أَخْبَرَنَا الْهَيْثَمُ بْنُ مَرْوَانَ بْنِ الْهَيْثَمِ بْنِ عِمْرَانَ الْعَنْسِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَکَّارِ بْنِ بِلَالٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَی قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ أَرْقَمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي الزُّهْرِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي بَکْرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ حَزْمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ کَتَبَ إِلَی أَهْلِ الْيَمَنِ بِکِتَابٍ فِيهِ الْفَرَائِضُ وَالسُّنَنُ وَالدِّيَاتُ وَبَعَثَ بِهِ مَعَ عَمْرِو بْنِ حَزْمٍ فَقُرِئَ عَلَی أَهْلِ الْيَمَنِ هَذِهِ نُسْخَتُهُ فَذَکَرَ مِثْلَهُ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ قَالَ وَفِي الْعَيْنِ الْوَاحِدَةِ نِصْفُ الدِّيَةِ وَفِي الْيَدِ الْوَاحِدَةِ نِصْفُ الدِّيَةِ وَفِي الرِّجْلِ الْوَاحِدَةِ نِصْفُ الدِّيَةِ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْد الرَّحْمَنِ وَهَذَا أَشْبَهُ بِالصَّوَابِ وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ وَسُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ أَرْقَمَ مَتْرُوکُ الْحَدِيثِ وَقَدْ رَوَی هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ يُونُسُ عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ مُرْسَلًا
سنن نسائی · Hadith 4869
It was narrated from Abi Bakr bin Muhammad bin ‘Amr bin Hazm, from his father, from his grandfather, that the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم wrote a letter to the people of Yemen included in which were the rules of inheritance, the Sunan and the (rules concerning) blood money. He sent it with ‘Amr bin Hazm and it was read to the people of Yemen. This is a copy of it. And he mentioned something similar, except that he said: “And for one eye, half the Diyah must be paid; for one hand, half the Diyah must be paid; for one foot, half the Diyah must be paid.” (Da’if) Abu ‘Abdur-Raliman (An-Nasa’i) said: This is more likely what is correct, and Allah knows best. Sulaiman bin Arqam (one of its narrators) is abandoned in Hadith, and Yunus has reported this Hadith from Az-Zuhri in Mursal form:
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020