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Sunan Abu DawudTypes of Blood-Wit (Kitab Al-Diyat)

Sunan Abu Dawud 4575

Chapter: The Diyah For A Fetus

Differing grades 4 scholars’ grades Sunan Abu Dawud 4575

Narrator:Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh

حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُجَالِدٌ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الشَّعْبِيُّ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، أَنَّ امْرَأَتَيْنِ، مِنْ هُذَيْلٍ قَتَلَتْ إِحْدَاهُمَا الأُخْرَى وَلِكُلِّ وَاحِدَةٍ مِنْهُمَا زَوْجٌ وَوَلَدٌ

فَجَعَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم دِيَةَ الْمَقْتُولَةِ عَلَى عَاقِلَةِ الْقَاتِلَةِ وَبَرَّأَ زَوْجَهَا وَوَلَدَهَا ‏.‏ قَالَ فَقَالَ عَاقِلَةُ الْمَقْتُولَةِ مِيرَاثُهَا لَنَا قَالَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ لاَ مِيرَاثُهَا لِزَوْجِهَا وَوَلَدِهَا ‏"

Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah:

One of the two women of Hudhayl killed the other, Each of them had husband and sons. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) fixed the blood-wit for the slain woman to be paid by the woman's relatives on the father's side. He declared her husband and the child innocent. The relatives of the woman who killed said: We shall inherit from her. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: No, her sons and her husband should inherit from her.

Reported by Abu Dawud (No. 4575) and Ibn Majah (No. 2648).

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Al-Azimabadi — Awn al-Ma'bud

( وَبَرَّأَ زَوْجهَا وَوَلَدهَا ) : أَيْ بَرَّأَهُمَا مِنْ تَحَمُّل الدِّيَة. وَفِيهِ دَلِيل عَلَى أَنَّ الزَّوْج وَالْوَلَد لَيْسَا مِنْ الْعَاقِلَة وَإِلَيْهِ ذَهَبَ مَالِك وَالشَّافِعِيّ ( فَقَالَ رَسُول اللَّه صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَا ) : أَيْ لَيْسَ مِيرَاثهَا لَكُمْ بَلْ ( مِيرَاثهَا لِزَوْجِهَا وَوَلَدهَا ) : كَانَ تَخْصِيص التَّوْرِيث بَيْن زَوْجهَا وَوَلَدهَا لِأَجْلِ أَنَّهُمْ هُمْ كَانُوا مِنْ الْوَرَثَة فِي الْوَاقِع وَإِلَّا فَالظَّاهِر أَنَّ مِيرَاثهَا لِوَرَثَتِهَا أَيَّامًا كَانَ كَمَا قَالَ فِي الرِّوَايَة الْآتِيَة وَوَرِثَهَا وَلَدهَا وَمَنْ مَعَهُمْ. قَالَ الْمُنْذِرِيُّ : وَأَخْرَجَهُ اِبْن مَاجَهْ مُخْتَصَرًا وَفِي إِسْنَاده مُجَالِد بْن سَعِيد وَقَدْ تَكَلَ…

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Scholars’ grades

The 4 scholars cited do not give the same grade: each one is shown below.

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih صحيح The hadith No. 4575
Shu'ayb al-Arna'utd. 1438 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 4575
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 4575
Muhammad Muhyi al-Din Abd al-Hamidd. 1392 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 4575

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  • إتحاف الخيرة المهرة بزوائد المسانيد العشرة (2641)امْرَأَتَيْنِ مِنْ هَذَيْنِ قَتَلَتْ إِحْدَاهُمَا الْأُخْرَي ، وَلِكُلِّ وَاحِدَةٍ مِنْهُمَا زَوْجٌ وَوَلَدٌ ، فَجَعَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ دِيَةَ الْمَقْتُولَةِ عَلَى عَاقِلَةِ الْقَاتِلَةِ ، وَبَرَّأَ زَوْجَهَا وَوَلَدَهَا ، قَالَ : فَقَالَ عَاقِلَةُ الْمَقْتُولَةِ : مِيرَاثُهَا لَنَا ؟ قَالَ : فَقَ
  • غريب الحديث للحربي (2270)فَجَعَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ دِيَةَ الْمَقْتُولَةِ عَلَى عَاقِلَةِ الْقَاتِلَةِ

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