Blood Money - Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths

Blood Money

Whoever intentionally kills a believer shall be handed to the guardians of the killed person: if they will, they may kill him, and if they will, they may accept the blood money. [The blood money] is thirty 'Hiqqah', thirty 'Jadha‘ah', and...
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‘Umar ibn al-Khattāb (may Allah be pleased with him) consulted the people about a woman who was caused to miscarry.
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Two women from the Hudhayl tribe fought each other. One of them threw a stone at the other, killing her along with what was in her womb.
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One of you bites his brother like a male camel does! There is no blood money for you.
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Whoever is killed in ambiguous circumstances, or when people are throwing stones, or by a whip, his blood money is the blood money of unpremeditated killing. Whoever is killed intentionally, retaliation becomes due. If anyone tries to preve...
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Beware! Every object of pride of the pre-Islamic times, whether it is blood-vengeance or property, or mentioned or claimed, has been put under my feet, except the supply of water to pilgrims and the custody of the House
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This and that are equal; meaning the pinky finger and the thumb
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The blood money of a Mu‘āhad is half the blood money of a free Muslim
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The blood money of the semi-intentional killing is as aggravated as that of intentional killing, but the perpetrator is not to be killed. This happens when the devil stirs enmity between people, causing them to shed blood but not due to gru...
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