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موطا امام مالك رواية يحييٰ
Muwatta Malik (Yahya)
كتاب العقولBook: On the Explanation of Blood Money
بَابُ مَا جَاءَ فِي مِيرَاثِ الْعَقْلِ وَالتَّغْلِيظِ فِيهِChapter on What is Reported Regarding Inheritance of Compensation and Its Severity
Hadith 1530
اُردوEn
وَحَدَّثَنِي مَالِك، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ ، أَنَّ رَجُلًا مِنْ الْأَنْصَارِ يُقَالُ لَهُ أُحَيْحَةُ بْنُ الْجُلَاحِ كَانَ لَهُ عَمٌّ صَغِيرٌ، هُوَ أَصْغَرُ مِنْ أُحَيْحَةَ، وَكَانَ عِنْدَ أَخْوَالِهِ فَأَخَذَهُ أُحَيْحَةُ فَقَتَلَهُ، فَقَالَ أَخْوَالُهُ : كُنَّا أَهْلَ ثُمِّهِ وَرُمِّهِ حَتَّى إِذَا اسْتَوَى عَلَى عُمَمِهِ غَلَبَنَا حَقُّ امْرِئٍ فِي عَمِّهِ، قَالَ عُرْوَةُ : " فَلِذَلِكَ لَا يَرِثُ قَاتِلٌ مَنْ قَتَلَ " .
It is narrated from Urwah bin Zubair that there was a man from the Ansar whose name was Uhayhah bin Julah, and he had a younger paternal uncle who was staying with his maternal relatives. Uhayhah took him and killed him. The people of his maternal relatives said: We raised him, nurtured him, and when he grew up, his nephew overpowered us and took him away. Urwah said: For this reason (now in Islam) the killer does not inherit from the murdered person.
قَالَ مَالِك : الْأَمْرُ الَّذِي لَا اخْتِلَافَ فِيهِ عِنْدَنَا، أَنَّ قَاتِلَ الْعَمْدِ لَا يَرِثُ مِنْ دِيَةِ مَنْ قَتَلَ شَيْئًا وَلَا مِنْ مَالِهِ، وَلَا يَحْجُبُ أَحَدًا وَقَعَ لَهُ مِيرَاثٌ، وَأَنَّ الَّذِي يَقْتُلُ خَطَأً لَا يَرِثُ مِنَ الدِّيَةِ شَيْئًا، وَقَدِ اخْتُلِفَ فِي أَنْ يَرِثَ مِنْ مَالِهِ لِأَنَّهُ لَا يُتَّهَمُ عَلَى أَنَّهُ قَتَلَهُ لِيَرِثَهُ وَلِيَأْخُذَ مَالَهُ، فَأَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ أَنْ يَرِثَ مِنْ مَالِهِ وَلَا يَرِثُ مِنْ دِيَتِهِ
Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, said: In our view, there is no difference of opinion in this that the one who commits intentional murder does not inherit the blood money (diyah) of the murdered person, nor his wealth, nor can he deprive any heir. And the one who commits accidental killing does not inherit the blood money, but whether he inherits the rest of the wealth or not, there is a difference of opinion in this. In my view, he will inherit the rest of the wealth.
