Al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1904 — Blood money for accidental killing

It is narrated from a responsible person (arif) of the tribe of Juhaynah that some people of Juhaynah came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) with one of the prisoners of war. He (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered: "Take him and keep him warm." The narrator says: In their own dialect and idiom, the word 'dif'' (warming) meant killing. So they took him away and killed him. Then, when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked them about it, they said: "O Messenger of Allah, it was you who ordered us to kill him, so we killed him." He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "What did I say to you?" They said: "You told us: Take him and keep him warm." Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "(Because of this verbal misunderstanding) it is as though I have become your partner. Now pay his blood-money all together, and I too am your partner in paying this blood-money."
Mujalid says: I narrated this hadith to Amir, that is, Imam al-Sha'bi, and he confirmed it, saying: "He has spoken the truth." And he knew this hadith well.