English
Amr ibn Shu’ayb narrated from his father, from his grandfather (may Allah be pleased with him), from Suraqah ibn Malik (may Allah be pleased with him): He said: I was present with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) when he exacted retribution from a father for his son but did not exact retribution from a son for his father.
Possible references (unverified, pending editorial review)
- Candidate: Jami al-Tirmidhi 1401 (unverified) 78% confidence · Validation similarity: 0.520
Confidence and text similarity are not editorial verification.
Commentary and footnotes (2)
Note 1
(1) His statement: “He exacted retribution from a father for his son”: Meaning, he took retribution for him. Retribution is retaliation. “But did not exact retribution from a son for his father.” They said: The wisdom in this is that the parent is the cause of the child’s existence, so it is not permissible for him to be the cause of their non-existence. So it is in (Al-Luma’at).
Note 1
(١) قوله: يقيد الأب من ابنه: أي يأخذ قصاصه، والقود القصاص، ولا يقيد الابن من أبيه، قالوا: الحكمة فيه أن الوالد سبب وجود الولد فلا يجوز أن يكون هو سببا لعدمه. كذا في (اللمعات)