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Sunan an-Nasai 4836 — No One Is Taken for Another
Can Anyone Be Blamed For The sin Of Another?
Hadith About No One Being Responsible for Another's Sin
Sunan an-Nasai : 4836
Sunan an-NasaiHadith Number 4836
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَتَّابٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنِ الأَشْعَثِ بْنِ سُلَيْمٍ، عَنِ الأَسْوَدِ بْنِ هِلاَلٍ، - وَكَانَ قَدْ أَدْرَكَ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم - عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ بَنِي ثَعْلَبَةَ بْنِ يَرْبُوعٍ أَنَّ نَاسًا مِنْ بَنِي ثَعْلَبَةَ أَصَابُوا رَجُلاً مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَؤُلاَءِ بَنُو ثَعْلَبَةَ قَتَلَتْ فُلاَنًا . فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " لاَ تَجْنِي نَفْسٌ عَلَى أُخْرَى " . قَالَ شُعْبَةُ أَىْ لاَ يُؤْخَذُ أَحَدٌ بِأَحَدٍ وَاللَّهُ تَعَالَى أَعْلَمُ .
Al-Aswad bin Hilal Narrated from:
Some people from Banu Tha'labah killed a man from among the companions of the Messenger of Allah. A man from among the companions of the Messenger of the Allah said: "O Messenger of Allah, these are Banu Tha'labah who killed so and so." The Messenger said: "No soul is affected by the sin of another." Shu'bah (one of the narrators) said: "That means: No soul is responsible for the sin of another, and Allah knows best."
Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 4836In-book reference : Book 45, Hadith 131English translation : Vol. 5, Book 45, Hadith 4840
Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 4836
This hadith says that some people from Banu Tha'labah killed a man from among the Companions of the Messenger of Allah. A Companion pointed to Banu Tha'labah and said they had killed so-and-so. The Messenger of Allah replied that no soul is affected by the sin of another. The narrator Shu'bah explained this as meaning that no one is taken for another, and Allah knows best. This hadith about no one bearing another's sin is a direct teaching on personal accountability. It warns against treating a person as responsible simply because another person or group member committed a wrong.
What we learn from this hadith
- No soul is affected by the sin of another, as the Prophet stated.
- Shu'bah explained it as no one being taken for someone else.
- The hadith points to fair responsibility instead of shared blame without proof.
