Hadith 3507

(1) His statement: “The one who killed is to be killed, and the one who held is to be imprisoned”: The Hadith indicates that the one who holds the victim while the killer kills him is not subject to retribution, and his act is not considered participation such that it would be a case of a group killing one person. Rather, what is obligatory is only his imprisonment. The author of (Al-Bahr) narrated this view from both parties, meaning the Shafi’is and the Hanafis. They deduced it from the mentioned Hadith and report, and His statement, the Exalted: So whoever transgresses against you, transgress against him in the same manner as he transgressed against you (Al-Baqarah: 194). The mentioned imprisonment is left to the Imam’s discretion regarding its duration, as the purpose is discipline, not intended to last until death. So it is in (Nayl al-Awtar). It is also understood from (Radd al-Muhtar).

(٢) قوله: يقتل الذي قتل ويحبس الذي أمسك: والحديث فيه دليل على أن الممسك للمقتول حال قتل القاتل له لايلزمه القود، ولا يعد فعله مشاركة حتى يكون ذلك من باب قتل الجماعة بالواحد، بل الواجب حبسه فقط. وقدحكى صاحب (البحر) هذا القول عن الفريقين يعني الشافعية والحنفية. وقد استدل لهم بالحديث والأثر المذكورينوقوله تعالى: ﴿فَمَنِ أَعْتَدَى عَلَيْكُمْ فَأَعْتَدُواْ عَلَيْهِ بِمِثْلِ مَا أَعْتَدَى عَلَيْكُمْ﴾ (البقرة: ١٩٤) والحبس المذكورجعله الجمهور موكولا إلى رأي الإمام في طول المدة وقصرها؛ لأن الغرض تأديبه، وليس بمقصود استمراره إلىالموت. كذا في (نيل الأوطار). وأيضًا يفهم من (رد المحتار).