Muwatta Imam Malik (Riwayat Yahya)

Imam Malik (may Allah have mercy on him) heard from several good scholars that they used to say: When the murdered person forgives his killer at the time of death, it is valid. In intentional murder, he has more right over his blood than his heirs.

Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, said that if a person pardons the murderer in the case of intentional killing, then blood money (diyah) will not be obligatory upon the murderer, unless retribution (qisas) is pardoned and blood money is stipulated.

Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, said that if the killer is pardoned by the victim, even then the killer will be given one hundred lashes, and will be imprisoned for one year.

Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, said that when a person is killed intentionally, and the murder is proven by witnesses, and the deceased has sons and daughters, if the sons forgive but the daughters do not forgive, then the daughters not forgiving will not cause any problem; rather, the blood will be forgiven, because as long as there are sons, the daughters do not have authority.