45/20, 21: Chapter
Sunan an-Nasai 4767 — Worker's Biting Dispute
Mentioning The Differences Reported From 'Ata' In This Hadith
Hired Worker Biting Hadith: No Unfair Claim
Sunan an-Nasai : 4767
Sunan an-NasaiHadith Number 4767
أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الْجَبَّارِ، مَرَّةً أُخْرَى عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ عَمْرٍو، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ، عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَعْلَى، عَنْ يَعْلَى، وَابْنِ، جُرَيْجٍ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ، عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَعْلَى، عَنْ يَعْلَى، أَنَّهُ اسْتَأْجَرَ أَجِيرًا فَقَاتَلَ رَجُلاً فَعَضَّ يَدَهُ فَانْتُزِعَتْ ثَنِيَّتُهُ فَخَاصَمَهُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ " أَيَدَعُهَا يَقْضِمُهَا كَقَضْمِ الْفَحْلِ " .
Ya'la Narrated from:
It was narrated from Ya'la that: he hired a worker who fought with a man and bit his hand, and his from tooth fell out. So he referred the dispute to the Prophet who said: "Do you want to bite his hand as a stallion bites?"
Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 4767In-book reference : Book 45, Hadith 62English translation : Vol. 5, Book 45, Hadith 4771
Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 4767
This hadith mentions that Ya'la hired a worker. The worker fought with a man and bit his hand. Then the worker's front tooth fell out, and the dispute was taken to the Prophet. The Prophet asked whether the bitten man should leave his hand there while the biter gnawed it like a stallion. The wording makes the issue very clear. The person whose hand was bitten was not expected to keep suffering the bite. He pulled away from pain. So the hadith about diyah for biting teaches that the biter cannot turn that escape into a claim against the bitten person. It also shows how the Prophet answered a dispute with a plain question that exposed the unfairness of the demand.
What we learn from this hadith
- The bitten person was not expected to leave his hand in the biter's mouth.
- The Prophet's question showed why the claim was unfair.
- The report links the tooth injury to the biter's own conduct.
- The hadith warns against rough behavior during disputes.
