أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُصْعَبٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ عَنْ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ ضَرَبَتْ امْرَأَةٌ ضَرَّتَهَا بِحَجَرٍ وَهِيَ حُبْلَی فَقَتَلَتْهَا فَجَعَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَا فِي بَطْنِهَا غُرَّةً وَجَعَلَ عَقْلَهَا عَلَی عَصَبَتِهَا فَقَالُوا نُغَرَّمُ مَنْ لَا شَرِبَ وَلَا أَکَلْ وَلَا اسْتَهَلَّ فَمِثْلُ ذَلِکَ يُطَلَّ فَقَالَ أَسَجْعٌ کَسَجْعِ الْأَعْرَابِ هُوَ مَا أَقُولُ لَکُمْ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 4842
It was narrated from Al A’mash, from Ibrahim who said: “I woman struck her co-wife, who was pregnant, with a rock and killed her. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم ruled that a slave should be given (as Diyah) for the child in her womb, and that her Diyah should be paid by her ‘Asabah. They said: ‘Should we be penalized 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 Bedouins? It is what I say to you.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020