Hadith 22

Sahih Bukhari

Book 46: Oppressions

Chapter 18

The retaliation of the oppressed person

باب قِصَاصِ الْمَظْلُومِ إِذَا وَجَدَ مَالَ ظَالِمِهِ

Ibn Sirin said, "The oppressed person can take what is equal to the amount taken by the oppressor." He then recited: "And if you punish (your enemy, O you believers in the Oneness of Allah), then punish them with the like of that with which you were afflicted..." (V.16:126)
وَقَالَ ابْنُ سِيرِينَ يُقَاصُّهُ وَقَرَأَ: {وَإِنْ عَاقَبْتُمْ فَعَاقِبُوا بِمِثْلِ مَا عُوقِبْتُمْ بِهِ}.
Surah 16:126
Sahih al-Bukhari 2461
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي يَزِيدُ، عَنْ أَبِي الْخَيْرِ، عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ، قَالَ قُلْنَا لِلنَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِنَّكَ تَبْعَثُنَا فَنَنْزِلُ بِقَوْمٍ لاَ يَقْرُونَا فَمَا تَرَى فِيهِ فَقَالَ لَنَا ‏ ‏‏.‏
"‏ إِنْ نَزَلْتُمْ بِقَوْمٍ، فَأُمِرَ لَكُمْ بِمَا يَنْبَغِي لِلضَّيْفِ فَاقْبَلُوا، فَإِنْ لَمْ يَفْعَلُوا فَخُذُوا مِنْهُمْ حَقَّ الضَّيْفِ ‏"
`Uqba bin 'Amir:

We said to the Prophet, "You send us out and it happens that we have to stay with people who do not entertain us. What do you think about it? He said to us, "If you stay with some people and they entertain you as they should for a guest, accept their hospitality, but if they don't, take the right of the guest from them."

Chain of Narrators

companion
1

'Uqba bin 'Amir al-Juhayni

عقبة بن عامر الجهني

143 narrations

follower
2

Marthad bin 'Abdullah al-Yazni

مرثد بن عبد الله اليزني

70 narrations

successor
3

Yazid bin Harun

يزيد بن هارون

410 narrations

successor
4

al-Laith bin Sa'd

الليث بن سعد

1,313 narrations

3rd Generation
5

'Abdullah bin Yusuf al-Tunaysi

عبد الله بن يوسف التنيسي

352 narrations