#4731

It was narrated from 'Abdullah bin Buraidah, from the father, that a man came to the Prophet and said:"This man killed my brother." He said: "Go and kill him as he killed your brother." The man said to him: "Fear Allah and let me go, for that will bring you a greater reward and will be better for you and your brother on the Day of Resurrection." So he let him go. The Prophet was told about that, so he asked him about it, and he told him what he had said. He said: "Pardoning him would be better for you than what he would have done for you on the Day of Resurrection when he said: 'O Lord, ask him why he killed me

اخبرنا الحسن بن اسحاق المروزي، قال حدثني خالد بن خداش، قال حدثنا حاتم بن اسماعيل، عن بشير بن المهاجر، عن عبد الله بن بريدة، عن ابيه، ان رجلا، جاء الى النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فقال ان هذا الرجل قتل اخي . قال " اذهب فاقتله كما قتل اخاك " . فقال له الرجل اتق الله واعف عني فانه اعظم لاجرك وخير لك ولاخيك يوم القيامة . قال فخلى عنه قال فاخبر النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فساله فاخبره بما قال له قال فاعنفه " اما انه كان خيرا مما هو صانع بك يوم القيامة يقول يا رب سل هذا فيم قتلني