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Sunan an-Nasai 4765 — No Blood Money After Biting
Mentioning The Differences Reported From 'Ata' In This Hadith
No Blood Money for the Biter: Lesson from Tabuk
Sunan an-Nasai : 4765
Sunan an-NasaiHadith Number 4765
أَخْبَرَنَا عِمْرَانُ بْنُ بَكَّارٍ، قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ أَبِي رَبَاحٍ، عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ عَمَّيْهِ، سَلَمَةَ وَيَعْلَى ابْنَىْ أُمَيَّةَ قَالاَ خَرَجْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي غَزْوَةِ تَبُوكَ وَمَعَنَا صَاحِبٌ لَنَا فَقَاتَلَ رَجُلاً مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فَعَضَّ الرَّجُلُ ذِرَاعَهُ فَجَذَبَهَا مِنْ فِيهِ فَطَرَحَ ثَنِيَّتَهُ فَأَتَى الرَّجُلُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَلْتَمِسُ الْعَقْلَ فَقَالَ " يَنْطَلِقُ أَحَدُكُمْ إِلَى أَخِيهِ فَيَعَضُّهُ كَعَضِيضِ الْفَحْلِ ثُمَّ يَأْتِي يَطْلُبُ الْعَقْلَ لاَ عَقْلَ لَهَا " . فَأَبْطَلَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم .
Salamah and Ya'la, the sons of Umayyah Narrated from:
We went out with the Messenger of Allah on the campaign of Tabuk, and there was a friend of ours with us, who fought with a man from among the Muslims. The man bit him on the forearm, so he pulled it away from his mouth and a tooth fell out. The man came to the Prophet, seeking blood money, but his brother and bite him like a stallion bites, then come and demand blood money? There is no blood money for that. And the Messenger of Allah judged it to be invalid.
Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 4765In-book reference : Book 45, Hadith 60English translation : Vol. 5, Book 45, Hadith 4769
Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 4765
This narration places the dispute during the campaign of Tabuk. A man fought another Muslim and bit him on the forearm. The bitten man pulled his arm from the biter's mouth, and a tooth fell out. The biter came to the Prophet seeking blood money. The Prophet's answer was direct: how could a person bite his brother like a stallion bites and then come asking for blood money? He said there was no blood money for that and judged the claim invalid. This hadith about blood money in Islam is strong because it joins a legal ruling with a moral warning. It teaches that a person should not start harm and then seek payment from the one who escaped it.
What we learn from this hadith
- The Prophet denied blood money to the one who bit another person.
- The report strongly condemns biting a Muslim brother in a fight.
- The tooth claim was invalidated because it followed the biter's own harmful action.
- Seeking judgment is better than letting a dispute grow.
