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Sunan an-Nasai 4864 — Intentional Murder
What Is Mentioned In The Book Of Retaliation From Al-Mujtaba Which Is Not Contained In The Sunan: Interpreting The Saying Of Allah, The Mighty And Sublime: "And Whoever Kills A Believer Intentionally, His Recompense Is Hell To Abide Therein"
Hadith About Killing a Believer Intentionally
Sunan an-Nasai : 4864
Sunan an-NasaiHadith Number 4864
أَخْبَرَنَا أَزْهَرُ بْنُ جَمِيلٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ النُّعْمَانِ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، قَالَ اخْتَلَفَ أَهْلُ الْكُوفَةِ فِي هَذِهِ الآيَةِ { وَمَنْ يَقْتُلْ مُؤْمِنًا مُتَعَمِّدًا } فَرَحَلْتُ إِلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ فَسَأَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ نَزَلَتْ فِي آخِرِ مَا أُنْزِلَتْ وَمَا نَسَخَهَا شَىْءٌ .
Sa'eed bin Jubair Narrated from:
The people of Al-Kufah differed concerning this verse: 'And whoever kills a believer intentionally. So I went to Ibn 'Abbas and asked him, and he said: 'It was revealed among the last of what was revealed, and nothing of it was abrogated after that.
[1] An-Nisâ' 4:93.[2] This preceded; No. 4005.Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 4864In-book reference : Book 45, Hadith 159English translation : Vol. 5, Book 45, Hadith 4868
Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 4864
This hadith about killing a believer intentionally tells us that people in Al-Kufah differed about the verse, “And whoever kills a believer intentionally.” Sa’eed bin Jubair went to Ibn Abbas to ask directly. Ibn Abbas answered that the verse was revealed among the last of what was revealed, and that nothing abrogated it after that. The report is short, but its message is weighty. It teaches that serious religious questions should not be handled by guesswork. The people differed, so Sa’eed traveled to someone with knowledge. The hadith keeps the focus on the seriousness of deliberate killing and on careful learning from trusted knowledge.
What we learn from this hadith
- Disputes about serious matters should be taken to people of knowledge.
- Ibn Abbas said the verse about intentional killing was not abrogated.
- The narration shows the grave nature of killing a believer deliberately.
