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Sunan an-Nasai 4771 — Invalid Claim After a Forearm Bite
Mentioning The Differences Reported From 'Ata' In This Hadith
Forearm Bite Hadith: Why the Claim Was Invalid
Sunan an-Nasai : 4771
Sunan an-NasaiHadith Number 4771
أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ بُدَيْلِ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ، عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَعْلَى ابْنِ مُنْيَةَ، أَنَّ أَجِيرًا، لِيَعْلَى ابْنِ مُنْيَةَ عَضَّ آخَرُ ذِرَاعَهُ فَانْتَزَعَهَا مِنْ فِيهِ فَرَفَعَ ذَلِكَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَقَدْ سَقَطَتْ ثَنِيَّتُهُ فَأَبْطَلَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَقَالَ " أَيَدَعُهَا فِي فِيكَ تَقْضَمُهَا كَقَضْمِ الْفَحْلِ " .
Safwan bin Ya'la bin Munyah Narrated from:
A hired man of Ya'la bin Munyah was bitten by another on his forearm and he pulled it away from his mouth. The matter was referred to the Prophet, as his front tooth had fallen out, but the Messenger of Allah considered it an invalid claim, and said: "No,; should he put (his forearm) in your mouth for you to bite it as a stallion bites?"
Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 4771In-book reference : Book 45, Hadith 66English translation : Vol. 5, Book 45, Hadith 4775
Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 4771
This hadith says a hired man of Ya'la bin Munyah was bitten by another person on his forearm. He pulled his arm out of the biter's mouth. The matter was raised to the Prophet after the biter's front tooth had fallen out. The Messenger of Allah considered the claim invalid and asked whether the bitten man should leave his forearm in the biter's mouth while he gnawed it like a stallion. The hadith about no Diyah for biting teaches that the law does not ask a person to submit to harm. The biter created the danger, and the other person pulled away. The claim for the tooth was therefore not accepted in this report.
What we learn from this hadith
- The Prophet invalidated the biter's tooth claim.
- The bitten man pulled his forearm away from harm.
- The report rejects the idea that a person must let another keep biting him.
- The hadith connects fair judgment with the real cause of the injury.
