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سنن دارمي
Darimi
من كتاب الدياتFrom the Book of Blood Money
باب الدِّيَةِ في قَتْلِ الْعَمْدِ:Chapter: Blood Money for Intentional Killing
Hadith 2389
اُردوEn
أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَكَمُ بْنُ مُوسَى، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَمْزَةَ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ دَاوُدَ، حَدَّثَنِي الزُّهْرِيُّ، عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ حَزْمٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ: أَنّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَتَبَ إِلَى أَهْلِ الْيَمَنِ، وَكَانَ فِي كِتَابِهِ: "أَنَّ مَنْ اعْتَبَطَ مُؤْمِنًا قَتْلًا عَنْ بَيِّنَةٍ فَإِنَّهُ قَوَدُ يَديِهِ إِلَّا أَنْ يَرْضَى أَوْلِيَاءُ الْمَقْتُولِ" . قَالَ أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ: اعْتَبَطَ: قَتَلَ مِنْ غَيْرِ عِلَّةٍ.
Abu Bakr bin Amr bin Hazm narrates from his father, from his grandfather, that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) wrote a document for the people of Yemen, and in that letter it was stated: "Whoever kills a Muslim without reason, and the murder is proven against him by witnesses, then retribution (qisas) is obligatory upon him (i.e., he will be punished in kind), unless the heirs of the slain are pleased (i.e., they forgive him)."
Imam Darimi (may Allah have mercy on him) said: The meaning of «اعتبط» is to kill without any excuse.
Imam Darimi (may Allah have mercy on him) said: The meaning of «اعتبط» is to kill without any excuse.
Brief Explanation
(Explanation of Hadiths 2387 to 2389)
Diyah refers to the wealth that is given in exchange for the life of a murdered person, or the wealth that is given in compensation for wounds or the breaking of body parts.
Islam has declared murder and bloodshed to be forbidden (haram), and has counted killing among the major sins (kaba'ir al-dhunub). Similarly, striking someone or causing harm is also declared haram, and the killing of one person has been equated with the killing of all humanity.
Now, if someone kills another person, the heirs of the murdered person have the choice to demand retribution (qisas) or to pardon, as mentioned in Surah al-Baqarah 178, or to accept diyah, the explanation of which is coming ahead (2402). Both of the aforementioned hadiths are weak, but their meaning is correct.
There are several types of killing; the scholars have divided it into three categories: intentional killing (qatl al-‘amd), accidental killing (qatl al-khata’), and quasi-intentional killing (shibh al-‘amd), and each type has a separate punishment, the explanation of which is coming ahead in the hadiths.
Diyah refers to the wealth that is given in exchange for the life of a murdered person, or the wealth that is given in compensation for wounds or the breaking of body parts.
Islam has declared murder and bloodshed to be forbidden (haram), and has counted killing among the major sins (kaba'ir al-dhunub). Similarly, striking someone or causing harm is also declared haram, and the killing of one person has been equated with the killing of all humanity.
Now, if someone kills another person, the heirs of the murdered person have the choice to demand retribution (qisas) or to pardon, as mentioned in Surah al-Baqarah 178, or to accept diyah, the explanation of which is coming ahead (2402). Both of the aforementioned hadiths are weak, but their meaning is correct.
There are several types of killing; the scholars have divided it into three categories: intentional killing (qatl al-‘amd), accidental killing (qatl al-khata’), and quasi-intentional killing (shibh al-‘amd), and each type has a separate punishment, the explanation of which is coming ahead in the hadiths.
