Bulugh al-Maram #1361

Crimes (Qisas or Retaliation)

The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.

وَعَنْ اِبْنِ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اَللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا قَالَ: { قُتِلَ غُلَامٌ غِيلَةً, فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: لَوْ اِشْتَرَكَ فِيهِ أَهْلُ صَنْعَاءَ لَقَتَلْتُهُمْ بِهِ } .‏ أَخْرَجَهُ اَلْبُخَارِيُّ 1‏‏1 ‏- صحيح.‏ رواه البخاري (6896)‏ وليس عنده لفظ: "به".‏
Ibn ’Umar (RAA) narrated, ‘A young boy was murdered deceitfully. 'Umar (RAA) thereupon said, ‘If all the people of San'a’ (in Yemen) participated in killing him, I would kill them all.’ Related by al-Bukhari.

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This hadith is #1361 from Bulugh al-Maram, in the Book of Crimes (Qisas or Retaliation).

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