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Sunan an-Nasai 4808 — Diyah for a Mukatab
The Diyah for a Mukatab
Hadith About Diyah for a Mukatab
Sunan an-Nasai : 4808
Sunan an-NasaiHadith Number 4808
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ، عَنْ يَحْيَى، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ قَضَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي الْمُكَاتَبِ يُقْتَلُ بِدِيَةِ الْحُرِّ عَلَى قَدْرِ مَا أَدَّى .
Ibn 'Abbas Narrated from:
The Messenger of Allah ruled that the Diyah for a Mukatab who is killed should be (equivalent) to the Diyah for a free man, proportionate to the amount be had paid off (toward buying his freedom).
Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 4808In-book reference : Book 45, Hadith 103English translation : Vol. 5, Book 45, Hadith 4812
Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 4808
This hadith explains the diyah of a mukatab who is killed. A mukatab is mentioned here as someone paying toward freedom, and the ruling is tied to how much he had already paid. The Messenger of Allah ruled that the diyah should be like the diyah for a free man, in proportion to the amount paid off toward freedom. The report is not a general speech about slavery or contracts; it is a legal ruling about blood money in a killing case. For someone searching for mukatab diyah hadith, the main point is proportionality. The amount paid toward freedom affects the measure of diyah in this narration.
What we learn from this hadith
- The diyah of a mukatab is linked to what he has already paid.
- The free-person diyah applies in proportion to the paid amount.
- The ruling is about a mukatab who is killed.
- The report uses payment progress as the measure for the ruling.
