English
Sa’id ibn Al-Musayyib narrated that Umar ibn Al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) killed a group of five or seven for one man they killed treacherously. Umar said: If the people of Sana’a conspired against him, I would kill them all.
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- Candidate: Sahih al-Bukhari 6896 (unverified) 96% confidence
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Commentary and footnotes (2)
Note 1
(1) His statement: “If the people of Sana’a conspired against him, I would kill them all”: Therefore, it is said in (Al-Hidayah): If a group intentionally kills one person, retribution is taken from all of them.
Note 1
(١) قوله: لو تمالا عليه أهل صنعاء لقتلتهم جميعا: لذلك قال في (الهداية): وإذا قتل جماعة واحدا عمدا اقتصّ منجميعهم.