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Sahih al-Bukhari 6904

Chapter: The foetus of a woman

Authentic hadith of Sahih al-Bukhari Sahih al-Bukhari 6904

Narrator:Abu Hurayrah

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ، وَحَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ أَنَّ

امْرَأَتَيْنِ، مِنْ هُذَيْلٍ رَمَتْ إِحْدَاهُمَا الأُخْرَى، فَطَرَحَتْ جَنِينَهَا، فَقَضَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِيهَا بِغُرَّةٍ عَبْدٍ أَوْ أَمَةٍ‏.‏

Narrated Abu Huraira:

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 Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) gave his verdict that the killer (of the fetus) should give a male or female slave (as a Diya).

Reported by Al-Bukhari (No. 6904).

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Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani — Fath al-Bari

قَوْله ( حَدَّثَنَا عَبْد اللَّه بْن يُوسُف أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِك وَحَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيل ) يَعْنِي اِبْن أَبِي أُوَيْس ( حَدَّثَنَا مَالِك ) كَذَا لِلْأَكْثَرِ , وَسَقَطَ رِوَايَة إِسْمَاعِيل هُنَا لِأَبِي ذَرّ. قَوْله ( عَنْ اِبْن شِهَاب عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَة بْن عَبْد الرَّحْمَن ) كَذَا قَالَ عَبْد اللَّه بْن يُوسُف عَنْ مَالِك وَقَالَ كَمَا فِي الْبَاب الَّذِي يَلِيه عَنْ اللَّيْث " عَنْ اِبْن شِهَاب عَنْ سَعِيد بْن الْمُسَيِّب " وَكِلَا الْقَوْلَيْنِ صَوَاب إِلَّا أَنَّ مَالِكًا كَانَ يَرْوِيه عَنْ اِبْن شِهَاب عَنْ سَعِيد مُرْسَلًا وَعَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَة مَوْصُولًا , وَقَدْ مَضَى فِي الطِّبّ عَنْ قُتَيْبَة عَنْ مَالِك بِالْوَجْهَيْنِ وَهُوَ عِنْد اللَّيْث مِنْ رِوَايَة أَبِي سَلَمَة أَيْضًا ل…

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