Hadith 23

Sunan an-Nasa'i

Book 37: The Book of Fighting [The Prohibition of Bloodshed] Hasan

Chapter 2

The Gravity of the Sin of Shedding Blood

باب تَعْظِيمِ الدَّمِ ‏‏

Hasan
Sunan an-Nasa'i 3988
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ، عَنْ يَعْلَى، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، قَالَ قَتْلُ الْمُؤْمِنِ أَعْظَمُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ مِنْ زَوَالِ الدُّنْيَا ‏.‏
It was narrated that 'Abdullah bin 'Amr said:

"Killing a believer is more grievous before Allah than the extinction of the whole world."