Hadith About Murder

What are hadiths about murder? Examples of hadiths about murder...

According to ʿAbd Allah b. ʿAmr (ra), the Prophet (saw) said, “That the world would cease to exist is less significant to Allah than killing a Muslim man.” (al-Tirmidhi, al-Diyat, 7; al-Nasaʾi, al-Muharaba, 2)

According to ʿAbd Allah (b. Masʿud) (ra), the Messenger of Allah (saw) said, “Whenever a person is killed unjustly, there is a share of the burden of the crime on the first son of Adam, for he was the first to start the tradition of killing.” (al-Bukhari, al-Anbiyaʾ, 1; Muslim, al-Qasama, 27)

According to Abu Hurayra (ra), the Messenger of Allah (saw) said, “Everything of a Muslim is sacred to a Muslim: His property, honor and blood...” (Abu Daʾud, al-Adab, 35)

Abu Bakra (ra) said, “I heard the Messenger of Allah (saw) say, ‘If two Muslims confront each other with their swords and one of them kills the other, both the killer and the slain will be in Hell.’ They said, ‘O, Messenger of Allah! (We understand about) the killer, but what about the one who is slain?’ He said, ‘He wanted to kill his companion.’” (al-Nasaʾi, al-Muharaba, 29; al-Bukhari, al-Diyat, 2)

According to ʿAbd Allah b. ʿAmr (ra), the Prophet (saw) said, “Whoever kills a person who is a muʿāhid (a person who is granted the promise of protection by the Muslims) will not smell the fragrance of Paradise though its fragrance can be smelled at a distance of forty years (of traveling).” (al-Bukhari, al-Diyat, 30)

Source: Presidency Of Religious Affairs The Turkey, Islam Through Hadiths