Sahih al-Bukhari · The Book of Ad-Diyait (Blood - Money)
22- بَابُ الْقَسَامَةِ:
(22) Chapter. Al-Qasama [the oath taken by fifty people (of the dfendant) regarding a murder case when no evidence is avaliable].
2 hadith · references 6898–6899
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Bukhari · 6898أَنَّ نَفَرًا مِنْ قَوْمِهِ انْطَلَقُوا إِلَى خَيْبَرَ ، فَتَفَرَّقُوا فِيهَا ، وَوَجَدُوا أَحَدَهُمْ قَتِيلًا ، وَقَالُوا لِلَّذِي وُجِدَ فِيهِمْ : قَدْ قَتَلْتُمْ صَاحِبَنَا ، قَالُوا : مَا قَتَلْنَا وَلَا عَلِمْنَا قَ(a man from the Ansar) that a number of people from his tribe went to Khaibar and dispersed, and then they found one of them murdered. They said to the people with whom the corpse had been found, "You have killed our com4 narratorsBukhari · 6899مَا قَتَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَحَدًا قَطُّ إِلَّا فِي إِحْدَى ثَلَاثِ خِصَالٍ : رَجُلٌ قَتَلَ بِجَرِيرَةِ نَفْسِهِ فَقُتِلَ ، أَوْ رَجُلٌ زَنَى بَعْدَ إِحْصَانٍ ، أَوْ رَجُلٌ حَارَبَ اللَّOnce `Umar bin `Abdul `Aziz sat on his throne in the courtyard of his house so that the people might gather before him. Then he admitted them and (when they came in), he said, "What do you think of Al-Qasama?" They said,6 narrators