موطا امام مالك رواية يحييٰ
Muwatta Imam Malik (Riwayat Yahya)
كتاب القسامةBook: On the Explanation of Qasamah (Oath in Murder Cases)
بَابُ تَبْدِئَةِ أَهْلِ الدَّمِ فِي الْقَسَامَةِChapter on giving precedence to the family of the victim in qasamah (oath procedure)
Hadith 1539B2
قَالَ مَالِكٌ : وَتِلْكَ السُّنَّةُ الَّتِي لَا اخْتِلَافَ فِيهَا عِنْدَنَا، وَالَّذِي لَمْ يَزَلْ عَلَيْهِ عَمَلُ النَّاسِ، أَنَّ الْمُبَدَّئِينَ بِالْقَسَامَةِ أَهْلُ الدَّمِ، وَالَّذِينَ يَدَّعُونَهُ فِي الْعَمْدِ وَالْخَطَإِ. قالَ مَالِكٌ : وَقَدْ بَدَّأَ رَسُولُ اللّٰهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْحَارِثِيِّينَ فِي قَتْلِ صَاحِبِهِمِ الَّذِي قُتِلَ بِخَيْبَرَ. ¤
Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, said that there is no difference of opinion in this Sunnah that the oath will first be taken from those who claim blood, whether it is intentional murder or accidental killing, and the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, instructed the Banu Harith, whose relative was killed in Khaybar, to take the oath first.
