Sunan Abu Dawood 4499

حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ الْجُشَمِيُّ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ عَوْفٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَدَّثَنَا حَمْزَةُ أَبُو عُمَرَ الْعَائِذِيُّ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَدَّثَنِي عَلْقَمَةُ بْنُ وَائِلٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَدَّثَنِي وَائِلُ بْنُ حُجْرٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ كُنْتُ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذْ جِيءَ بِرَجُلٍ قَاتِلٍ فِي عُنُقِهِ النِّسْعَةُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ فَدَعَا وَلِيَّ الْمَقْتُولِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالَ:‏‏‏‏ أَتَعْفُو ؟ قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ لَا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ أَفَتَأْخُذُ الدِّيَةَ ؟ قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ لَا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ أَفَتَقْتُلُ ؟ قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ نَعَمْ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ اذْهَبْ بِهِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَلَمَّا وَلَّى، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ أَتَعْفُو ؟ قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ لَا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ أَفَتَأْخُذُ الدِّيَةَ ؟ قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ لَا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ أَفَتَقْتُلُ ؟ قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ نَعَمْ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ اذْهَبْ بِهِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَلَمَّا كَانَ فِي الرَّابِعَةِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ أَمَا إِنَّكَ إِنْ عَفَوْتَ عَنْهُ يَبُوءُ بِإِثْمِهِ وَإِثْمِ صَاحِبِهِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ فَعَفَا عَنْهُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ فَأَنَا رَأَيْتُهُ يَجُرُّ النِّسْعَةَ .

Narrated Wail ibn Hujr: I was with the Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم when a man who was a murderer and had a strap round his neck was brought to him. He then called the legal guardian of the victim and asked him: Do you forgive him? He said: No. He asked: Will you accept the blood-money? He said: No. He asked: Will you kill him? He said: Yes. He said: Take him. When he turned his back, he said: Do you forgive him? He said: No. He said: Will you accept the blood-money? He said: No. He said: Will you kill him? He said: Yes. He said: Take him. After repeating all this a fourth time, he said: If you forgive him, he will bear the burden of his own sin and the sin of the victim. He then forgave him. He (the narrator) said: I saw him pulling the strap.