أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ السَّرْحِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ عَنْ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ وَسَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ اقْتَتَلَتْ امْرَأَتَانِ مِنْ هُذَيْلٍ فَرَمَتْ إِحْدَاهُمَا الْأُخْرَی بِحَجَرٍ وَذَکَرَ کَلِمَةً مَعْنَاهَا فَقَتَلَتْهَا وَمَا فِي بَطْنِهَا فَاخْتَصَمُوا إِلَی رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَضَی رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّ دِيَةَ جَنِينِهَا غُرَّةٌ عَبْدٌ أَوْ وَلِيدَةٌ وَقَضَی بِدِيَةِ الْمَرْأَةِ عَلَی عَاقِلَتِهَا وَوَرَّثَهَا وَلَدَهَا وَمَنْ مَعَهُمْ فَقَالَ حَمَلُ بْنُ مَالِکِ بْنِ النَّابِغَةِ الْهُذَلِيُّ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ کَيْفَ أُغَرَّمُ مَنْ لَا شَرِبَ وَلَا أَکَلْ وَلَا نَطَقَ وَلَا اسْتَهَلَّ فَمِثْلُ ذَلِکَ يُطَلَّ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنَّمَا هَذَا مِنْ إِخْوَانِ الْکُهَّانِ مِنْ أَجْلِ سَجْعِهِ الَّذِي سَجَعَ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 4833
It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said: “Two women of Hudhail had a fight, and one of them threw a rock at the other and killed her and the child in her womb. They referred the dispute to the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم and the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم ruled that the Diyah for her fetus was a male or female slave, and that the Diyah of the woman be paid by her ‘Aqilah (male relatives on the father’s side), and he made her children and those who were with them her heirs. Harnal bin Malik bin An-Nabighah Al-Hudlliall said: “O Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم, how can I pay blood money for one who neither ate nor drank, or shouted or cried (at the moment of birth)? Such a one should be overlooked.” The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم said: “This is one of the brothers of the soothsayers” because of the rhyming way in which he spoke. (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020