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Sunan an-Nasa'iThe Book of Oaths (qasamah), Retaliation and Blood Money

Sunan an-Nasa'i 4823

Chapter: The Description Of Killing That Resembles Intentional Killing, And Who Is To Pay The Diyah For A Fetus And For A Killing That Resembles Intentional Killing, And Mentioning The Different Wordings Reported In The Narration Of Ibrahim From 'Ubaid Bin Nudailah From Al-Mughirah

Differing grades 3 scholars’ grades Sunan an-Nasa'i 4823

Narrator:Al-Mughīrah ibn Shu‘bah

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ نُضَيْلَةَ، عَنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ شُعْبَةَ، أَنَّ ضَرَّتَيْنِ، ضَرَبَتْ إِحْدَاهُمَا الأُخْرَى بِعَمُودِ فُسْطَاطٍ فَقَتَلَتْهَا فَقَضَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم

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

It was narrated from Al-Mughirah bin shu'bah that:

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.

Reported by An-Nasa’i (No. 4823, 4824).

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Al-Sindi — Hashiyat al-Sindi on Sunan al-Nasa'i

قَوْله ( تُغَرِّمنِي ) بِالْخِطَابِ وَتَشْدِيد الرَّاء.…

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Scholars’ grades

The 3 scholars cited do not give the same grade: each one is shown below.

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 4823
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH Good (hasan)Hasan The hadith No. 4823
Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghuddahd. 1417 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 4823

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