Extended Narration (from Sunan al-Nasā’ī and others):
وَزَادَ النَّسَائِيُّ...
This narration elaborates that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would assess the value of Diyyah based on the living standards and possessions of the people—whether villagers, cattle owners, or others. Diyyah would fluctuate between 400 to 800 gold dinars, or their equivalent in silver, depending on market conditions. If someone owed blood money in the form of cows, they would pay 100 cows, or if in goats, 2000 goats.
❷ In the absence of camels (the default unit of Diyyah), equivalent values in cows, sheep, gold, or silver may be accepted.
❸ The heirs of the murdered person are entitled to receive the Diyyah, and its distribution follows the rules of inheritance:
❺ In the case of a female’s murder, her Diyyah will be paid by her ʿAṣabah (agnatic relatives), even if they are not inheritors. The Diyyah will be distributed among her legal heirs according to their prescribed shares.
Reference:
This content is taken from Ḍiyā’ al-Islām fī Sharḥ al-Ilmām bi-Aḥādīth al-Aḥkām by Shaykh Taqī al-Dīn Abī al-Fatḥ, translated by Maulana Mahmood Ahmad Ghaznfar.
Source references include:
وَزَادَ النَّسَائِيُّ...
This narration elaborates that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would assess the value of Diyyah based on the living standards and possessions of the people—whether villagers, cattle owners, or others. Diyyah would fluctuate between 400 to 800 gold dinars, or their equivalent in silver, depending on market conditions. If someone owed blood money in the form of cows, they would pay 100 cows, or if in goats, 2000 goats.
✿ Key Points and Rulings ✿
❶ The value of Diyyah is determined according to current market rates, not strictly by the standard set in the Prophetic era. The economic conditions of the time must be taken into account.❷ In the absence of camels (the default unit of Diyyah), equivalent values in cows, sheep, gold, or silver may be accepted.
❸ The heirs of the murdered person are entitled to receive the Diyyah, and its distribution follows the rules of inheritance:
- First to the fixed-share heirs (Aṣḥāb al-Furūḍ)
- Then to the agnatic heirs (ʿAṣabah) for whatever remains.
❺ In the case of a female’s murder, her Diyyah will be paid by her ʿAṣabah (agnatic relatives), even if they are not inheritors. The Diyyah will be distributed among her legal heirs according to their prescribed shares.
Reference:
This content is taken from Ḍiyā’ al-Islām fī Sharḥ al-Ilmām bi-Aḥādīth al-Aḥkām by Shaykh Taqī al-Dīn Abī al-Fatḥ, translated by Maulana Mahmood Ahmad Ghaznfar.
Source references include:
- Sunan al-Nasā’ī: 8/23
- Ibn Mājah: 2630
