Mishkat
al-Masabih

مشكاة المصابيح

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Retaliation

كتاب القصاص

 

Chapter 4b: Killing Apostates and People who Strive to cause Mischief - Section 2

باب قتل أهل الردة والسعاة بالفساد - الفصل الثاني

Mishkat al-Masabih 3545

Ibn Abu Laila said he was told by Muhammad’s companions that during a journey with Allah's Messenger ﷺ while one of them was asleep another went to a rope he had with him and seized him,* with the result that he was startled. Allah's Messenger ﷺ then said, “It is not lawful for a Muslim to frighten another.” Abu Dawud transmitted it. * The meaning is that he tied the rope round him while he was asleep, presumably as a joke.

وَعَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَصْحَابُ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا يَسِيرُونَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَنَامَ رَجُلٌ مِنْهُمْ فَانْطَلَقَ بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَى حَبْلٍ مَعَه فَأَخذه فَفَزعَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَا يَحِلُّ لِمُسْلِمٍ أَنْ يُرَوِّعَ مُسْلِمًا» . رَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُد