Blood money for deliberate killing: how much is it?

Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "The blood money for quasi-intentional killing (shibh al-amd) will be divided into four portions: twenty-five she-camels in their fourth year, twenty-five in their fifth year, twenty-five she-camels in their second year, and twenty-five she-camels in their third year."

Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) used to say: "In quasi-intentional killing (shibh al-amd) the blood money will be in four portions: twenty-five jadha'ah, that is, she-camels in their fifth year, twenty-five in their fourth year, twenty-five in their third year, and twenty-five she-camels in their second year."

Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said concerning quasi-intentional killing (shibh al-amd): "Thirty in their fifth year, thirty in their fourth year, and forty she-camels between their sixth and ninth years, all of them pregnant."

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "In quasi-intentional killing (shibh al-amd): thirty-three she-camels in their fourth year, thirty-three in their fifth year, and thirty-four she-camels between their sixth and ninth years, all of them pregnant."

Sayyiduna Uthman and Sayyiduna Zayd (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "In the aggravated blood money, forty pregnant she-camels in their fifth year, thirty in their fourth year, and thirty she-camels in their third year will be given."

Sayyiduna Uthman and Sayyiduna Zayd bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "In the aggravated blood money: forty pregnant she-camels in their fifth year, thirty in their fourth year, and thirty she-camels in their third year."

Sayyiduna Abu Musa and Sayyiduna al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah (may Allah be pleased with them both) used to say: "In the aggravated blood money: thirty in their fourth year, thirty in their fifth year, and forty she-camels between their sixth and ninth years, all of them pregnant, will be given."

Sayyiduna Zayd bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "In quasi-intentional killing (shibh al-amd): thirty in their fourth year, thirty in their fifth year, and forty she-camels between their sixth and ninth years, all of them pregnant, will be given."

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) used to say: "In quasi-intentional killing (shibh al-amd): thirty-three in their fourth year, thirty-three in their fifth year, and thirty-four she-camels between their sixth and ninth years, all of them pregnant."

Amir, al-Hasan, Ibn Sirin and Amr bin Dinar said: "In quasi-intentional killing (shibh al-amd), the blood money will be made heavier upon the killer and his relatives by way of the ages of the camels."

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Striking with a piece of wood or throwing a large stone: this is quasi-intentional killing (shibh al-amd), and its blood money will be in three portions: one third she-camels in their fourth year, one third in their fifth year, and one third she-camels between their sixth and ninth years, all of them pregnant."

Ata said: "In quasi-intentional killing (shibh al-amd) the blood money will be aggravated, and no retaliation (qisas) will be taken on account of it."

Ibn Jurayj said that he asked Ata: "What is the aggravated blood money?" He answered: "Forty pregnant she-camels, thirty she-camels in their fourth year, and thirty in their fifth year."

It is narrated from al-Hasan that in the aggravated blood money, forty she-camels between their sixth and ninth years, all of them pregnant, will be given, and thirty in their fourth year, and thirty in their second year will be given.

Ata said: "In quasi-intentional killing (shibh al-amd), aggravation (taghliz, that is, severity) will be only by way of the ages of the camels."