[Machine] I witnessed a dispute, and a man from Murad came to him and said, "O Abu Umamah, what is the blood money for the fingers?" He replied, "Ten dirhams, ten dirhams." The man said, "Subhan Allah! Are these fingers equal?" He joined the ring finger with the thumb and said, "O Abu Umamah, are your ear and hand equal?" Because the ear covers the hair, the turban, and has half of the blood money, and the hand has the other half. Woe unto you! The sunnah has preceded your analogy, so follow it and do not innovate, for you will not go astray as long as you adhere to the tradition." Abu Bakr said, "Then Ash-Sha'bi told me, 'O Dhu al-Iyyad, if one of your tribesmen is killed and this baby is in his cradle, would their blood money be the same?' I said, 'Yes.' He said, 'So where is the analogy?'"  

شَهِدْتُ شُرَيْحًا وَجَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ مُرَادٍ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا أُمَيَّةَ مَا دِيَةُ الْأَصَابِعِ؟ قَالَ «عَشْرٌ عَشْرٌ» قَالَ يَا سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ أَسَوَاءٌ هَاتَانِ؟ جَمَعَ بَيْنَ الْخِنْصِرِ وَالْإِبْهَامِ فَقَالَ شُرَيْحٌ يَا سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ أَسَوَاءٌ أُذُنُكَ وَيَدُكَ؟ فَإِنَّ الْأُذُنَ يُوَارِيهَا الشَّعْرُ وَالْكُمَّةُ وَالْعِمَامَةُ فِيهَا نِصْفُ الدِّيَةِ وَفِي الْيَدِ نِصْفُ الدِّيَةِ وَيْحَكَ إِنَّ السُّنَّةَ سَبَقَتْ قِيَاسَكُمْ فَاتَّبِعْ وَلَا تَبْتَدِعْ فَإِنَّكَ لَنْ تَضِلَّ مَا أَخَذْتَ بِالْأَثَرِ قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَقَالَ لِي الشَّعْبِيُّ يَا هُذَلِيُّ لَوْ أَنَّ أَحْنَفَكُمْ قُتِلَ وَهَذَا الصَّبِيُّ فِي مَهْدِهِ أَكَانَ دِيَتُهُمَا سَوَاءً؟ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَأَيْنَ الْقِيَاسُ؟