أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ نُضَيْلَةَ عَنْ الْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ شُعْبَةَ أَنَّ ضَرَّتَيْنِ ضَرَبَتْ إِحْدَاهُمَا الْأُخْرَی بِعَمُودِ فُسْطَاطٍ فَقَتَلَتْهَا فَقَضَی رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِالدِّيَةِ عَلَی عَصَبَةِ الْقَاتِلَةِ وَقَضَی لِمَا فِي بَطْنِهَا بِغُرَّةٍ فَقَالَ الْأَعْرَابِيُّ تُغَرِّمُنِي مَنْ لَا أَکَلْ وَلَا شَرِبَ وَلَا صَاحَ فَاسْتَهَلَّ فَمِثْلُ ذَلِکَ يُطَلَّ فَقَالَ سَجْعٌ کَسَجْعِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ وَقَضَی لِمَا فِي بَطْنِهَا بِغُرَّةٍ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 4838
It was narrated from Al Mughira bin Shu’bah that there were two co-wives, one of whom struck the other with a tent pole and killed her. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم ruled that the Diyah was to be paid by the ‘Ayabah of the killer, and that a slave should be given (as Diyah) for the child in her womb. The Bedouin said: “Are you penalizing me for one who neither ate nor drank, or shouted or cried (at the moment of birth)? Such a one should be overlooked.” He said: “Rhyming verse like the verse of the Jahiliyyah,” and he ruled that a slave should be given (as Diyah) for the child in her womb. (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020