away from harm.
- The Prophet did not support the biter's complaint as he wanted.
- The Hadith compares the biting to the bite of a stallion.
- The text shows that causing harm and then complaining about the result is not treated lightly.
