Muwatta Malik: Book 43, Hadith 43
Malik said about a man who pardoned murder, after he had claimed his right and it was obliged for him, “There is no blood-money against the murderer unless the one who pardons him stipulates that when he pardons him.”
Malik said about the murderer when he was pardoned, “He is flogged one hundred lashes and jailed for a year.”
Malik said, “When a man murders intentionally and there is a clear proof of that, and the murdered man has sons and daughters and the sons pardon and the daughters refuse to pardon, the pardon of the sons is permitted in opposition to the daughters and there is no authority for the daughters with the sons in demanding blood and pardoning.”
Muwatta Malik: Book 43, Hadith 43
The above hadith is from the Muwatta Malik collection of hadiths. Compiled by Imam Malik ibn Anas in the 8th century, the Muwatta Malik is one of the earliest surviving books of hadith. This foundational Islamic text was written over four decades and contains nearly 2,000 narrations systematically organized into 61 books.
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