Nawawī’s Arbaýīn

A Collection of Forty Traditions of the Prophet ﷺ

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Sanctity Of A Muslim Life - Hadith 14

عَنْ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه و سلم لَا يَحِلُّ دَمُ امْرِئٍ مُسْلِمٍ يشهد أن لا إله إلا الله، وأني رسول الله إلَّا بِإِحْدَى ثَلَاثٍ الثَّيِّبُ الزَّانِي، وَالنَّفْسُ بِالنَّفْسِ، وَالتَّارِكُ لِدِينِهِ الْمُفَارِقُ لِلْجَمَاعَةِ رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ ، وَمُسْلِمٌ

Narrated by Ibn Masúūd radiyAllāhu Anhu, who said: RasūlAllāh ﷺ said:

The blood of a Muslim – one who bears witness that there is no God except Allāh, and that I am the Messenger of Allāh – is forbidden, except in three cases: A married person who commits adultery, life taken in lieu of another life, and the person who abandons his religion, who abandons the group [of Muslims].

Reported by Bukhārī and Muslim. [1]

Notes:

[1] Bukhārī 6878; Muslim 1676

References:

1. Nawawī’s Arbaýīn, Collection of Forty Traditions of the Prophet ﷺ, Hadith 14

[ English Translation ]

Mawlana Abu Hasan Ridawi,

Ridawi Press.