CHAPTER: HE WHO SHEDS THE BLOOD FIRST OF ALL BEARS THE BURDEN OF ALL SUBSEQUENT MURDERS
No. 4156
'Abdullah (b. Mas'ud) reported: Allaah's Prophet (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) having said: No person who is killed unjustly, but the share of (this offence of his also) falls upon the first son of Adam, for he was the first to introduce killing.
No. 4157
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Jarir and 'Isa b. Yunus with a slight variation of words.