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Sahih Muslim, 2908 a
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Chain of narration · Isnād

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5 transmitters

Narrated by Muhammad bin Yahya bin Abi 'UmarfromMarwan bin Mua'wiya al-FazarifromYazid bin Kysan al-YshkryfromAbu Hazim, Salma bin DinarfromAbu Hurairah

Hadith text · Matn

‏ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَيَأْتِيَنَّ عَلَى النَّاسِ زَمَانٌ لاَ يَدْرِي الْقَاتِلُ فِي أَىِّ شَىْءٍ قَتَلَ وَلاَ يَدْرِي الْمَقْتُولُ عَلَى أَىِّ شَىْءٍ قُتِلَ ‏

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English translation

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:

By Him in Whose Hand is my life, a time would come when the murderer would not know why he has committed the murder, and the victim would not know why he has been killed.

Original Arabic chain wording

وَحَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ الْمَكِّيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا مَرْوَانُ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ، - وَهُوَ ابْنُ كَيْسَانَ - عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏

References2 variants
In-Book Reference
Book 54, Hadith 69
USC-MSA web (English) reference
Book 41, Hadith 6949 (deprecated numbering scheme)
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