Sahih al-Bukhari 6867

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Chain of Narration (Isnad)

Narrated by Ibn Masud 6 narrators

Qabaysa bin 'Uqba bin Muhammad Atbāʿ al-Tābiʿīn d. 215 AH Sufyan bin Sa‘id Ath-Thawri Atbāʿ al-Tābiʿīn 97 AH – 161 AH Sulaiman al-A'mash Tābiʿī 61 AH – 147 AH 'Abdullah bin Marrah al-Kharfi Tābiʿī d. 100 AH or before Masrouq bin al-Ajda' Tābiʿī d. ~63 AH Ibn Masud Companion d. 32 AH/ 652 CE

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)

Vol. 9, Book 83, Hadith 6

Translation by Muhsin Khan · Language: EN

Arabic Text

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 ‏"‏‏.‏

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