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موطا امام مالك رواية يحييٰ
Muwatta Malik (Yahya)
كتاب العقول
Book: On the Explanation of Blood Money
بَابُ جَامِعِ عَقْلِ الْأَسْنَانِ
Comprehensive Chapter on Compensation for Teeth
Muwatta Malik (Yahya) 1515 — Comprehensive Chapter on Compensation
وَحَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ سَعِيدَ بْنَ الْمُسَيِّبِ يَقُولُ: «قَضَى عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ فِي الْأَضْرَاسِ بِبَعِيرٍ بَعِيرٍ»، وَقَضَى مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ فِي الْأَضْرَاسِ بِخَمْسَةِ أَبْعِرَةٍ خَمْسَةِ أَبْعِرَةٍ. قَالَ سَعِيدُ بْنُ الْمُسَيِّبِ: «فَالدِّيَةُ تَنْقُصُ فِي قَضَاءِ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ، وَتَزِيدُ فِي قَضَاءِ مُعَاوِيَةَ، فَلَوْ كُنْتُ أَنَا لَجَعَلْتُ فِي الْأَضْرَاسِ بَعِيرَيْنِ بَعِيرَيْنِ، فَتِلْكَ الدِّيَةُ سَوَاءٌ، وَكُلُّ مُجْتَهِدٍ مَأْجُورٌ»
Said ibn al-Musayyib said: Sayyiduna Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) ordered one camel for each molar, and Sayyiduna Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) ordered five camels for each molar. So Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) reduced the blood money, and Sayyiduna Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) increased it. If it were up to me, I would have given two camels for each molar; in this way, the blood money would be completed.
