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ذِكْرُ خَبَرٍ قَدْ يُوهِمُ عَالِمًا مِنَ النَّاسِ أَنَّهُ مُضَادٌّ لِإِخْبَارِ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ الَّتِي ذَكَرْنَاهَا

ibnhibban:6021Aḥmad b. Yaḥyá b. Zuhayr > al-Ḥasan b. Yaḥyá al-Azdy > Abū ʿĀṣim > Ibn Jurayj > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > Ṭāwus > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] "I was between two women, and one of them struck the other, causing her to die along with her unborn child. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ ruled in this case that a male or female slave should be killed in compensation."  

ابن حبّان:٦٠٢١أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ زُهَيْرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الأَزدي* قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّ عُمَرَ رِضْوَانُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ نَاشَدَ النَّاسَ فِي الْجَنِينِ فَقَامَ حَمَلُ بْنُ مَالِكِ بْنِ النَّابِغَةِ فَقَالَ

«كُنْتُ بَيْنَ امْرَأَتَيْنِ فَضَرَبَتْ إِحْدَاهُمَا الْأُخْرَى فَقَتَلَتْهَا وَجَنِينَهَا فَقَضَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِيهِ بِغُرَّةٍ عَبْدٍ أَوْ أَمَةٍ وَأَنْ تُقْتَلَ بِهَا»  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Nasāʾī, Abū Dāwūd, Ibn Mājah, Mālik, Aḥmad, Dārimī, Ibn Ḥibbān
bukhari:6904ʿAbdullāh b. Yūsuf > Mālik > Ismāʿīl > Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Hurayrah

Two women from the tribe of Hudhail (fought with each other) and one of them threw (a stone at) the other, causing her to have a miscarriage and Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave his verdict that the killer (of the fetus) should give a male or female slave (as a Diya).  

البخاري:٦٩٠٤حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ وَحَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ

أَنَّ امْرَأَتَيْنِ مِنْ هُذَيْلٍ رَمَتْ إِحْدَاهُمَا الأُخْرَى فَطَرَحَتْ جَنِينَهَا فَقَضَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِيهَا بِغُرَّةٍ عَبْدٍ أَوْ أَمَةٍ  

muslim:1681aYaḥyá b. Yaḥyá > Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

Abu Huraira reported that among two women of the tribe of Hudhail one flung a stone upon the other causing an abortion to her so Allah's Apostle (may peace he upon him) gave judgment that a male or a female slave of best quality be given as compensation.  

مسلم:١٦٨١aحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ قَرَأْتُ عَلَى مَالِكٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ امْرَأَتَيْنِ مِنْ هُذَيْلٍ رَمَتْ إِحْدَاهُمَا الأُخْرَى فَطَرَحَتْ جَنِينَهَا فَقَضَى فِيهِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِغُرَّةٍ عَبْدٍ أَوْ أَمَةٍ  

nasai:4739Yūsuf b. Saʿīd > Ḥajjāj b. Muḥammad > Ibn Jurayj > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > Ṭāwus > Ibn ʿAbbās > ʿUmar

he heard Tawus narrate from Ibn 'Abbas, from 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, that he asked about the ruling of the Messenger of Allah concerning that. Hamal bin Malik stood up and said: "I was married to two women, and one of them struck the other with a tent pole and killed her and her fetus. The Prophet ruled that a slave be given (as Diyah) for her fetus and that she be killed (for killing the other woman)."  

النسائي:٤٧٣٩أَخْبَرَنَا يُوسُفُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ دِينَارٍ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ طَاوُسًا يُحَدِّثُ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنْ عُمَرَ ؓ

أَنَّهُ نَشَدَ قَضَاءَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي ذَلِكَ فَقَامَ حَمَلُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ فَقَالَ كُنْتُ بَيْنَ حُجْرَتَىِ امْرَأَتَيْنِ فَضَرَبَتْ إِحْدَاهُمَا الأُخْرَى بِمِسْطَحٍ فَقَتَلَتْهَا وَجَنِينَهَا فَقَضَى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فِي جَنِينِهَا بِغُرَّةٍ وَأَنْ تُقْتَلَ بِهَا  

abudawud:4572Muḥammad b. Masʿūd al-Miṣṣīṣī > Abū ʿĀṣim > Ibn Jurayj > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > Ṭāwus > Ibn ʿAbbās > ʿUmar > Saʾal

'Umar asked about the decision of the Prophet ﷺ about that (i.e. abortion). Haml b. Malik b. al-Nabhigah got up and said: I was between two women. One of them struck another with a rolling-pin killing both her and what was in her womb. So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave judgement that the bloodwit for the unborn child should be a male or a female slave of the best quality and the she should be killed. Abu Dawud said: Al-Nadr b. Shumail said: Mistah means a rolling-pin. Abu Dawud said: Abu 'Ubaid said: Mistah means a pole from the tent-poles.  

أبو داود:٤٥٧٢حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ الْمِصِّيصِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ دِينَارٍ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ طَاوُسًا عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنْ عُمَرَ أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ

عَنْ قَضِيَّةِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي ذَلِكَ فَقَامَ إِلَيْهِ حَمَلُ بْنُ مَالِكِ بْنِ النَّابِغَةِ فَقَالَ كُنْتُ بَيْنَ امْرَأَتَيْنِ فَضَرَبَتْ إِحْدَاهُمَا الأُخْرَى بِمِسْطَحٍ فَقَتَلَتْهَا وَجَنِينَهَا فَقَضَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي جَنِينِهَا بِغُرَّةٍ وَأَنْ تُقْتَلَ  

قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ قَالَ النَّضْرُ بْنُ شُمَيْلٍ الْمِسْطَحُ هُوَ الصَّوْبَجُ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَقَالَ أَبُو عُبَيْدٍ الْمِسْطَحُ عُودٌ مِنْ أَعْوَادِ الْخِبَاءِ
ibnmajah:2641Aḥmad b. Saʿīd al-Dārimī > Abū ʿĀṣim > Ibn Jurayj > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > Ṭāwus > Ibn ʿAbbās > ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb

he asked the people about the ruling of the Prophet ﷺ concerning that - concerning a fetus. Hamal bin Malik bin Nabighah stood up and said: “I was between my two wives and one of them struck the other with a tent-pole, killing her and a fetus. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ ruled that the blood money for the fetus was a slave, and that she would be killed in retaliation.”  

ابن ماجة:٢٦٤١حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الدَّارِمِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ حَدَّثَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ دِينَارٍ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ طَاوُسًا عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ

أَنَّهُ نَشَدَ النَّاسَ قَضَاءَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي ذَلِكَ يَعْنِي فِي الْجَنِينِ فَقَامَ حَمَلُ بْنُ مَالِكِ بْنِ النَّابِغَةِ فَقَالَ كُنْتُ بَيْنَ امْرَأَتَيْنِ لِي فَضَرَبَتْ إِحْدَاهُمَا الأُخْرَى بِمِسْطَحٍ فَقَتَلَتْهَا وَقَتَلَتْ جَنِينَهَا فَقَضَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي الْجَنِينِ بِغُرَّةٍ عَبْدٍ وَأَنْ تُقْتَلَ بِهَا  

malik:43-11Yaḥyá > Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAwf > Abū Hurayrah

Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Abu Salama ibn Abd ar-Rahman ibn Awf from Abu Hurayra that a woman from the Hudhayl tribe threw a stone at a woman from the same tribe, and she had a miscarriage. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave a judgement that a slave or slave-girl of fair complexion and excellence should be given to her.  

مالك:٤٣-١١وَحَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ امْرَأَتَيْنِ مِنْ هُذَيْلٍ رَمَتْ إِحْدَاهُمَا الأُخْرَى فَطَرَحَتْ جَنِينَهَا فَقَضَى فِيهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِغُرَّةٍ عَبْدٍ أَوْ وَلِيدَةٍ  

ahmad:7217ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī > Mālik > al-Zuhrī > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

there were two women of Hudhail during the time of the Messenger of Allah, one of whom threw something at the other and caused her to miscarry. The Messenger of Allah ruled that (Diyah of ) a male or female slave be paid for that. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4819)   

أحمد:٧٢١٧حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ امْرَأَتَيْنِ مِنْ بَنِي هُذَيْلٍ رَمَتْ إِحْدَاهُمَا الْأُخْرَى فَأَلْقَتْ جَنِينًا فَقَضَى فِيهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِغُرَّةٍ عَبْدٍ أَوْ أَمَةٍ  

darimi:2426Abū ʿĀṣim > Ibn Jurayj > ʿAmr > Ibn Dīnār > Ṭāwus > Ibn ʿAbbās

he asked the people about the ruling of the Prophet ﷺ concerning that - concerning a fetus. Hamal bin Malik bin Nabighah stood up and said: “I was between my two wives and one of them struck the other with a tent-pole, killing her and a fetus. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ ruled that the blood money for the fetus was a slave, and that she would be killed in retaliation.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2641)   

الدارمي:٢٤٢٦حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ عَنْ عَمْرٍو هُوَ ابْنُ دِينَارٍ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ عُمَرَ نَشَدَ النَّاسَ قَضَاءَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي الْجَنِينِ فَقَامَ حَمَلُ بْنُ مَالِكِ بْنِ النَّابِغَةِ فَقَالَ كُنْتُ بَيْنَ امْرَأَتَيْنِ فَضَرَبَتْ إِحْدَاهُمَا الْأُخْرَى بِمِسْطَحٍ «فَقَضَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي جَنِينِهَا بِغُرَّةٍ وَأَنْ تُقْتَلَ بِهَا»  

ذِكْرُ وَصْفِ الْغُرَّةِ الَّتِي تَجِبُ فِي الْجَنِينِ السَّاقِطِ مِنْ بَطْنِ الْمَرْأَةِ الْمَضْرُوبَةِ عَلَى ضَارِبِهَا

ibnhibban:6017ʿUmar b. Saʿīd b. Sinān > Aḥmad b. Abū Bakr > Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

Two women from the tribe of Hudhail (fought with each other) and one of them threw (a stone at) the other, causing her to have a miscarriage and Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave his verdict that the killer (of the fetus) should give a male or female slave (as a Diya). (Using translation from Bukhārī 6904)  

ابن حبّان:٦٠١٧أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ امْرَأَتَيْنِ مِنْ هُذَيْلٍ رَمَتْ إِحْدَاهُمَا الْأُخْرَى فَطَرَحَتْ جَنِينَهَا فَقَضَى فِيهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِغُرَّةٍ «عَبْدٍ أَوْ وَلِيدَةٍ»