It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, found a murdered person between two settlements. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, ordered the distance between the two settlements to be measured. It is as if I can still see the handspan of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him. Then he held the nearer settlement responsible for the murder.