حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَکْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بِشْرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ قَضَی رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي الْجَنِينِ بِغُرَّةٍ عَبْدٍ أَوْ أَمَةٍ فَقَالَ الَّذِي قُضِيَ عَلَيْهِ أَنَعْقِلُ مَنْ لَا شَرِبَ وَلَا أَکَلَ وَلَا صَاحَ وَلَا اسْتَهَلَّ وَمِثْلُ ذَلِکَ يُطَلُّ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنَّ هَذَا لَيَقُولُ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرٍ فِيهِ غُرَّةٌ عَبْدٌ أَوْ أَمَةٌ
ابن ماجہ · Hadith 2639
It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said: "The Messenger of Allah ruled concerning a fetus that (the blood money) was a slave, male or female. The one against whom this verdict was passed said: 'Should we pay blood money for one who neither ate, drank, shouted, nor cried (at the moment of birth)? One such as this should be overlooked: The Messenger of Allah said: 'This man speaks like a poet. (But the blood money for a fetus is) a slave, male or female.’”
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020