Muwatta Malik: Book 43, Hadith 13 Yahya related to me from Malik that Rabia ibn Abi Abd ar-Rahman said, “The slave of fair complexion and excellence is estimated at fifty dinars or six hundred dirhams. The blood-money of a free muslim woman is five hundred dinars or six thousand dirhams.” Malik said, “The blood-money of […]
Muwatta Malik is one of the earliest and most respected collections of hadith and Islamic jurisprudence, compiled by Imam Malik ibn Anas. It combines the sayings and actions of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) with the practices of the people of Madinah, serving as a foundational text for Maliki fiqh and Islamic legal tradition.
Book 43, Blood Money, discusses compensations for injury or death.
Muwatta Malik: Book 43, Hadith 14 Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab that Said ibn al- Musayyab used to say, “The full blood-money is payable for cutting off both lips, but when the lower one only is cut off, two-thirds of the blood-money is due for it.” حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنِ […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 43, Hadith 15 Yahya related to me from Malik that he asked Ibn Shihab about the one-eyed man who gouged out the eye of a healthy person. Ibn Shihab said, “If the healthy person wants to take retaliation from him, he can have his retaliation. If he prefers, he has blood-money of […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 43, Hadith 16 Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said from Sulayman ibn Yasar that Zayd ibn Thabit used to say, “When the eye remains but the sight is lost, one hundred dinars are payable for it.” Yahya said, “Malik was asked about cutting off the lower lid of […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 43, Hadith 17 Yahya related to me from Malik that Yahya ibn Said heard Sulayman ibn Yasar mention that a face wound in which the bone was bared was like a head wound in which the bone was bared, unless the face was scarred by the wound. Then the blood-money is increased […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 43, Hadith 18 Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said, that Said ibn al-Musayyab said, “For every piercing wound in any of the organs or limbs of the body, one third of the blood-money of that limb is payable.” وَحَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 43, Hadith 19 Malik related to me, “Ibn Shihab did not think and nor do I, that there is a generally agreed on way of doing things regarding a piercing wound in any of the organs or limbs of the body, but I think that there is ijtihad in the case. The […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 43, Hadith 20 Yahya related to me from Malik from Rabia ibn Abi Abd ar-Rahman that Abdullah ibn az-Zubayr allowed retaliation for a head wound which splintered the bone. وَحَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ، أَقَادَ مِنَ الْمُنَقَّلَةِ . Muwatta Malik: Book 43, […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 43, Hadith 21 ibn Abi Abd ar-Rahman said, “I asked Said ibn al Musayyab, ‘How much for the finger of a woman?’ He said, ‘Ten camels’ I said, ‘How much for two fingers?’ He said, ‘Twenty camels.’ I said, ‘How much for three?’ He said, ‘Thirty camels.’ I said, ‘How much for […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 43, Hadith 22 Yahya related to me from Malik from Zayd ibn Aslam from Muslim ibn Jundub from Aslam, the mawla of Umar ibn al-Khattab that Umar ibn al-Khattab decided on a camel for a molar, a camel for a collar-bone, and a camel for a rib. وَحَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 43, Hadith 23 Yahya related to me from Malik that Yahya ibn Said heard Said ibn al-Musayyab say, ”Umar ibn al-Khattab decided on a camel for each molar, and Muawiya ibn Abi Sufyan decided on five camels for each molar.” Said ibn al-Musayyab said, “The blood-money is less in the judgement of […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 43, Hadith 24 Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said that Said ibn al-Musayyab used to say,’ ‘When a tooth is struck and becomes black, there is complete blood- money for it. If it falls out after it becomes black, there is also the complete blood-money for it.” وَحَدَّثَنِي […]