16/20. Chapter:
Jami at-Tirmidhi 1416 — No Blood-Money for the Biter
What Has Been Related About Qisas
Hadith About No Blood-Money for the One Who Bit
Jami at-Tirmidhi : 1416
Jami at-TirmidhiHadith Number 1416
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ خَشْرَمٍ، أَنْبَأَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ زُرَارَةَ بْنَ أَوْفَى، يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ، أَنَّ رَجُلاً، عَضَّ يَدَ رَجُلٍ فَنَزَعَ يَدَهُ فَوَقَعَتْ ثَنِيَّتَاهُ فَاخْتَصَمُوا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ " يَعَضُّ أَحَدُكُمْ أَخَاهُ كَمَا يَعَضُّ الْفَحْلُ لاَ دِيَةَ لَكَ " . فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ (وَالْجُرُوحَ قِصَاصٌ ) . قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ يَعْلَى بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ وَسَلَمَةَ بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ وَهُمَا أَخَوَانِ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ .
'Imran bin Husain Narrated from:
A Man Bit The Hand Of Another Man. The Man Who Was Bitten Pulled His Hand Out, Causing Two Of His Incisors (Teeth) To Fall Out. They Brought Their Case Of The Prophet (ﷺ). So He Said: "One Of You Bites His Brother Like The Stallion Bites? There Is No Blood-Money For You.' So Allah Most High Revealed: Wounds, Equal For Equal."
[1] Al-Mā'idah 5:45.Reference : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1416In-book reference : Book 16, Hadith 32English translation : Vol. 3, Book 14, Hadith 1416
Summary of Jami at-Tirmidhi Hadith 1416
This Hadith about no blood-money for the biter describes a man who bit another man’s hand. The bitten man pulled his hand out, and two of the biter’s incisors fell out. When they brought the case to the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم, he said, in meaning, would one of you bite his brother like a stallion bites? Then he said there was no blood-money for him. The text then mentions the revealed phrase: wounds, equal for equal. The Hadith shows that the harm started with the biting, and the one who bit did not receive compensation for what happened when the other man pulled away.
What we learn from this hadith
- The Hadith condemns biting another person like an animal.
- The person who began the harm was denied blood-money.
- The bitten man’s act of pulling away is central to the case.
- The narration connects the case with wounds being equal for equal.
