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(Book 43, Hadith 3) #36635
Punishment for Murder

SUMMARY: A madman who killed a man should not be punished, and when an adult and a child murder someone together, the adult is killed and the child pays half of the blood money.

Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said that Marwan ibn al-Hakam wrote to Muawiya ibn Abi Sufyan that a madman was brought to him who had killed a man. Muawiya wrote to him, "Tie him up and do not inflict any retaliation on him. There is no retaliation against a madman". Malik said about an adult and a child when they murder a man together, "The adult is killed and the child pays half the full blood-money". Malik said, "It is like that with a freeman and a slave when they murder a slave. The slave is killed and the freeman pays half of his value".
وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، أَنَّ مَرْوَانَ بْنَ الْحَكَمِ، كَتَبَ إِلَى مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ أَنَّهُ أُتِيَ بِمَجْنُونٍ قَتَلَ رَجُلاً ‏.‏ فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ مُعَاوِيَةُ أَنِ اعْقِلْهُ وَلاَ تُقِدْ مِنْهُ فَإِنَّهُ لَيْسَ عَلَى مَجْنُونٍ قَوَدٌ ‏.‏ قَالَ مَالِكٌ فِي الْكَبِيرِ وَالصَّغِيرِ إِذَا قَتَلاَ رَجُلاً جَمِيعًا عَمْدًا أَنَّ عَلَى الْكَبِيرِ أَنْ يُقْتَلَ وَعَلَى الصَّغِيرِ نِصْفُ الدِّيَةِ ‏.‏ قَالَ مَالِكٌ وَكَذَلِكَ الْحُرُّ وَالْعَبْدُ يَقْتُلاَنِ الْعَبْدَ فَيُقْتَلُ الْعَبْدُ وَيَكُونُ عَلَى الْحُرِّ نِصْفُ قِيمَتِهِ

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punishment  *  murder  *  money  *  madman  *  qisas  *  qatl  *  diyat  *  majnun

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EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith discusses the punishment for murder in Islamic law. It states that if a madman kills someone then no retaliation should be inflicted upon him. Furthermore, if an adult and a child kill someone together then the adult will be killed while the child will pay half of the blood money. The hadith also mentions that if a freeman and slave kill someone together then only the slave will be killed while the freeman pays half of his value as compensation. These laws are based on justice as they ensure that those who commit crimes are held accountable for their actions while also taking into account any mitigating circumstances such as mental illness or age.

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