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Hadith 14 · 2 fragments

The value of a human life

The Forty Hadith of an-Nawawi, hadith No.14

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Arabic edition text

1

عَنْ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ:

Narrator

On the authority of Ibn Masood (may Allah be pleased with him) who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, “It is not permissible to spill the blood of a Muslim except in three [instances]: the married person who commits adultery, a life for a life, and the one who forsakes his religion and separates from the community.

Word by word
عَنْ
ʿan
from
ابْنِ
ib'ni
Ibn (son of)
مَسْعُودٍ
masʿūdin
Mas'ud
رَضِيَ
raḍiya
may be pleased
اللهُ
l-lahu
Allah
عَنْهُ
ʿanhu
with him
قَالَ
qāla
he said
2

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه و سلم لَا يَحِلُّ دَمُ امْرِئٍ مُسْلِمٍ [ يشهد أن لا إله إلا الله، وأني رسول الله] إلَّا بِإِحْدَى ثَلَاثٍ: الثَّيِّبُ الزَّانِي، وَالنَّفْسُ بِالنَّفْسِ، وَالتَّارِكُ لِدِينِهِ الْمُفَارِقُ لِلْجَمَاعَةِ .<br>

Matn

” [Al-Bukhari] [Muslim]

Word by word
قَالَ
qāla
said
رَسُولُ
rasūlu
the Messenger of
اللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
صلى
ṣallā
may bless
الله
l-lahu
Allah
عليه
ʿalayhi
him
و
wa
and
سلم
sallama
grant peace
لَا
lā
not
يَحِلُّ
yaḥillu
is lawful
دَمُ
damu
the blood of
امْرِئٍ
im'ri-in
a person
مُسْلِمٍ
mus'limin
Muslim
يشهد
yashhadu
who testifies
أن
an
that
لا
lā
(there is) no
إله
ilāha
god
إلا
illā
except
الله
l-lahu
Allah
وأني
wa-annī
and that I am
رسول
rasūlu
the messenger of
الله
l-lahi
Allah
إلَّا
illā
except
بِإِحْدَى
bi-iḥ'dā
for one of
ثَلَاثٍ
thalāthin
three (cases)
الثَّيِّبُ
l-thayyibu
the married person
الزَّانِي
l-zānī
who commits adultery
وَالنَّفْسُ
wal-nafsu
and a life
بِالنَّفْسِ
bil-nafsi
for a life
وَالتَّارِكُ
wal-tāriku
and one who leaves
لِدِينِهِ
lidīnihi
his religion
الْمُفَارِقُ
l-mufāriqu
who separates
لِلْجَمَاعَةِ
lil-jamāʿati
from the community
3

[رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ] ، [وَمُسْلِمٌ]

Word by word
رَوَاهُ
rawāhu
narrated it
الْبُخَارِيُّ
l-bukhāriyyu
al-Bukhari
وَمُسْلِمٌ
wamus'limun
and Muslim

Lesson

A person's life is sacred; it may be violated only by a just verdict, not by whim — a limit set by Allah Himself.

Read in the Qur'an:5:32

Text within an-Nawawi's collection: the Arabic source edition and the Ukrainian translation by the “Nur” project (by meaning).