17/23. Chapter:
Jami at-Tirmidhi 1455 — Bestiality Report Discussion
What Has Been Related About One Who Commits Bestiality
Hadith About Relations with an Animal and Report Differences
Jami at-Tirmidhi : 1455
Jami at-TirmidhiHadith Number 1455
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو السَّوَّاقُ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ أَبِي عَمْرٍو، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " مَنْ وَجَدْتُمُوهُ وَقَعَ عَلَى بَهِيمَةٍ فَاقْتُلُوهُ وَاقْتُلُوا الْبَهِيمَةَ " . فَقِيلَ لاِبْنِ عَبَّاسٍ مَا شَأْنُ الْبَهِيمَةِ قَالَ مَا سَمِعْتُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي ذَلِكَ شَيْئًا وَلَكِنْ أُرَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَرِهَ أَنْ يُؤْكَلَ مِنْ لَحْمِهَا أَوْ يُنْتَفَعَ بِهَا وَقَدْ عُمِلَ بِهَا ذَلِكَ الْعَمَلُ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ إِلاَّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ عَمْرِو بْنِ أَبِي عَمْرٍو عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم .وَقَدْ رَوَى سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ، عَنْ عَاصِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِي رَزِينٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ مَنْ أَتَى بَهِيمَةً فَلاَ حَدَّ عَلَيْهِ . حَدَّثَنَا بِذَلِكَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ . وَهَذَا أَصَحُّ مِنَ الْحَدِيثِ الأَوَّلِ . وَالْعَمَلُ عَلَى هَذَا عِنْدَ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ وَهُوَ قَوْلُ أَحْمَدَ وَإِسْحَاقَ .
Ibn 'Abbas Narrated from:
The Messenger Of Allah (ﷺ) Said: "Whomever You See Having Relations With An Animal Then Kill Him And Kill Animal." So It Was Said To Ibn 'Abbas: "What Is The Case Of The Animal?" He Said: "I Did Not Hear Anything From The Messenger Of Allah (ﷺ) About This, But I See That The Messenger Of Allah (ﷺ) Disliked Eating Its Meat Or Using It, Due To The Fact That Such A (Heinous) Thing Has Been Done With That Animal."Sufyan Ath-Thawri Reported From 'Asim, From Abu Razin, From Ibn 'Abbas Who Said: "Whoever Has Relations With Beast, Then There Is No Legal Punishment For Him."
Reference : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1455In-book reference : Book 17, Hadith 38,39English translation : Vol. 3, Book 15, Hadith 1455
Summary of Jami at-Tirmidhi Hadith 1455
This hadith about relations with an animal must be read carefully because the provided text contains two reports. The first report from Ibn Abbas says that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said to kill the person found doing that and kill the animal. When Ibn Abbas was asked about the animal, he said he had not heard anything from the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم about that reason, but he thought the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم disliked eating or using it after such an act. Then the text brings another report from Sufyan Ath-Thawri, from Ibn Abbas, saying that whoever has relations with a beast has no legal punishment upon him. Abu Isa then says this second report is more correct and that people of knowledge acted upon it. So the explanation must include both parts, not only the first.
What we learn from this hadith
- The provided text contains two different reports on this matter.
- Ibn Abbas clearly separated what he heard from what he personally thought about the animal.
- Abu Isa says the second report is more correct.
- The narration teaches care when a hadith entry itself compares reports.
