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Sahih al-Bukhari 5759, 5760 (Book 76, Hadith 74) #5525
Compensation for Miscarriage

SUMMARY: The Prophet (PBUH) ruled that if a woman caused another woman to miscarry her unborn child, the offender should pay compensation in the form of a slave or female slave.

Narrated Abu Huraira: Two ladies (had a fight) and one of them hit the other with a stone on the 'Abdomen and caused her to abort. The Prophet judged that the victim be given either a slave or a female slave (as blood-money). Narrated Ibn Shihab: Sa'id bin Al-Musayyab said, "Allah's Messenger judged that in case of child killed in the womb of its mother, the offender should give the mother a slave or a female slave in recompense The offender said, How can I be fined for killing one who neither ate nor drank, neither spoke nor cried: a case like that should be denied ' On that Allah's Messenger said 'He is one of the brothers of the foretellers
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ أَنَّ امْرَأَتَيْنِ، رَمَتْ إِحْدَاهُمَا الأُخْرَى بِحَجَرٍ فَطَرَحَتْ جَنِينَهَا، فَقَضَى فِيهِ النَّبِيُّ بِغُرَّةٍ عَبْدٍ أَوْ وَلِيدَةٍ‏.‏ وَعَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَضَى فِي الْجَنِينِ يُقْتَلُ فِي بَطْنِ أُمِّهِ بِغُرَّةٍ عَبْدٍ أَوْ وَلِيدَةٍ‏.‏ فَقَالَ الَّذِي قُضِيَ عَلَيْهِ كَيْفَ أَغْرَمُ مَنْ لاَ أَكَلَ، وَلاَ شَرِبَ، وَلاَ نَطَقَ، وَلاَ اسْتَهَلَّ، وَمِثْلُ ذَلِكَ بَطَلْ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ‏ "‏ إِنَّمَا هَذَا مِنْ إِخْوَانِ الْكُهَّانِ

TOPICS
miscarriage  *  compensation  *  inqas  *  tadu  *  diyat  *  bloodmoney

QUICK LESSONS:
Respect all life regardless of its stage , Take responsibility for our actions by compensating those we have wronged in some way .
EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith discusses the ruling of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ regarding compensation for miscarriage. In this hadith, two women were involved in a fight and one of them hit the other with a stone on her abdomen which caused her to miscarry her unborn child. The Prophet ﷺ judged that the victim be given either a slave or female slave as blood money as recompense for what happened. He also said that even though an unborn child has not eaten, drank, spoken or cried yet it is still considered one of Allah's creations and should be respected accordingly. This hadith teaches us to respect all life regardless of its stage and to take responsibility for our actions by compensating those we have wronged in some way.

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