موطا امام مالك رواية يحييٰ
Muwatta Imam Malik (Riwayat Yahya)
كتاب العقولBook: On the Explanation of Blood Money
بَابُ مَا يُوجِبُ الْعَقْلَ عَلَى الرَّجُلِ فِي خَاصَّةِ مَالِهِChapter on What Obligates Compensation from One's Own Wealth
Hadith 1523
حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِك، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ : " لَيْسَ عَلَى الْعَاقِلَةِ عَقْلٌ فِي قَتْلِ الْعَمْدِ، إِنَّمَا عَلَيْهِمْ عَقْلُ قَتْلِ الْخَطَإِ "
Hazrat Urwah bin Zubair used to say that in the case of intentional murder (qatl-e-amd), the blood money (diyat) is not upon the 'aqilah (the male relatives of the murderer), rather it is upon the person of the murderer himself. The 'aqilah is responsible for the blood money in the case of accidental killing (khata). ('Aqilah means those who pay on behalf of someone.)
