Hadith 776
حَدَّثَنَا بَحْرُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ ، قَالَ : ثنا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ ، قَالَ : أَنِي يُونُسُ ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ ، أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ ، قَالَ : اقْتَتَلَتِ امْرَأَتَانِ مِنْ هُذَيْلٍ ، فَرَمَتْ إِحْدَاهُمَا الأُخْرَى بِحَجَرٍ فَقَتَلَتْهَا وَمَا فِي بَطْنِهَا ، فَاخْتَصَمُوا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَضَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّ دِيَةَ جَنِينِهَا غُرَّةٌ : عَبْدٌ أَوْ أَمَةٌ ، وَقَضَى بِدِيَةِ الْمَرْأَةِ عَلَى عَاقِلَتِهَا وَوَرَّثَهَا وَلَدَهَا وَمَنْ مَعَهُمْ ، فَقَالَ حَمَلُ بْنُ النَّابِغَةِ الْهُذَلِيُّ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، كَيْفَ أَغْرَمُ مَنْ لا شَرِبَ وَلا أَكَلَ وَلا نَطَقَ وَلا اسْتَهَلَّ ؟ فَمِثْلُ ذَلِكَ يُطَلُّ ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " إِنَّمَا هَذَا مِنْ إِخْوَانِ الْكُهَّانِ مِنْ أَجْلِ سَجْعِهِ " .
Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that two women from the tribe of Huzail fought with each other. One struck the other with a stone and killed her along with her unborn child. They brought their dispute to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He decided that the blood money (diyah) for the unborn child is a "ghurra"—that is, a male or female slave. He placed the blood money for the (killed) woman upon the 'aqilah (male relatives) of the killer, and he made the son of the deceased woman, along with the other heirs, her inheritor. Haml bin Nabigha Huzali said: "Why should I pay the blood money for a child who neither ate nor drank, neither spoke nor cried? The blood of such a child is wasted." Upon hearing his rhymed speech, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "He is the brother of soothsayers."
