Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-901b
"عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ: أَنَّ سَائِبَةً أَعْتَقَهُ بَعْضُ الْحُجَّاجِ كَانَ يَلْعَبُ هُوَ وَرَجُلٌ مِن بَنِى عَائِذٍ، فَقَتَلَ السَّائِبَةُ الْعَائِذِىَّ، فَجَاءَ أَبُوهُ إِلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ يَطْلُبُ بِدَمِ ابْنِهِ، فَأَبَى عُمَرُ أَنْ يَدِيَهُ قَالَ: لَيْسَ لَهُ مَالٌ، فَقَالَ العَائِذىُّ: أَرَأَيْتَ لَوْ أَنِّى قَتَلتُهُ؟ قَالَ عُمَرُ: إِذَنْ تُخْرِجُونَ دِيَتَهُ، قَالَ: فَهُوَ إِذَنْ كَالأَرْقَمِ، إِنْ يُتْرَكَ يَلْقَمْ وَإنْ يُقْتَلْ يَنْقَمْ، قَالَ عُمَرُ: فَهُوَ الأَرْقَمُ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Sulaymān b. Yasār
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"From Sulayman ibn Yasar: A sa'ibah whom some of the pilgrims had freed was playing with a man from Banu 'A'idh, and the sa'ibah killed the 'A'idhi. The father of the 'A'idhi came to 'Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) seeking the blood of his son. 'Umar refused to pay the diyah, saying: 'He has no property.' The 'A'idhi said: 'What do you think if I had killed him?' 'Umar said: 'Then you would pay his diyah.' He said: 'Then he is like the snake: if he is left, he swallows, and if he is killed, he...' 'Umar said: 'He is the snake (al-aqram).'"
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Notes
مالك، [عب] عبد الرازق [ق] البيهقى في السنن
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