Umar on Murder: Groups executed for conspiring to kill

Ibn Umar reported: A young boy was murdered in an act of treachery. Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “If the people of San’a’ had conspired to do this, I would execute all of them.”

Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 9/8

Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Bukhari

عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ أَنَّ غُلَامًا قُتِلَ غِيلَةً فَقَالَ عُمَرُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ لَوِ اشْتَرَكَ فِيهَا أَهْلُ صَنْعَاءَ لَقَتَلْتُهُمْ

9/8 صحيح البخاري كتاب الديات باب إذا أصاب قوم من رجل هل يعاقب أو يقتص منهم كلهم

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Abu Amina Elias
Abu Amina Elias (Justin Parrott) is an academic librarian, researcher, and translator specializing in the Quran, Hadith, and their commentaries. He is a former instructor of Islamic Creed for Mishkah University.
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