Should we pay indemnity for one who, neither ate, nor drank, nor made any noise, who was just like a nonentity? Thereupon Messenger of Allah ﷺ remarked: He speaks rhymed phrases like the people of the desert. He did impose indemnity upon them.  

ضَرَبَتِ امْرَأَةٌ ضَرَّتَهَا بِعَمُودِ فُسْطَاطٍ وَهِيَ حُبْلَى فَقَتَلَتْهَا قَالَ وَإِحْدَاهُمَا لِحْيَانِيَّةٌ قَالَ فَجَعَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ دِيَةَ الْمَقْتُولَةِ عَلَى عَصَبَةِ الْقَاتِلَةِ وَغُرَّةً لِمَا فِي بَطْنِهَا فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ عَصَبَةِ الْقَاتِلَةِ أَنَغْرَمُ دِيَةَ مَنْ لاَ أَكَلَ وَلاَ شَرِبَ وَلاَ اسْتَهَلَّ فَمِثْلُ ذَلِكَ يُطَلُّ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَسَجْعٌ كَسَجْعِ الأَعْرَابِ قَالَ وَجَعَلَ عَلَيْهِمُ الدِّيَةَ  

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.  

أَنَّ امْرَأَةً قَتَلَتْ ضَرَّتَهَا بِعَمُودِ فُسْطَاطٍ فَأُتِيَ فِيهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَضَى عَلَى عَاقِلَتِهَا بِالدِّيَةِ وَكَانَتْ حَامِلاً فَقَضَى فِي الْجَنِينِ بِغُرَّةٍ فَقَالَ بَعْضُ عَصَبَتِهَا أَنَدِي مَنْ لاَ طَعِمَ وَلاَ شَرِبَ وَلاَ صَاحَ فَاسْتَهَلَّ وَمِثْلُ ذَلِكَ يُطَلُّ قَالَ فَقَالَ سَجْعٌ كَسَجْعِ الأَعْرَابِ  

"A woman struck her co-wife, who was pregnant, with a tent pole and Killed her, The Messenger of Allah ruled that the 'Asahab of the Killer was to pay the Diyah and to give a slave (as Diyah for ) the child in her womb. One of the'Asabah of the killer said: 'Am I to pay blood money for one whom neither ate nor drank, or shouted or cried (at the moment of birth)? Such a one should be overlooked. The Messenger of Allah said: 'Rhyming verse like the verse of the Bedouin?' and he made them pay the Diyah  

ضَرَبَتِ امْرَأَةٌ ضَرَّتَهَا بِعَمُودِ الْفُسْطَاطِ وَهِيَ حُبْلَى فَقَتَلَتْهَا فَجَعَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ دِيَةَ الْمَقْتُولَةِ عَلَى عَصَبَةِ الْقَاتِلَةِ وَغُرَّةً لِمَا فِي بَطْنِهَا فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ عَصَبَةِ الْقَاتِلَةِ أَنَغْرَمُ دِيَةَ مَنْ لاَ أَكَلْ وَلاَ شَرِبَ وَلاَ اسْتَهَلّ فَمِثْلُ ذَلِكَ يُطَلّ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَسَجْعٌ كَسَجْعِ الأَعْرَابِ فَجَعَلَ عَلَيْهِمُ الدِّيَةَ  

there were two co-wives, one of whom struck the other with a tent people and killed her. The Messenger of Allah ruled that the Diyah was to be paid by the 'Asabah of the killer, and that a slave should be given (as diyah) for the child in her womb. The Bedouin Said: "Are you penalizing me for one who neither ate nor drank, or shouted or cried (at the moment of birth)? Such a one should be overlooked/" He said: "Rhyming verse like the verse of the Jahiliyyah," and he ruled that a slave should e given (as Diyah) for the child in her womb.  

أَنَّ ضَرَّتَيْنِ ضَرَبَتْ إِحْدَاهُمَا الأُخْرَى بِعَمُودِ فُسْطَاطٍ فَقَتَلَتْهَا فَقَضَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِالدِّيَةِ عَلَى عَصَبَةِ الْقَاتِلَةِ وَقَضَى لِمَا فِي بَطْنِهَا بِغُرَّةٍ فَقَالَ الأَعْرَابِيُّ تُغَرِّمُنِي مَنْ لاَ أَكَلْ وَلاَ شَرِبَ وَلاَ صَاحَ فَاسْتَهَلّ فَمِثْلُ ذَلِكَ يُطَلّ فَقَالَ سَجْعٌ كَسَجْعِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ وَقَضَى لِمَا فِي بَطْنِهَا بِغُرَّةٍ  

there were two co-wives, one of whom struck the other with a tent people and killed her. The Messenger of Allah ruled that the Diyah was to be paid by the 'Asabah of the killer, and that a slave should be given (as diyah) for the child in her womb. The Bedouin Said: "Are you penalizing me for one who neither ate nor drank, or shouted or cried (at the moment of birth)? Such a one should be overlooked/" He said: "Rhyming verse like the verse of the Jahiliyyah," and he ruled that a slave should e given (as Diyah) for the child in her womb. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4823)   

أَنَّ امْرَأَتَيْنِ ضَرَبَتْ إِحْدَاهُمَا الْأُخْرَى بِعَمُودِ فُسْطَاطٍ فَقَتَلَتْهَا فَقَضَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِالدِّيَةِ عَلَى عَصَبَةِ الْقَاتِلَةِ وَفِيمَا فِي بَطْنِهَا غُرَّةٌ قَالَ الْأَعْرَابِيُّ أَتُغَرِّمُنِي مَنْ لَا أَكَلَ وَلَا شَرِبَ وَلَا صَاحَ فَاسْتَهَلَّ مِثْلُ ذَلِكَ يُطَلُّ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَسَجْعٌ كَسَجْعِ الْأَعْرَابِ وَبِمَا فِي بَطْنِهَا غُرَّةٌ  

a woman struck her co-wife with a tent pole and killed her, and she (the slain woman) was pregnant. She was brought to the Prophet, and the Messenger of Allah ruled that the 'Asabah of the killer should pay the Diyah , and a slavae (should be paid) for the fetus. Her 'Asabah said: "Should Diyah be paid for one who neither ate nor drank, or shouted or cried (at the moment of birth)? Such a one should be overlooked." The prophet said: "Rhyming verse like the verse of the Bedouins." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4821)   

أَنَّ امْرَأَةً ضَرَبَتْهَا امْرَأَةٌ بِعَمُودِ فُسْطَاطٍ فَقَتَلَتْهَا وَهِيَ حُبْلَى فَأُتِيَ بِهَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقَضَى فِيهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى عَصَبَةِ الْقَاتِلَةِ بِالدِّيَةِ وَفِي الْجَنِينِ غُرَّةٌ فَقَالَ عَصَبَتُهَا أَنْدِي مَنْ لَا طَعِمَ وَلَا شَرِبَ وَلَا صَاحَ فَاسْتَهَلَّ مِثْلُ ذَلِكَ بَطَلَ فَقَالَ سَجْعٌ مِثْلُ سَجْعِالْأَعْرَابِ وقَالَ شُعْبَةُ سَمِعْتُ عُبَيْدًا  

A man of Hudhail has two wives. One of them struck her fellow-wife with a tent-pole and killed her and her unborn child. They brought the dispute to the Prophet ﷺ. One of two men said: How can we pay bloodwit for the one who did not make a noise, or ate, nor drank, nor raised his voice ? He (the Prophet) asked: Is it rhymed prose like that of bedouin? He gave judgement that a male or female slave of the best quality should be paid in compensation, and he fixed it to be paid by woman's relatives on her father's side. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4568)   

أَنَّ امْرَأَتَيْنِ كَانَتَا تَحْتَ رَجُلٍ فَغَارَتَا فَضَرَبَتْهَا بِعَمُودِ فُسْطَاطٍ فَقَتَلَتْهَا فَاخْتَصَمُوا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ كَيْفَ نَدِي مَنْ لَا أَكَلَ وَلَا شَرِبَ وَلَا صَاحَ فَاسْتَهَلَّ؟ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَسَجْعٌ كَسَجْعِ الْأَعْرَابِ؟ قَالَ فَقَضَى فِيهِ غُرَّةً قَالَ وَجَعَلَهُ عَلَى عَاقِلَةِالْمَرْأَةِ  

[Machine] A blow struck and injured her with a stick of wood, killing her. As a consequence, her killer's blood money was paid by the tribe of the victim. Inside her belly was a fetus. The Bedouin man said, "Will I be penalized for killing someone who neither ate nor drank nor screamed?" He then launched into his argument. The Prophet, ﷺ , responded, "Is a gazelle-like creature like a gazelle?" Abu Hudhayfah added more to his statement. The matter inside the belly was settled with a blood money payment.  

ضَرَبَتْ ضَرَّةٌ ضَرَّتَهَا بِعَمُودِ فُسْطَاطٍ فَقَتَلَتْهَا فَقُضِي بِدِيَتِهَا عَلَى عَصَبَةِ الْقَاتِلَةِ وَبِمَا فِي بَطْنِهَا غُرَّةً فَقَالَ الْأَعْرَابِيُّ أَتُغَرِّمُنِي مَنْ لَا طَعِمَ وَلَا شَرِبَ وَلَا صَاحَ فَاسْتَهَلَّ فَمِثْلُ ذَلِكَ يُطَلُّ؟ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَسَجْعٌ كَسَجْعِ الْأَعْرَابِ؟» زَادَ أَبُو حُذَيْفَةَ فِي حَدِيثِهِ وَقُضِي فِيمَا فِي بَطْنِهَا بِغُرَّةٍ  

a woman struck her co-wife with a tent pole and killed her, and she (the slain woman) was pregnant. She was brought to the Prophet, and the Messenger of Allah ruled that the 'Asabah of the killer should pay the Diyah , and a slavae (should be paid) for the fetus. Her 'Asabah said: "Should Diyah be paid for one who neither ate nor drank, or shouted or cried (at the moment of birth)? Such a one should be overlooked." The prophet said: "Rhyming verse like the verse of the Bedouins." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4821)  

أَنَّ امْرَأَةً ضَرَبَتْ ضَرَّتَهَا بِعَمُودِ فُسْطَاطٍ فَقَتَلَتْهَا وَهِيَ حُبْلَى فَأُتِيَ فِيهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَضَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى عَصَبَةِ الْقَاتِلِ بِالدِّيَةِ وَفِي الْجَنِينِ غُرَّةً فَقَالَ عَصَبَتُهَا مَا أَدِي مَنْ لَا طَعِمَ وَلَا شَرِبَ وَلَا صَاحَ فَاسْتَهَلَّ فَمِثْلُ هَذَا يُطَلُّ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَسَجْعٌ كَسَجْعِ الْأَعْرَابِ؟»  

Should we pay indemnity for one who, neither ate, nor drank, nor made any noise, who was just like a nonentity? Thereupon Messenger of Allah ﷺ remarked: He speaks rhymed phrases like the people of the desert. He did impose indemnity upon them. (Using translation from Muslim 1682a)  

ضَرَبَتِ امْرَأَةٌ ضَرَّتَهَا بِعَمُودِ الْفُسْطَاطِ وَهِيَ حُبْلَى فَقَتَلَتْهَا فَجَعَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ دِيَةَ الْمَقْتُولَةِ عَلَى عَصَبَةِ الْقَاتِلَةِ وَغُرَّةً لِمَا فِي بَطْنِهَا فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ عَصَبَةِ الْقَاتِلَةِ أَنَغْرَمُ دِيَةَ مَنْ لَا أَكَلَ وَلَا شَرِبَ وَلَا اسْتَهَلَّ فَمِثْلُ ذَلِكَ يُطَلُّ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «أَسَجْعٌ كَسَجْعِ الْأَعْرَابِ؟» فَجَعَلَ عَلَيْهِمُ الدِّيَةَ  

there were two co-wives, one of whom struck the other with a tent people and killed her. The Messenger of Allah ruled that the Diyah was to be paid by the 'Asabah of the killer, and that a slave should be given (as diyah) for the child in her womb. The Bedouin Said: "Are you penalizing me for one who neither ate nor drank, or shouted or cried (at the moment of birth)? Such a one should be overlooked/" He said: "Rhyming verse like the verse of the Jahiliyyah," and he ruled that a slave should e given (as Diyah) for the child in her womb. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4823)  

أَنَّ ضَرَّتَيْنِ ضَرَبَتْ إِحْدَاهُمَا الْأُخْرَى بِعَمُودِ فُسْطَاطٍ فَقَتَلَتْهَا «فَقَضَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الدِّيَةَ عَلَى عَصَبَةِ الْقَاتِلَةِ وَقَضَى لِمَا فِي بَطْنِهَا بِغُرَّةٍ» فَقَالَ الْأَعْرَابِيُّ تُغَرِّمُنِي مَنْ لَا أَكَلَ وَلَا شَرِبَ وَلَا صَاحَ فَاسْتَهَلَّ فَمِثْلُ ذَلِكَ يُطَلُّ فَقَالَ أَسَجْعٌ كَسَجْعِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ؟ وَقَضَى لِمَا فِي بَطْنِهَا بِغُرَّةٍ  

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  

Should we pay indemnity for one who, neither ate, nor drank, nor made any noise, who was just like a nonentity? Thereupon Messenger of Allah ﷺ remarked: He speaks rhymed phrases like the people of the desert. He did impose indemnity upon them. (Using translation from Muslim 1682a)   

ضَرَبَتِ امْرَأَةٌ ضَرَّتَهَا فَضَرَبَتْهَا بِعَمُودِ فُسْطَاطٍ فَقَتَلَتْهَا وَذَا بَطْنِهَا فَجَعَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ دِيَةَ الْمَقْتُولَةِ عَلَى عَصَبَةِ الْقَاتِلَةِ وَغُرَّةً لِمَا فِي بَطْنِهَا فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ عَصَبَةِ الْقَاتِلَةِ أَنَغْرَمُ بِدِيَةِ مَنْ لَا أَكَلَ وَلَا شَرِبَ وَلَا صَاحَ فَاسْتَهَلَّ فَمِثْلُ ذَلِكَ يُطَلُّ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ سَجْعٌ كَسَجْعِ الْأَعْرَابِ وَجَعَلَ عَلَيْهِمُ الدِّيَةَ  

"عَنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ شُعْبَةَ، قَالَ: ضَرَبَتْ ضَرُّةٌ ضَرَّةً لَهَا بعَمُود فِسْطَاطٍ فَقَتَلَتْهَا، فَقَضَى رَسُولُ الله ﷺ بِدِيَتِهَا عَلَى عَصَبَةِ الْقَاتِلَةِ، وَبِمَا في بَطنِهَا غُرَّة، فَقَالَ الأعْرَابِيُّ: يَا رَسُولَ الله! أَتُغَرِّمُنِى مَنْ لَا طَعِمَ وَلَا شَرِبَ وَلا صَاحَ، فَاسْتَهَلَّ لِمثْلِ ذَلِكَ يَطَلُّ، فَقَالَ النَّبِىُّ ﷺ أَسَجْعًا كسَجعْ الأَعْرَابِ".