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(Book 43, Hadith 2) #36634
Blood-Money for Urban and Desert Areas

SUMMARY: This hadith explains the different amounts of blood-money for people living in urban areas and desert areas, depending on whether they have gold or silver.

Malik related to me that he had heard that Umar ibn al-Khattab estimated the full blood-money for the people of urban areas. For those who had gold, he made it one thousand dinars. and for those who had silver he made it ten thousand Dirhams. Malik said, "The people of gold are the people of ash-Sham and the people of Egypt. The people of silver are the people of Iraq " Yahya related to me from Malik that he heard that the blood-money was divided into installments over three or four years. Malik said, "Three is the most preferable to me of what I have heard on that". Malik said, "The generally agreed on way of doing things in our community is that camels are not accepted from the people of cities for blood-money nor is gold or silver accepted from the desert people. Silver is not accepted from the people of gold and gold is not accepted from the people of silver".
حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، أَنَّهُ بَلَغَهُ أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ، قَوَّمَ الدِّيَةَ عَلَى أَهْلِ الْقُرَى فَجَعَلَهَا عَلَى أَهْلِ الذَّهَبِ أَلْفَ دِينَارٍ وَعَلَى أَهْلِ الْوَرِقِ اثْنَىْ عَشَرَ أَلْفَ دِرْهَمٍ ‏.‏ قَالَ مَالِكٌ فَأَهْلُ الذَّهَبِ أَهْلُ الشَّامِ وَأَهْلُ مِصْرَ وَأَهْلُ الْوَرِقِ أَهْلُ الْعِرَاقِ ‏.‏ وَحَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى عَنْ مَالِكٍ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَنَّ الدِّيَةَ تُقْطَعُ فِي ثَلاَثِ سِنِينَ أَوْ أَرْبَعِ سِنِينَ ‏.‏ قَالَ مَالِكٌ وَالثَّلاَثُ أَحَبُّ مَا سَمِعْتُ إِلَىَّ فِي ذَلِكَ ‏.‏ قَالَ مَالِكٌ الأَمْرُ الْمُجْتَمَعُ عَلَيْهِ عِنْدَنَا أَنَّهُ لاَ يُقْبَلُ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْقُرَى فِي الدِّيَةِ الإِبِلُ وَلاَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعَمُودِ الذَّهَبُ وَلاَ الْوَرِقُ وَلاَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الذَّهَبِ الْوَرِقُ وَلاَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْوَرِقِ الذَّهَبُ
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areas  *  gold  *  silver  *  diya  *  madinah  *  badiyah  *  dhahab  *  fidda  *  bloodmoney

QUICK LESSONS:
Paying fair compensation for any wrong done regardless of social status or economic standing .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith discusses the amount of blood money that should be paid to those who are wronged in urban and desert areas. Umar ibn al Khattab estimated that if someone from an urban area has gold, then one thousand dinars should be paid as blood money. If someone from an urban area has silver, then ten thousand dirhams should be paid as blood money. For those living in desert areas, camels are accepted instead of gold or silver as payment for the wrong done to them. The payment is divided into three or four installments over a period of time with three being preferable according to Malik Ibn Anas. This hadith teaches us about justice and fairness when it comes to compensating people who have been wronged regardless of their social status or economic standing in society.

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