It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that a fight took place between two women of the tribe of Hudhayl, in which one of them killed the other. The slain woman was pregnant, so her guardians claimed for the loss of the unborn child. At this the relatives of the woman who killed her, fearing the compensation, offered an excuse in rhymed speech: "O Messenger of Allah, how should we pay compensation for one who neither ate, nor drank, nor cried out at birth?" The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "This is the rhymed speech of the days of Ignorance (Jahiliyyah)." And he (peace and blessings be upon him) ruled that a male or female slave be given for the unborn child.
I (Ibn Hajar) say: The basis of this hadith is in Sunan Abi Dawud, and Salamah bin Tammam narrated it through Abu al-Malih from his father with a connected chain.
Imam al-Tabarani narrated in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir from Sayyiduna Usamah (may Allah be pleased with him) that Haml bin Malik had two wives, one from Hudhayl and the other from Banu Amir. The Hudhali woman struck the other with a tent pole, and she miscarried a dead child. They came into the presence of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and mention was made of giving five hundred or a horse as blood-money. That woman's brother, Imran, submitted that her sons, who were men of standing, had more right to pay their mother's penalty. But he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You have more right than her sons to pay the blood-money on behalf of your sister." When he excused himself, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Haml bin Malik, who was the father of the slain child and the overseer of the charities (sadaqat) of Hudhayl: "From the charities of the tribe of Hudhayl that are collected with you, take one hundred and twenty goats as blood-money." So he did so.
Imam Abu Nu'aym also recorded it on the authority of al-Tabarani.
Ibn Mandah also narrated it in brief, with the words that he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Pay this blood-money to her brother, Imran bin Uwaymir."
Imam al-Tabarani also narrated from Haml bin Malik bin al-Nabighah that a quarrel arose between his two wives out of jealousy, and one of them struck the other, a pregnant woman, with a stone and killed her along with the child. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) gave this legal ruling: "The payment of the blood-money is the responsibility of the 'asabah (paternal relatives) of the woman who killed."
Hadith Referenceالمطالب العالية بزوائد المسانيد الثمانية / كتاب القصاص / 1901
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسناده ضعيف
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