Sunan ad-Darimi — Hadith #55183

Ahmad bin Abdullah Al-Hamdani told us, Abu Usama told us, on the authority of Awf, on the authority of Hamza Abi Omar, on the authority of Alqamah bin Wa’il. Al-Hadrami, on the authority of his father Wael bin Hajar, said: I witnessed the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, when the murderous man was brought and led in Nasa’ah. Then the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said to the guardian of the murdered man: “Will you pardon me?” He said: No. He said: “So you take the blood money?” He said: No. He said: “So you kill him?” He said: Yes. The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said: “If you pardon him, he will bear your sin and the sin of your companion.” He said : So he left him and said: I saw him dragging his horse. He had pardoned him.