حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ النَّمَرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ نَضْلَةَ عَنْ الْمُغِيَرةِ بْنِ شُعْبَةَ أَنَّ امْرَأَتَيْنِ کَانَتَا تَحْتَ رَجُلٍ مِنْ هُذَيْلٍ فَضَرَبَتْ إِحْدَاهُمَا الْأُخْرَی بِعَمُودٍ فَقَتَلَتْهَا وَجَنِينَهَا فَاخْتَصَمُوا إِلَی النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ أَحَدُ الرَّجُلَيْنِ کَيْفَ نَدِي مَنْ لَا صَاحَ وَلَا أَکَلَ وَلَا شَرِبَ وَلَا اسْتَهَلَّ فَقَالَ أَسَجْعٌ کَسَجْعِ الْأَعْرَابِ فَقَضَی فِيهِ بِغُرَّةٍ وَجَعَلَهُ عَلَی عَاقِلَةِ الْمَرْأَةِ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 4568
Narrated Al-Mughirah bin Shubah: A man of Hudhail has two wives. One of them struck her fellow-wife with a tent-pole and killed her and her unborn child. They brought the dispute to the Prophet ﷺ. One of two men said: How can we pay bloodwit for the one who did not make a noise, or ate, nor drank, nor raised his voice ? He (the Prophet) asked: Is it rhymed prose like that of bedouin? He gave judgement that a male or female slave of the best quality should be paid in compensation, and he fixed it to be paid by woman's relatives on her father's side.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020