سنن أبي داود

Hadith 4572

Book 41: Types of Blood-Wit (Kitab Al-Diyat)

كِتَاب الدِّيَاتِ

Chapter 21

Chapter: The Diyah For A Fetus.

باب دِيَةِ الْجَنِينِ

English narration

Narrated by عمر بن الخطاب العدوي

Narrated Ibn Abbas: Umar asked about the decision of the Prophet ﷺ about that (i. e. abortion). Haml bin Malik bin al-Nabhigah got up and said: I was between two women. One of them struck another with a rolling-pin killing both her and what was in her womb. So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave judgement that the bloodwit for the unborn child should be a male or a female slave of the best quality and the she should be killed. Abu Dawud said: Al-Nadr bin Shumail said: Mistah means a rolling-pin. Abu Dawud said: Abu Ubaid said: Mistah means a pole from the tent-poles.

النص العربي

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ الْمِصِّيصِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ ، عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ ، قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ دِينَارٍ ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ طَاوُسًا ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ، عَنْ عُمَرَ : "

أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ عَنْ قَضِيَّةِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي ذَلِكَ ، فَقَامَ إِلَيِه حَمَلُ بْنُ مَالِكِ بْنِ النَّابِغَةِ ، فَقَالَ : كُنْتُ بَيْنَ امْرَأَتَيْنِ فَضَرَبَتْ إِحْدَاهُمَا الْأُخْرَى بِمِسْطَحٍ فَقَتَلَتْهَا وَجَنِينَهَا ، فَقَضَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي جَنِينِهَا بِغُرَّةٍ وَأَنْ تُقْتَلَ

" ، قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد : قَالَ النَّضْرُ بْنُ شُمَيْلٍ : الْمِسْطَحُ هُوَ الصَّوْبَجُ ، قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد : وقَالَ أَبُو عُبَيْدٍ : الْمِسْطَحُ عُودٌ مِنْ أَعْوَادِ الْخِبَاءِ .

Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 4572In-book: Book 41, Hadith 4572

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