Aḥmad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Hamdānī > Abū Usāmah > ʿAwf > Ḥamzah Abū ʿUmar > ʿAlqamah b. Wāʾil al-Ḥaḍramī > Abīh Wāʾil b. Ḥujr

I witnessed the Prophet ﷺ when a killer was brought to him, bound in chains. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to the guardian of the slain person, "Will you pardon him?" He replied, "No." The Prophet ﷺ then asked, "Will you accept blood money?" He again replied, "No." The Prophet ﷺ then asked, "Will you kill him?" He finally replied, "Yes." The Prophet ﷺ said, "If you forgive him, then he will bear your sin and the sin of his companion." The guardian decided to forgive him and said, "I have seen him dragging his chains, and he has been forgiven." – Sound Chain

أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ عَنْ عَوْفٍ عَنْ حَمْزَةَ أَبِي عُمَرَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ وَائِلٍ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَائِلِ بْنِ حُجْرٍ قَالَ

شَهِدْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ حِينَ أُتِيَ بِالرَّجُلِ الْقَاتِلِ يُقَادُ فِي نِسْعَةٍ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِوَلِيِّ الْمَقْتُولِ «أَتَعْفُو» قَالَ لَا قَالَ «فَتَأْخُذُ الدِّيَةَ» قَالَ لَا قَالَ «فَتَقْتُلُهُ» قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنَّكَ إِنْ عَفَوْتَ عَنْهُ فَإِنَّهُ يَبُوءُ بِإِثْمِكَ وَإِثْمِ صَاحِبِكَ» قَالَ فَتَرَكَهُ قَالَ «فَأَنَا رَأَيْتُهُ يَجُرُّ نِسْعَتَهُ قَدْ عَفَا عَنْهُ» – إسناده صحيح