Narrated `Abdullah: A man said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Which sin is the greatest in Allah's Sight?" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "To set
up a rival unto Allah though He Alone created you . " The man said, "What is next?" The Prophet (ﷺ)
said, "To kill your son lest he should share your food with you." The man said, "What is next?" The
Prophet said, "To commit illegal sexual intercourse with the wife of your neighbor." So Allah
revealed in confirmation of this narration:--
'And those who invoke not with Allah, any other god. Nor kill, such life as Allah has forbidden except
for just cause nor commit illegal sexual intercourse. And whoever does this shall receive the
punishment.' (25.68)
Hadiths 6862https://sunnah.com/bukhari:6862
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيٌّ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْعَاصِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " لَنْ يَزَالَ الْمُؤْمِنُ فِي فُسْحَةٍ مِنْ دِينِهِ، مَا لَمْ يُصِبْ دَمًا حَرَامًا " .
Narrated Ibn `Umar: Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "A faithful believer remains at liberty regarding his religion unless he kills
somebody unlawfully."
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: One of the evil deeds with bad consequence from which there is no escape for the one who is involved
in it is to kill someone unlawfully.
Hadiths 6864https://sunnah.com/bukhari:6864
حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُوسَى، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " أَوَّلُ مَا يُقْضَى بَيْنَ النَّاسِ فِي الدِّمَاءِ " .
Narrated `Abdullah: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The first cases to be decided among the people (on the Day of Resurrection) will
be those of blood-shed."
Narrated Al-Miqdad bin `Amr Al-Kindi: An ally of Bani Zuhra who took part in the battle of Badr with the Prophet, that he said, "O Allah's
Apostle! If I meet an unbeliever and we have a fight, and he strikes my hand with the sword and cuts
it off, and then takes refuge from me under a tree, and says, 'I have surrendered to Allah (i.e.
embraced Islam),' may I kill him after he has said so?" Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Do not kill him." Al-
Miqdad said, "But O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! He had chopped off one of my hands and he said that after he
had cut it off. May I kill him?" The Prophet (ﷺ) said. "Do not kill him for if you kill him, he would be in
the position in which you had been before you kill him, and you would be in the position in which he
was before he said the sentence." The Prophet (ﷺ) also said to Al-Miqdad, "If a faithful believer conceals
his faith (Islam) from the disbelievers, and then when he declares his Islam, you kill him, (you will be
sinful). Remember that you were also concealing your faith (Islam) at Mecca before."
Hadiths 6867https://sunnah.com/bukhari:6867
حَدَّثَنَا قَبِيصَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُرَّةَ، عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " لاَ تُقْتَلُ نَفْسٌ إِلاَّ كَانَ عَلَى ابْنِ آدَمَ الأَوَّلِ كِفْلٌ مِنْهَا " .
Narrated `Abdullah: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "No human being is killed unjustly, but a part of responsibility for the crime is laid
on the first son of Adam who invented the tradition of killing (murdering) on the earth. (It is said that
he was Qabil).
Hadiths 6868https://sunnah.com/bukhari:6868
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، قَالَ وَاقِدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَخْبَرَنِي عَنْ أَبِيهِ، سَمِعَ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " لاَ تَرْجِعُوا بَعْدِي كُفَّارًا يَضْرِبُ بَعْضُكُمْ رِقَابَ بَعْضٍ " .
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "After me (i.e. after my death), do not become disbelievers, by striking (cutting) the
necks of one another.
Hadiths 6869https://sunnah.com/bukhari:6869
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا غُنْدَرٌ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُدْرِكٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا زُرْعَةَ بْنَ عَمْرِو بْنِ جَرِيرٍ، عَنْ جَرِيرٍ، قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي حَجَّةِ الْوَدَاعِ " اسْتَنْصِتِ النَّاسَ، لاَ تَرْجِعُوا بَعْدِي كُفَّارًا يَضْرِبُ بَعْضُكُمْ رِقَابَ بَعْضٍ " . رَوَاهُ أَبُو بَكْرَةَ وَابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم.
Narrated Abu Zur'a bin `Amr bin Jarir: The Prophet (ﷺ) said during Hajjat-al-Wada`, "Let the people be quiet and listen to me. After me, do not
become disbelievers, by striking (cutting) the necks of one another."
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Amr: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Al-Ka`ba'ir (the biggest sins) are: To join others (as partners) in worship with
Allah, to be undutiful to one's parents," or said, "to take a false oath." (The sub-narrator, Shu`ba is not
sure) Mu`adh said: Shu`ba said, "Al-Ka`ba'ir (the biggest sins) are: (1) Joining others as partners in
worship with Allah, (2) to take a false oath (3) and to be undutiful to one's parents," or said, "to
murder (someone unlawfully).
Hadiths 6871https://sunnah.com/bukhari:6871
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، سَمِعَ أَنَسًا ـ رضى الله عنه ـ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " الْكَبَائِرُ ". وَحَدَّثَنَا عَمْرٌو حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " أَكْبَرُ الْكَبَائِرِ الإِشْرَاكُ بِاللَّهِ وَقَتْلُ النَّفْسِ، وَعُقُوقُ الْوَالِدَيْنِ، وَقَوْلُ الزُّورِ ". أَوْ قَالَ " وَشَهَادَةُ الزُّورِ ".
Narrated Anas bin Malik: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The biggest of Al-Ka`ba'ir (the great sins) are (1) to join others as partners in
worship with Allah, (2) to murder a human being, (3) to be undutiful to one's parents (4) and to make
a false statement," or said, "to give a false witness."
Hadiths 6872https://sunnah.com/bukhari:6872
حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ زُرَارَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ، حَدَّثَنَا حُصَيْنٌ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو ظَبْيَانَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أُسَامَةَ بْنَ زَيْدِ بْنِ حَارِثَةَ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ يُحَدِّثُ قَالَ بَعَثَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِلَى الْحُرَقَةِ مِنْ جُهَيْنَةَ ـ قَالَ ـ فَصَبَّحْنَا الْقَوْمَ فَهَزَمْنَاهُمْ ـ قَالَ ـ وَلَحِقْتُ أَنَا وَرَجُلٌ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ رَجُلاً مِنْهُمْ ـ قَالَ ـ فَلَمَّا غَشِينَاهُ قَالَ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ ـ قَالَ ـ فَكَفَّ عَنْهُ الأَنْصَارِيُّ، فَطَعَنْتُهُ بِرُمْحِي حَتَّى قَتَلْتُهُ ـ قَالَ ـ فَلَمَّا قَدِمْنَا بَلَغَ ذَلِكَ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ فَقَالَ لِي " يَا أُسَامَةُ أَقَتَلْتَهُ بَعْدَ مَا قَالَ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ ". قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّمَا كَانَ مُتَعَوِّذًا. قَالَ " أَقَتَلْتَهُ بَعْدَ أَنْ قَالَ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ ". قَالَ فَمَا زَالَ يُكَرِّرُهَا عَلَىَّ حَتَّى تَمَنَّيْتُ أَنِّي لَمْ أَكُنْ أَسْلَمْتُ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ.
Narrated Usama bin Zaid bin Haritha: Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) sent us (to fight) against Al-Huraqa (one of the sub-tribes) of Juhaina. We reached
those people in the morning and defeated them. A man from the Ansar and I chased one of their men
and when we attacked him, he said, "None has the right to be worshipped but Allah." The Ansari
refrained from killing him but I stabbed him with my spear till I killed him. When we reached
(Medina), this news reached the Prophet. He said to me, "O Usama! You killed him after he had said,
'None has the right to be worshipped but Allah?"' I said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! He said so in order to
save himself." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "You killed him after he had said, 'None has the right to be
worshipped but Allah." The Prophet (ﷺ) kept on repeating that statement till I wished I had not been a
Muslim before that day.
Hadiths 6873https://sunnah.com/bukhari:6873
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ، عَنْ أَبِي الْخَيْرِ، عَنِ الصُّنَابِحِيِّ، عَنْ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ إِنِّي مِنَ النُّقَبَاءِ الَّذِينَ بَايَعُوا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم بَايَعْنَاهُ عَلَى أَنْ لاَ نُشْرِكَ بِاللَّهِ شَيْئًا، وَلاَ نَسْرِقَ وَلاَ نَزْنِيَ، وَلاَ نَقْتُلَ النَّفْسَ الَّتِي حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ، وَلاَ نَنْتَهِبَ، وَلاَ نَعْصِيَ، بِالْجَنَّةِ إِنْ فَعَلْنَا ذَلِكَ، فَإِنْ غَشِينَا مِنْ ذَلِكَ شَيْئًا كَانَ قَضَاءُ ذَلِكَ إِلَى اللَّهِ.
Narrated 'Ubada bin As-Samat: I was among those Naqibs (selected leaders) who gave the Pledge of allegiance to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). We
gave the oath of allegiance, that we would not join partners in worship besides Allah, would not steal,
would not commit illegal sexual intercourse, would not kill a life which Allah has forbidden, would
not commit robbery, would not disobey (Allah and His Apostle), and if we fulfilled this pledge we
would have Paradise, but if we committed any one of these (sins), then our case will be decided by
Allah.
Hadiths 6874https://sunnah.com/bukhari:6874
حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا جُوَيْرِيَةُ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " مَنْ حَمَلَ عَلَيْنَا السِّلاَحَ فَلَيْسَ مِنَّا " . رَوَاهُ أَبُو مُوسَى عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم.
Narrated `Abdullah: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Whoever carries arms against us, is not from us."
Narrated Al-Ahnaf bin Qais: I went to help that man (i.e., `Ali), and on the way I met Abu Bakra who asked me, "Where are you
going?" I replied, "I am going to help that man." He said, "Go back, for I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)
saying, 'If two Muslims meet each other with their swords then (both) the killer and the killed one are
in the (Hell) Fire.' I said, 'O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! It is alright for the killer, but what about the killed one?'
He said, 'The killed one was eager to kill his opponent."
Hadiths 6876https://sunnah.com/bukhari:6876
حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ مِنْهَالٍ، حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ أَنَّ يَهُودِيًّا، رَضَّ رَأْسَ جَارِيَةٍ بَيْنَ حَجَرَيْنِ، فَقِيلَ لَهَا مَنْ فَعَلَ بِكِ هَذَا أَفُلاَنٌ أَوْ فُلاَنٌ حَتَّى سُمِّيَ الْيَهُودِيُّ، فَأُتِيَ بِهِ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَلَمْ يَزَلْ بِهِ حَتَّى أَقَرَّ بِهِ، فَرُضَّ رَأْسُهُ بِالْحِجَارَةِ.
Narrated Anas bin Malik: A Jew crushed the head of a girl between two stones, and the girl was asked, "Who has done that to
you, so-and-so or so and so?" (Some names were mentioned for her) till the name of that Jew was
mentioned (whereupon she agreed). The Jew was brought to the Prophet (ﷺ) and the Prophet (ﷺ) kept on
questioning him till he confessed, whereupon his head was crushed with stones.
Hadiths 6877https://sunnah.com/bukhari:6877
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ خَرَجَتْ جَارِيَةٌ عَلَيْهَا أَوْضَاحٌ بِالْمَدِينَةِ ـ قَالَ ـ فَرَمَاهَا يَهُودِيٌّ بِحَجَرٍ ـ قَالَ ـ فَجِيءَ بِهَا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَبِهَا رَمَقٌ فَقَالَ لَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " فُلاَنٌ قَتَلَكِ ". فَرَفَعَتْ رَأْسَهَا، فَأَعَادَ عَلَيْهَا قَالَ " فُلاَنٌ قَتَلَكِ ". فَرَفَعَتْ رَأْسَهَا، فَقَالَ لَهَا فِي الثَّالِثَةِ " فُلاَنٌ قَتَلَكِ ". فَخَفَضَتْ رَأْسَهَا، فَدَعَا بِهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَتَلَهُ بَيْنَ الْحَجَرَيْنِ.
Narrated Anas bin Malik: A girl wearing ornaments, went out at Medina. Somebody struck her with a stone. She was brought to
the Prophet (ﷺ) while she was still alive. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) asked her, "Did such-and-such a person strike
you?" She raised her head, denying that. He asked her a second time, saying, "Did so-and-so strike
you?" She raised her head, denying that. He said for the third time, "Did so-and-so strike you?" She
lowered her head, agreeing. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) then sent for the killer and killed him between two stones.
Narrated `Abdullah: Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "The blood of a Muslim who confesses that none has the right to be worshipped
but Allah and that I am His Apostle, cannot be shed except in three cases: In Qisas for murder, a
married person who commits illegal sexual intercourse and the one who reverts from Islam (apostate)
and leaves the Muslims."
Hadiths 6879https://sunnah.com/bukhari:6879
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ أَنَّ يَهُودِيًّا، قَتَلَ جَارِيَةً عَلَى أَوْضَاحٍ لَهَا، فَقَتَلَهَا بِحَجَرٍ، فَجِيءَ بِهَا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَبِهَا رَمَقٌ فَقَالَ " أَقَتَلَكِ فُلاَنٌ " . فَأَشَارَتْ بِرَأْسِهَا أَنْ لاَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ الثَّانِيَةَ، فَأَشَارَتْ بِرَأْسِهَا أَنْ لاَ، ثُمَّ سَأَلَهَا الثَّالِثَةَ فَأَشَارَتْ بِرَأْسِهَا أَنْ نَعَمْ، فَقَتَلَهُ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِحَجَرَيْنِ.
Narrated Anas: A Jew killed a girl so that he may steal her ornaments. He struck her with a stone, and she was
brought to the Prophet (ﷺ) while she was still alive. The Prophet (ﷺ) asked her, "Did such-and-such person
strike you?" She gestured with her head, expressing denial. He asked her for the second time, and she
again gestured with her head, expressing denial. When he asked her for the third time, she beckoned,
"Yes." So the Prophet (ﷺ) killed him (the Jew) with two stones.
Narrated Abu Huraira: In the year of the Conquest of Mecca, the tribe of Khuza`a killed a man from the tribe of Bam Laith in
revenge for a killed person belonging to them in the Pre-lslamic Period of Ignorance. So Allah's
Apostle got up saying, "Allah held back the (army having) elephants from Mecca, but He let His
Apostle and the believers overpower the infidels (of Mecca). Beware! (Mecca is a sanctuary)! Verily!
Fighting in Mecca was not permitted for anybody before me, nor will it be permitted for anybody after
me; It was permitted for me only for a while (an hour or so) of that day. No doubt! It is at this moment
a sanctuary; its thorny shrubs should not be uprooted; its trees should not be cut down; and its Luqata
(fallen things) should not be picked up except by the one who would look for its owner. And if
somebody is killed, his closest relative has the right to choose one of two things, i.e., either the Blood
money or retaliation by having the killer killed." Then a man from Yemen, called Abu Shah, stood up
and said, "Write that) for me, O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)!" Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said (to his companions), "Write
that for Abu Shah." Then another man from Quraish got up, saying, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Except Al-
Idhkhir (a special kind of grass) as we use it in our houses and for graves." Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said,
"Except Al-idhkkir."
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: For the children of Israel the punishment for crime was Al-Qisas only (i.e., the law of equality in
punishment) and the payment of Blood money was not permitted as an alternate. But Allah said to this
nation (Muslims): 'O you who believe! Qisas is prescribed for you in case of murder, .....(up to) ...end
of the Verse. (2.178)
Ibn `Abbas added: Remission (forgiveness) in this Verse, means to accept the Blood-money in an
intentional murder. Ibn `Abbas added: The Verse: 'Then the relatives should demand Blood-money in
a reasonable manner.' (2.178) means that the demand should be reasonable and it is to be
compensated with handsome gratitude.