موطا امام مالك رواية يحييٰ
Muwatta Imam Malik (Riwayat Yahya)
كتاب القسامةBook: On the Explanation of Qasamah (Oath in Murder Cases)
بَابُ مَنْ تَجُوزُ قَسَامَتُهُ فِي الْعَمْدِ مِنْ وُلَاةِ الدَّمِChapter on whose oath is accepted in intentional killing among the heirs of the victim
Hadith 1540Q5
Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, said that if several people together kill one person in such a way that he dies immediately from the blows of all of them, then all of them will be killed in retaliation (qisas). And if he dies after several days, then qasamah will become obligatory. In this case, due to qasamah, only one person among them will be killed, because through qasamah only one person is always killed.
