Narrated Abu Shurayb al-Kabi: The Prophet ﷺ said: Then you, Khuzaah, have killed this man of Hudhayl, but I will pay his blood-wit. After these words of mine if a man of anyone is killed, his people will have a choice to accept blood-wit or to kill him.
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
There is also a third option, which is to pardon, while some jurists (fuqaha) have also described accepting blood money (diyah) as a form of pardon.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 4504
Shaykh Safi ur-Rahman Mubarakpuri
Takhrij:
««إٍسناده صحيح» Narrated by Abu Dawud, Book of Blood Money, Chapter: The Guardian of the Intentional Murderer Takes the Blood Money, Hadith: 4504; and al-Tirmidhi, Book of Blood Money, Hadith: 1406. Its origin is agreed upon: al-Bukhari, Book of Blood Money, Hadith: 6880; and Muslim, Book of Pilgrimage, Hadith: 1355.»©
Explanation:
Hadith Narrator:
«حضرت ابوشریح خزاعی رضی اللہ عنہ » ‘Amr ibn Khuwailid, and according to some, Khuwailid ibn ‘Amr al-Ka‘bi al-‘Adawi al-Khuza‘i.
He accepted Islam before the Conquest of Makkah.
He passed away in Madinah in the year 68 AH.
Source: Bulugh al-Maram: Commentary by Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri, Page: 1008