قَالَ الْحَارِثُ بْنُ مِسْکِينٍ قِرَائَةً عَلَيْهِ وَأَنَا أَسْمَعُ عَنْ ابْنِ الْقَاسِمِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَالِکٌ عَنْ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَضَی فِي الْجَنِينِ يُقْتَلُ فِي بَطْنِ أُمِّهِ بِغُرَّةٍ عَبْدٍ أَوْ وَلِيدَةٍ فَقَالَ الَّذِي قَضَی عَلَيْهِ کَيْفَ أُغَرَّمُ مَنْ لَا شَرِبَ وَلَا أَکَلْ وَلَا اسْتَهَلَّ وَلَا نَطَقَ فَمِثْلُ ذَلِکَ يُطَلَّ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنَّمَا هَذَا مِنْ الْکُهَّانِ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 4835
It was narrated from Saeed bin Al-Musayyab that the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم ruled that for a fetus which is killed in the mother’s womb, a male or female slave be given (as Diyah). The one against whom he passed this ruling said: “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 soothsayers.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020