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Sunan Ibn MajahThe Chapters on Blood Money

Sunan Ibn Majah 2641

Chapter: The Blood Money For A Fetus

Authentic chain 3 scholars’ grades Sunan Ibn Majah 2641

Narrator:Umar ibn al-Khattāb

حَدَّثَنَا 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 صلى الله عليه وسلم 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 صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي الْجَنِينِ بِغُرَّةٍ عَبْدٍ وَأَنْ تُقْتَلَ بِهَا ‏.‏

It was narrated from 'Umar bin Khattab that :

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.”

Reported by Ibn Majah (No. 2641).

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Al-Sindi — Hashiyat al-Sindi on Sunan Ibn Majah

قوله ( بِمِسْطَحٍ ) بِكَسْرِ الْمِيم عُود مِنْ أَعْوَاد الْخِبَاء ( وَأَنْ تُقْتَلَ ) أَيْ قَضَى بِأَنْ تَقْتُلَ الْمَرْأَة الْقَاتِل فِي مُقَابَلَة الْمَرْأَة الْمَقْتُولَة وَاَللَّه أَعْلَم…

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Scholars’ grades

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH Authentic chainSahih Isnaad The chain only No. 2641
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH Authentic chainIsnaad Sahih The chain only No. 2641
Muhammad Fu'ad Abd al-Baqid. 1388 AH Authentic chainSahih Isnaad The chain only No. 2641

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  • سنن الدارقطني (2815)فَقَضَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي الْجَنِينِ بِغُرَّةٍ , عَبْدٍ أَوْ أَمَةٍ , وَأَنْ تُقْتَلَ بِهَا

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