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Abu Dawood: Hadith 4272

37. Trials and Fierce Battles (Kitab Al-Fitan Wa Al-Malahim)

سنن أبي داود

37/1584 Chapter:

Regarding The Gravity Of Killing A Believer

باب فِي تَعْظِيمِ قَتْلِ الْمُؤْمِنِ

4272
Abu Dawood
Sahih Maqtu' (Al-Albani)
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُبَارَكٍ، حَدَّثَنَا صَدَقَةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ، أَوْ غَيْرُهُ قَالَ قَالَ خَالِدُ بْنُ دِهْقَانَ سَأَلْتُ يَحْيَى بْنَ يَحْيَى الْغَسَّانِيَّ عَنْ قَوْلِهِ ‏‏ اعْتَبَطَ بِقَتْلِهِ ‏"‏ ‏‏ قَالَ الَّذِينَ يُقَاتِلُونَ فِي الْفِتْنَةِ فَيَقْتُلُ أَحَدُهُمْ فَيَرَى أَنَّهُ عَلَى هُدًى لاَ يَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ - يَعْنِي - مِنْ ذَلِكَ ‏‏ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَقَالَ فَاعْتَبَطَ يَصُبُّ دَمَهُ صَبًّا ‏‏
Khalid b. Dihqan said:
I asked Yahya b. Yahya al-Ghassani about the word i'tabata bi qatlihi spoken by him (as mentioned in the previous tradition). He said: It means those people who fight during the period of commotion (fitnah), and one of them kills (the other people) presuming that he is in the right, so he does not beg pardon of Allah of that (sin).

Abu Dawud said: And he said: The word fa'tabata means "he shed blood profusely"
Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 4271
In-book : Book 37, Hadith 32
English translation : Book 36, Hadith 4258