The ghurrah: who is liable for it?

Ibn Sirin said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) placed the burden of the ghurrah on the paternal relatives.

Mughirah said that Ibrahim said: The ghurrah is binding on the man's paternal relatives.

Ibn Salim said that al-Sha'bi said: The ghurrah is binding on that man's own property.

Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), in the case of killing a child in a woman's womb, placed the burden of the ghurrah on the paternal relatives of the woman who killed it, and he absolved her husband and her son.

Sayyiduna al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) decided that the blood money would be binding on the paternal relatives, and that in the case of causing a miscarriage there would be a ghurrah.

Sa'id bin al-Musayyib said that Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) imposed the ghurrah on the people of the towns, and imposed camels on those living in the wilderness.

Qatadah said that al-Hasan al-Basri said: The blood money for killing a child in a woman's womb shall be paid from the property of the one who caused its death, and nothing is binding on his people.