XV
THE BOOK OF RETALIATION
It is related from Al Miqdám binuʾl-Aswad that he said, 'O Apostle of God, tell me, if I meet a man who is an infidel, and we fight together, and he strikes one of my hands with a sword and cuts it off, and then takes refuge from me in a tree and says, "I become a Muslim,"—And in another tradition it runs, "And when I come down to kill him, he says, 'There is no God but Alláh,'—Should I kill him after he says that?" He replied, "Do not kill him." The man said, "O Apostle of God, he has cut off one of my hands!" The Apostle of God said, "Do not kill him; for if thou kill him, verily he was in the same rank as thyself (i.e., a believer) before thou killedst him, and then thou wilt be in the position he occupied before he uttered the words which he spoke."'—Muslim, Al Bukhárí.
It is related from Abú Hurairah that, 'The Apostle of God said, "Whoever throws himself down from a mountain and kills himself is in the fire of hell, and he will be thrown into it, and will remain there for ever and ever. And whoever takes poison and kills himself, his poison will remain in his hand, and he will take it continually in the fire of hell, and he will remain therein for ever and ever. And whoever kills himself with any iron weapon, his weapon will remain in his hand, and he will continually stab himself in his belly in the fire of hell, and he will remain there for ever and ever."'—Muslim, Al Bukhárí.
It is related from Anas that 'a Jew pounded the head of a slave-girl between two stones. And it was said to her, "Who did this to thee? Was it so and so, or so and so?" until the Jew was named. Then she nodded her head. Then they brought the Jew, and he confessed. Then the Apostle of God gave orders concerning him; and his head was pounded with a stone.'—Muslim, Al Bukhárí.
It is related from Anas that he said, 'Al Rubaiya, who was the aunt of Anas bin Málik, broke the front teeth of a daughter of one of the Helpers. And they came to the Prophet; and he ordered retaliation. Then Anas bin Naḍar, the uncle of Anas
