51. Chapter
٥١۔ كِتَابُ الدِّيَاتِ
Two women of Hudhail fought together and one of them threw a stone at the other and killed her. They brought their dispute to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ who gave judgement that a male or female slave of the best quality should be given as compensation for her unborn child, and he fixed it to be paid by the woman's relatives on the father's side. He made her sons and those who were with them her heirs. Hamal b. Malik b. al-Nabighah al-Hudhali said: Messenger of Allah ! how should I be fined for one who has not drunk, or eaten or spoken, or raised his voice? - adding that compensation is not to be paid for such (an offense). The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: This man simply belong to the soothsayers on account of his rhymed prose which he has used. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4576)
اقْتَتَلَتِ امْرَأَتَانِ مِنْ هُذَيْلٍ فَرَمَتْ إِحْدَاهُمَا الْأُخْرَى بِحَجَرٍ فَقَتَلَتْهَا وَمَا فِي بَطْنِهَا فَاخْتَصَمُوا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَضَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّ دِيَةَ جَنِينِهَا غُرَّةٌ عَبْدٌ أَوْ وَلِيدَةٌ وَقَضَى بِدِيَةِ الْمَرْأَةِ عَلَى عَاقِلَتِهَا وَوَرَّثَهَا وَلَدَهَا وَمَنْ مَعَهُمْ قَالَ حَمَلُ بْنُ النَّابِغَةِ الْهُذَلِيُّ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ كَيْفَ أَغْرَمُ مَنْ لَا شَرِبَ وَلَا أَكَلَ وَلَا نَطَقَ وَلَا اسْتَهَلَّ فَمِثْلُ ذَلِكَ يُطَلُّ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّمَا هَذَا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ الْكُهَّانِ مِنْ أَجْلِ سَجْعِهِ
A woman killed her fellow-wife with a tent-pole. Her case was brought to Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he gave judgment that blood-wit should be paid by the relatives (of the offender) on the father's side. And as she was pregnant, he decided regarding her unborn child that a male or a female slave of good quality be given. Some of her offender's) relatives said: Should we make compensation for one who never ate, nor drank, nor made any noise, who was like a nonentity? Thereupon Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: He was talking rhymed phrases like the rhymed phrases of desert Arabs. (Using translation from Muslim 1682b)
أَنَّ امْرَأَةً قَتَلَتْ ضَرَّتَهَا بِعَمُودِ فُسْطَاطٍ فَأُتِيَ فِيهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَضَى فِيهِ عَلَى عَاقِلَتِهَا بِالدِّيَةِ وَكَانَتْ حَامِلًا فَقَضَى فِي الْجَنِينِ بِغُرَّةٍ فَقَالَ بَعْضُ عَصَبَتِهَا أَنَدِي مَنْ لَا طَعِمَ وَلَا شَرِبَ وَلَا صَاحَ وَلَا اسْتَهَلَّ وَمِثْلُ ذَلِكَ يُطَلُّ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ سَجْعٌ كَسَجْعِ الْأَعْرَابِ
[Machine] I took this book from the family of Umar ibn Khattab. It was connected to the book of charity that Umar wrote for the workers. In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate. This is a book from Muhammad the Prophet ﷺ , between the Muslims and the believers from the people of Quraysh and Yathrib. And whoever followed them joined them and struggled with them, for they are one nation apart from the emigrants from Quraysh who support them, interacting among themselves as they aid each other with goodness and justice among the believers. And the sons of Awf also interact with their first settlements, and every group supports its people with goodness and justice among the believers. Then he mentioned according to this sequence, the Banu Harith, then the Banu Sa'ida, then the Banu Jusham, then the Banu al-Najjar, then the Banu Amr ibn Awf, then the Banu Nabit, then the Banu Aws. Then he said, "Indeed, the believers do not leave a source of joy among them without granting it through goodness in ransom or liberation."
أَخَذْتُ مِنْ آلِ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ هَذَا الْكِتَابَ كَانَ مَقْرُونًا بِكِتَابِ الصَّدَقَةِ الَّذِي كَتَبَ عُمَرُ لِلْعُمَّالِ بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ هَذَا كِتَابٌ مِنْ مُحَمَّدٍ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بَيْنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنِينَ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ وَيَثْرِبَ وَمَنْ تَبِعَهُمْ فَلَحِقَ بِهِمْ وَجَاهَدَ مَعَهُمْ أَنَّهُمْ أُمَّةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ دُونَ النَّاسِ الْمُهَاجِرِونَ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ عَلَى رَبْعَتِهِمْ يَتَعَاقَلُونَ بَيْنَهُمْ وَهُمْ يَفِدُونَ عَانِيَهُمْ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَالْقِسْطِ بَيْنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَبَنُو عَوْفٍ عَلَى رَبْعَتِهِمْ يَتَعَاقَلُونَ مَعَاقِلَهُمُ الْأُولَى وَكُلُّ طَائِفَةٍ تَفْدِي عَانِيَهَا بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَالْقِسْطِ بَيْنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ عَلَى هَذَا النَّسَقِ بَنِي الْحَارِثِ ثُمَّ بَنِي سَاعِدَةَ ثُمَّ بَنِي جُشَمَ ثُمَّ بَنِي النَّجَّارِ ثُمَّ بَنِي عَمْرِو بْنِ عَوْفٍ ثُمَّ بَنِي النَّبِيتِ ثُمَّ بَنِي الْأَوْسِ ثُمَّ قَالَ وَإِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ لَا يَتْرُكُونَ مُفْرَحًا مِنْهُمْ أَنْ يُعْطُوهُ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ فِي فِدَاءٍ أَوْ عَقْلٍ
[Machine] He said, "It was written in the book of the Prophet ﷺ that every group should support its vulnerable members with kindness and justice from the believers. And it is incumbent upon the believers not to leave any of them without giving them investment or compensation. We were informed by Abu Abdullah Al-Hafiz and Abu Bakr Al-Qadi who said that Abu Al-Abbas Muhammad ibn Ya'qub informed us, who said that Muhammad ibn Ishaq As-Sughani narrated to us, who reported from Muawiyah ibn Amr from Abu Ishaq Al-Fazzari from Kathir ibn Abdullah, who mentioned it. Al-Asma'i said about "Mufrah" (in the sentence) using the letter "haa", it is the one that made the religion heavier for him, meaning burdened him with responsibilities.
أَنَّهُ قَالَ كَانَ فِي كِتَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِنَّ كُلَّ طَائِفَةٍ تَفْدِي عَانِيَهَا بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَالْقِسْطِ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَإِنَّ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَنْ لَا يَتْرُكُوا مُفْرَحًا مِنْهُمْ حَتَّى يُعْطُوهُ فِي فِدَاءٍ أَوْ عَقْلٍ أَخْبَرْنَاهُ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ الْقَاضِي قَالَا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الصَّغَانِيُّ أنبأ مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ هُوَ الْفَزَارِيُّ عَنْ كَثِيرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ فَذَكَرَهُ قَالَ الْأَصْمَعِيُّ فِي الْمُفْرَحِ بِالْحَاءِ هُوَ الَّذِي قَدْ أَفْرَحَهُ الدَّيْنُ يَعْنِي أَثْقَلَهُ