15. Book of Blood Money
١٥۔ كِتَابُ الدِّيَاتِ
[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "Whoever is afflicted with a wound or a boil, and the boil is a kind of wound, then he has three options. If he wishes for a fourth option, then you should take hold of his hands between whether he seeks retribution, or forgives, or takes compensation. If he takes anything from that and then goes beyond that, then the Fire is for him, he will abide therein forever."
سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَنْ أُصِيبَ بِدَمٍ أَوْ خَبْلٍ وَالْخَبْلُ الْجُرْحُ فَهُوَ بِالْخِيَارِ بَيْنَ إِحْدَى ثَلَاثٍ فَإِنْ أَرَادَ الرَّابِعَةَ فَخُذُوا عَلَى يَدَيْهِ بَيْنَ أَنْ يَقْتَصَّ أَوْ يَعْفُوَ أَوْ يَأْخُذَ الْعَقْلَ فَإِنْ أَخَذَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ شَيْئًا ثُمَّ عَدَا بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فَلَهُ النَّارُ خَالِدًا فِيهَا مُخَلَّدًا»
[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ wrote to the people of Yemen and in his letter, he stated: "Whoever kills a believer without a just cause, his hands are to be tied, unless the relatives of the slain demand blood money." Abu Muhammad said: "Killing without a valid reason is considered murder."
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَتَبَ إِلَى أَهْلِ الْيَمَنِ وَكَانَ فِي كِتَابِهِ «أَنَّ مَنْ اعْتَبَطَ مُؤْمِنًا قَتْلًا عَنْ بَيِّنَةٍ فَإِنَّهُ قَوَدُ يَدِهِ إِلَّا أَنْ يَرْضَى أَوْلِيَاءُ الْمَقْتُولِ» قَالَ أَبُو مُحَمَّد «اعْتَبَطَ قَتَلَ مِنْ غَيْرِ عِلَّةٍ»