Does the hadith "When two Muslims meet with their swords" apply to the one who is fleeing?
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The questioner : Our question, Shaykh, is about the hadith: "When two Muslims meet with their swords."
The Shaykh : Raise your voice. Yes.
The questioner : When two Muslims meet with our master, how is it? Yes.
The Shaykh : The killer and the killed are in the Fire.
The questioner : A man killed a man. The story is that he went to prison, and his brother, according to tribal custom, left his country. The family of the killed man is pursuing the family of the killer. So, does this hadith apply to this man who is being pursued if he carries a weapon?
The Shaykh : He carries it for his safety.
The questioner : For himself.
The Shaykh : He defends himself, and there is no harm in that, but he does not fight with his brothers.
The questioner : No, he does not carry it for fighting.
The Shaykh : No, no, my brother, may Allah guide you. You and your neighbor there, you take the answer, don't rush and say this or that.
The questioner : Okay. Okay.
The Shaykh : The important point is that this fleeing brother has no objection to arming himself, provided he does so to ward off harm from himself, without entering into the harm himself, as the two did. Did one of them become a prisoner and the other a killer? Did you understand the answer?
The questioner : I understood the answer.
The Shaykh : Fine, what do I have to do with you telling me "no, he will not do it" or "he will do it"? That is between him and his Lord.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Raise your voice. Yes.
The questioner : When two Muslims meet with our master, how is it? Yes.
The Shaykh : The killer and the killed are in the Fire.
The questioner : A man killed a man. The story is that he went to prison, and his brother, according to tribal custom, left his country. The family of the killed man is pursuing the family of the killer. So, does this hadith apply to this man who is being pursued if he carries a weapon?
The Shaykh : He carries it for his safety.
The questioner : For himself.
The Shaykh : He defends himself, and there is no harm in that, but he does not fight with his brothers.
The questioner : No, he does not carry it for fighting.
The Shaykh : No, no, my brother, may Allah guide you. You and your neighbor there, you take the answer, don't rush and say this or that.
The questioner : Okay. Okay.
The Shaykh : The important point is that this fleeing brother has no objection to arming himself, provided he does so to ward off harm from himself, without entering into the harm himself, as the two did. Did one of them become a prisoner and the other a killer? Did you understand the answer?
The questioner : I understood the answer.
The Shaykh : Fine, what do I have to do with you telling me "no, he will not do it" or "he will do it"? That is between him and his Lord.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
Source
سلسلة الهدى والنور، المجلس 967 — d3watuna.com (37:57)
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