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Sahih Muslim 1682a (Book 28, Hadith 52) #11504
Blood-Wit for Pregnant Women

SUMMARY: Allah's Messenger imposed a blood-wit on the relatives of a murderer for killing her co-wife who was pregnant, despite one of them objecting to it.

Al-Mughira b. Shu'ba reported that a woman struck her co-wife with a tent-pole and she was pregnant and she killed her. One of them belonged to the tribe of Lihyan. Allah's Messenger made the relatives of the murderer responsible for the payment of blood-wit on her behalf, and fixed a slave or a female slave as the indemnity for what was in her womb. One of the persons amongst the relatives of the murderer said: Should we pay indemnity for one who, neither ate, nor drank, nor made any noise, who was just like a nonentity? Thereupon Allah's Messenger remarked: He speaks rhymed phrases like the people of the desert. He did impose indemnity upon them.
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْحَنْظَلِيُّ، أَخْبَرَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ نُضَيْلَةَ الْخُزَاعِيِّ، عَنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ شُعْبَةَ، قَالَ ضَرَبَتِ امْرَأَةٌ ضَرَّتَهَا بِعَمُودِ فُسْطَاطٍ وَهِيَ حُبْلَى فَقَتَلَتْهَا - قَالَ - وَإِحْدَاهُمَا لِحْيَانِيَّةٌ - قَالَ - فَجَعَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ دِيَةَ الْمَقْتُولَةِ عَلَى عَصَبَةِ الْقَاتِلَةِ وَغُرَّةً لِمَا فِي بَطْنِهَا ‏.‏ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ عَصَبَةِ الْقَاتِلَةِ أَنَغْرَمُ دِيَةَ مَنْ لاَ أَكَلَ وَلاَ شَرِبَ وَلاَ اسْتَهَلَّ فَمِثْلُ ذَلِكَ يُطَلُّ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ‏ "‏ أَسَجْعٌ كَسَجْعِ الأَعْرَابِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ وَجَعَلَ عَلَيْهِمُ الدِّيَةَ

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bloodwit  *  women  *  indemnity  *  people  *  qasamah  *  jazm  *  lihyan

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EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about the importance of justice and fairness in Islam. It tells us that even if someone has not been born yet, they still deserve justice and fairness. In this case, Allah's Messenger imposed a blood-wit on the relatives of a murderer for killing her co-wife who was pregnant, despite one of them objecting to it. A blood wit is an amount paid by the killer or their family as compensation for taking someone else’s life. The Prophet also made an example out of this person by saying that he speaks like people from the desert do when they are trying to make excuses or avoid responsibility. This teaches us that we should always take responsibility for our actions and not try to make excuses or avoid doing what is right and just.

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