Hadith 27

Sahih Muslim

Book 28: The Book of Oaths, Muharibin, Qasas (Retaliation), and Diyat (Blood Money)

Chapter 4

If a person attacks another person's life and limb, and the other defends himself and kills him or injures him, there is no penalty on him

باب الصَّائِلُ عَلَى نَفْسِ الإِنْسَانِ أَوْ عُضْوِهِ إِذَا دَفَعَهُ الْمَصُولُ عَلَيْهِ فَأَتْلَفَ نَفْسَهُ أَوْ عُضْوَهَ لاَ ضَمَانَ عَلَيْهِ

Sahih Muslim 1673c
حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو غَسَّانَ الْمِسْمَعِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذٌ، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ هِشَامٍ - حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ زُرَارَةَ بْنِ أَوْفَى، عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ، أَنَّ رَجُلاً، عَضَّ ذِرَاعَ رَجُلٍ فَجَذَبَهُ فَسَقَطَتْ ثَنِيَّتُهُ فَرُفِعَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَأَبْطَلَهُ وَقَالَ ‏ ‏ ‏.‏
"‏ أَرَدْتَ أَنْ تَأْكُلَ لَحْمَهُ ‏"
'Imran b. Husain reported that a person bit the arm of another person; he pulled it out and his foretooth fell down. This matter was taken to Allah's Apostle (ﷺ), and he turned it down saying:

Did you want to eat his flesh?

Chain of Narrators

companion
1

'Imran bin Husain

عمران بن حصين

155 narrations

follower
2

Zararah bin Awfa al-'Amiri al-Harshi

زرارة بن أوفى العامري الحرشي

62 narrations

follower
3

Qatada

قتادة

1,382 narrations

successor
4

Hisham bin Abi 'Abdullah al-Dastawa'i

هشام بن أبي عبد الله الدستوائي

524 narrations

successor
5

Mua'dh bin Hisham bin Aby

معاذ بن هشام بن أبي عبد الله

156 narrations

3rd Generation
6

Malik bin Abd al-Wahd

مالك بن عبد الواحد أبو غسان المسمعي

41 narrations