ذِكْرُ تَفَضُّلِ اللَّهِ جَلَّ وَعَلَا عَلَى هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ عِنْدَ الْقَتْلِ بِإِعْطَاءِ الدِّيَةِ عَنْهُ
[Machine] Before you, it was customary for people to take revenge by killing the killer, and no blood money was accepted from the killer. Then, Allah revealed the verse {O you who have believed, prescribed for you is legal retribution for those murdered} till the end of the verse {that is a concession from your Lord and a mercy}. He said: "So He lightened from you what was upon those before you, which is the blood money that was not accepted. So whoever gives blood money, that is an act of forgiveness and a means of good conduct. And it is to be given to him by his brother in a good manner."
«كَانَ مَنْ قَبْلَكُمْ يَقْتُلُونَ الْقَاتِلَ بِالْقَتِيلِ لَا تُقْبَلُ مِنْهُ الدِّيَةُ» فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ {يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْقِصَاصُ فِي الْقَتْلَى} إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ {ذَلِكَ تَخْفِيفٌ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ وَرَحْمَةٌ} يَقُولُ «فَخَفَّفَ عَنْكُمْ مَا كَانَ عَلَى مَنْ قَبْلَكُمْ أَيِ الدِّيَةَ لَمْ تَكُنْ تُقْبَلُ فَالَّذِي يَقْبَلُ الدِّيَةَ فَذَلِكَ عَفْوٌ فَاتِّبَاعٌ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَيُؤَدِّي إِلَيْهِ الَّذِي عُفِيَ مِنْ أَخِيهِ بِإِحْسَانٍ»