أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ قُدَامَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ نُضَيْلَةَ الْخُزَاعِيِّ عَنْ الْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ شُعْبَةَ قَالَ ضَرَبَتْ امْرَأَةٌ ضَرَّتَهَا بِعَمُودِ الْفُسْطَاطِ وَهِيَ حُبْلَی فَقَتَلَتْهَا فَجَعَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ دِيَةَ الْمَقْتُولَةِ عَلَی عَصَبَةِ الْقَاتِلَةِ وَغُرَّةً لِمَا فِي بَطْنِهَا فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ عَصَبَةِ الْقَاتِلَةِ أَنَغْرَمُ دِيَةَ مَنْ لَا أَکَلْ وَلَا شَرِبَ وَلَا اسْتَهَلَّ فَمِثْلُ ذَلِکَ يُطَلَّ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَسَجْعٌ کَسَجْعِ الْأَعْرَابِ فَجَعَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ الدِّيَةَ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 4837
It was narrated that Al Mughira bin Shu’bah said: “A woman struck her co-wife, who was pregnant, with a tent pole and killed her. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم ruled that the ‘Asabah of the killer was to pay the Diyah and to give a slave (as Diyah for) the child in her womb. One of the ‘Asabah of the killer said: ‘Am I to 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: ‘Rhyming verse like the verse of the Bedouin?’ and he made them pay the Diyah.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020