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Sunan an-Nasai 4823 — Rejecting Jahiliyyah-Style Excuses
The Description Of Killing That Resembles Intentional Killing, And Who Is To Pay The Diyah For A Fetus And For A Killing That Resembles Intentional Killing, And Mentioning The Different Wordings Reported In The Narration Of Ibrahim From 'Ubaid Bin Nudailah From Al-Mughirah
Hadith About Fetal Diyah and Jahiliyyah-Style Speech
Sunan an-Nasai : 4823
Sunan an-NasaiHadith Number 4823
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ نُضَيْلَةَ، عَنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ شُعْبَةَ، أَنَّ ضَرَّتَيْنِ، ضَرَبَتْ إِحْدَاهُمَا الأُخْرَى بِعَمُودِ فُسْطَاطٍ فَقَتَلَتْهَا فَقَضَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِالدِّيَةِ عَلَى عَصَبَةِ الْقَاتِلَةِ وَقَضَى لِمَا فِي بَطْنِهَا بِغُرَّةٍ . فَقَالَ الأَعْرَابِيُّ تُغَرِّمُنِي مَنْ لاَ أَكَلْ وَلاَ شَرِبَ وَلاَ صَاحَ فَاسْتَهَلّ فَمِثْلُ ذَلِكَ يُطَلّ فَقَالَ " سَجْعٌ كَسَجْعِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ " . وَقَضَى لِمَا فِي بَطْنِهَا بِغُرَّةٍ .
Al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah Narrated from:
There were two co-wives, one of whom struck the other with a tent people and killed her. The Messenger of Allah ruled that the Diyah was to be paid by the 'Asabah of the killer, and that a slave should be given (as diyah) for the child in her womb. The Bedouin Said: "Are you penalizing me for one who neither ate nor drank, or shouted or cried (at the moment of birth)? Such a one should be overlooked/" He said: "Rhyming verse like the verse of the Jahiliyyah," and he ruled that a slave should e given (as Diyah) for the child in her womb.
Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 4823In-book reference : Book 45, Hadith 118English translation : Vol. 5, Book 45, Hadith 4827
Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 4823
This hadith describes two co-wives, one of whom struck the other with a tent pole and killed her. The Messenger of Allah ruled that the Diyah should be paid by the Asabah of the killer, and he also ruled that a slave should be given for the child in the womb. The Bedouin objected by asking why he should be penalized for one who had not eaten, drunk, cried, or shouted at birth. The Prophet called that style of speech rhyming like the rhyming of Jahiliyyah. This hadith about fetal Diyah shows that a serious ruling should not be pushed aside by dramatic words or old-style excuses.
What we learn from this hadith
- The killer's Asabah was made responsible for the Diyah in this case.
- The child in the womb was given compensation through a slave.
- The Prophet rejected Jahiliyyah-style rhymed speech used against the ruling.
