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Sunan an-Nasai 4826 — Aqilah and Fetal Compensation
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 Aqilah Paying Diyah for an Unborn Child
Sunan an-Nasai : 4826
Sunan an-NasaiHadith Number 4826
أَخْبَرَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ نُضَيْلَةَ، عَنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ شُعْبَةَ، أَنَّ رَجُلاً، مِنْ هُذَيْلٍ كَانَ لَهُ امْرَأَتَانِ فَرَمَتْ إِحْدَاهُمَا الأُخْرَى بِعَمُودِ الْفُسْطَاطِ فَأَسْقَطَتْ فَقِيلَ أَرَأَيْتَ مَنْ لاَ أَكَلْ وَلاَ شَرِبَ وَلاَ صَاحَ فَاسْتَهَلّ . فَقَالَ " أَسَجْعٌ كَسَجْعِ الأَعْرَابِ " . فَقَضَى فِيهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِغُرَّةٍ عَبْدٍ أَوْ أَمَةٍ وَجُعِلَتْ عَلَى عَاقِلَةِ الْمَرْأَةِ . أَرْسَلَهُ الأَعْمَشُ .
Al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah Narrated from:
A man of Hudhail had two wives, and one of them threw a tent pole at the other and caused her to miscarry. It was said: "What do you think of one who neither ate nor drank, or shouted nor cried (at the moment of birth)?" he said: (Rhyming verse like the verse of the Bedouins. "And the Messenger of Allah ruled that a make or female slave shouted be given (as dihahj) for him (the unborn child), to be paid but the'Aqila h of the woman.
Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 4826In-book reference : Book 45, Hadith 121English translation : Vol. 5, Book 45, Hadith 4830
Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 4826
This hadith reports that a man from Hudhail had two wives, and one threw a tent pole at the other, causing her to miscarry. When someone objected with the words that the unborn child had not eaten, drunk, cried, or shouted, the reply rejected that rhymed Bedouin-style speech. The Messenger of Allah ruled that a male or female slave should be given as Diyah for the unborn child, and that it should be paid by the Aqilah of the woman. This hadith about fetal Diyah and Aqilah responsibility shows that the ruling was not based on whether the child had cried at birth, but on the harm described in the case.
What we learn from this hadith
- The miscarriage caused by the thrown tent pole led to a compensation ruling.
- A male or female slave was set as Diyah for the unborn child.
- The woman's Aqilah was made responsible for payment in this narration.
