Hadith 5305

Chapter 2

باب 2

(2) باب قَوْلِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى {وَمَنْ أَحْيَاهَا}

(2) Chapter: "And if anyone saved a life…."
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حَدَّثَنَا قَبِيصَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُرَّةَ، عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " لاَ تُقْتَلُ نَفْسٌ إِلاَّ كَانَ عَلَى ابْنِ آدَمَ الأَوَّلِ كِفْلٌ مِنْهَا ".

Narrated `Abdullah:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "No human being is killed unjustly, but a part of responsibility for the crime is laid on the first son of Adam who invented the tradition of killing (murdering) on the earth. (It is said that he was Qabil).

Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 6867

In-book reference: Book 87, Hadith 6

USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Vol. 9, Book 83, Hadith 6