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Sunan an-Nasai 4762 — Invalid Claim for Biting
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 the Forearm and Invalid Diyah
Sunan an-Nasai : 4762
Sunan an-NasaiHadith Number 4762
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو هِشَامٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبَانُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا زُرَارَةُ بْنُ أَوْفَى، عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ، أَنَّ رَجُلاً، عَضَّ ذِرَاعَ رَجُلٍ فَانْتَزَعَ ثَنِيَّتَهُ فَانْطَلَقَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ " أَرَدْتَ أَنْ تَقْضَمَ ذِرَاعَ أَخِيكَ كَمَا يَقْضَمُ الْفَحْلُ " . فَأَبْطَلَهَا .
'Imran bin Husain Narrated from:
A man bit another man in the forearm, and his front tooth fell out, so he went to the Prophet and told him about that. He said: "Do you want to bite your brother's forearm as a stallion bites?" And he judged it to be invalid.
Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 4762In-book reference : Book 45, Hadith 57English translation : Vol. 5, Book 45, Hadith 4766
Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 4762
This hadith about biting the forearm gives a focused picture of the dispute. A man bit another man's forearm. The bitten man pulled away, and the biter's front tooth fell out. When the matter was mentioned to the Prophet, he asked whether the man wanted to bite his brother's forearm as a stallion bites. Then he judged the claim to be invalid. The wording helps the reader see the moral weight of the act. Biting another person in a fight is shown as rough and blameworthy. The no diyah for biting ruling here is not about ignoring injury. It is about looking at how the injury happened. The tooth fell because the bitten man tried to free himself from the bite.
What we learn from this hadith
- Biting another person's forearm is condemned in the wording of the hadith.
- The biter's claim was judged invalid after his tooth fell out.
- The bitten person pulling away is treated as a response to harm.
- The hadith teaches careful attention to the cause of an injury.
