The value of the blood-money during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was eight hundred Dinars, or eight thousand dirhams, and the blood-money for the People of the Book at that time was half of the blood-money for the Muslims.He said, This remained the case until Umar became caliph. He stood up to deliver a sermon and said, "The price of camels has risen." So Umar fixed the blood-money for those who deal in gold at one thousand Dinars, for those who deal in silver at twelve thousand dirhams, for those who own cattle at two hundred cows, for those who own sheep at two thousand sheep, and for those who deal in garments at two hundred sets of clothing.He said, But he left the blood-money for the protected non-Muslims as it was, not raising it along with the increase he made to the blood-money.
كانت قيمة الدية في عهد رسول الله ﷺ ثمانمائة دينار، أو ثمانية آلاف درهم، ودية أهل الكتاب يومئذ النصف من دية المسلمين. قال: فكان ذلك كذلك حتى استخلف عمر رضي الله عنه فقام خطيبا فقال: ألا إن الإبل قد غلت، ففرضها عمر على أهل الذهب ألف دينار، وعلى أهل الورق اثني عشر ألف درهم، وعلى أهل البقر مائتي بقرة، وعلى أهل الشاء ألفي شاة، وعلى أهل الحلل مائتي حلة، قال: وترك دية أهل الذمة لم يرفعها فيما رفع من الدية.
Abu Dawud narrated it (4542) from Yahya bin Hakeem, who said, Abdul-Rahman bin Uthman narrated to us, who said, Husayn Muallim narrated to us, from Amr bin Shuayb, and he mentioned it. Bayhaqi also narrated it (8/77) through this route, and its isnad is hasan because of Amr bin Shuayb, whose hadith is hasan.On this topic there is also what Abu Dawud narrated (4543) from Musa bin Ismail, who said, Hammad narrated to us, who said, Muhammad bin Ishaq informed us, from Ata bin Abu Rabah, that the Messenger of Allah ruled regarding blood money that camel owners owed a hundred camels, cattle owners two hundred cows, sheep owners two thousand sheep, garment owners two hundred garments, and wheat owners a certain amount. Muhammad (meaning Ibn Ishaq) did not remember it, and this is mursal.Then Abu Dawud connected it (4544), saying, I read to Saeed bin Yaqub Talaqani, who said, Abu Tumayla narrated to us, who said, Muhammad bin Ishaq narrated to us, who said, Ata mentioned, from Jabir bin Abdullah, who said, the Messenger of Allah
decreed, and he mentioned something similar to the hadith of Musa. He said, and grain owners owed a certain amount that I did not memorize. Bayhaqi also narrated it (8/78) from this angle and said, this is how Muhammad bin Ishaq bin Yasar narrated it, but the narration of those who narrated it from Umar is more numerous and better known.I say, Muhammad bin Ishaq was known to conceal his sources, and he did not hear this hadith from Ata, and this is what the Hanbalis and some of the Hanafis held. Shafii said, the original obligation in blood money is a hundred camels if they can be found, and if they cannot be found, one reverts to their value in the currency of the country at that time.On this topic there is also what was narrated from Ubada bin Samit, that the Prophet
ruled that the greater, aggravated blood money consists of thirty two-year-old she-camels, thirty three-year-old she-camels, and forty pregnant she-camels, and he ruled that the lesser blood money consists of thirty two-year-old she-camels, thirty three-year-old she-camels, twenty one-year-old she-camels, and twenty one-year-old male camels.Then camels became expensive after the death of the Messenger of Allah
, and dirhams became cheap. So Umar bin Khattab valued the blood-money camels at six thousand dirhams, at the rate of one ounce for each camel. Then camels became expensive again and silver became cheap, so Umar bin Khattab added two thousand, at the rate of two ounces for each camel. Then camels became expensive again, and dirhams became cheap, so Umar completed it at twelve thousand, at the rate of three ounces for each camel.He said, so he added a third of the blood money for killing in the sacred month, and another third for killing in the sacred territory. He said, so the blood money for the two sanctuaries came to twenty thousand. He said, so it used to be said, it is taken from the people of the desert out of their livestock, they are not required to pay in silver or gold, and it is taken from every people according to what is a fair value from their wealth.Abdullah bin Ahmad narrated it in the Musnad of his father (22778), Ibn Abu Asim in Diyat (141), and Bayhaqi (8/74), all of them from the hadith of Fudayl bin Sulayman, who said, Musa bin Uqba narrated to us, from Ishaq bin Yahya bin Walid bin Ubada bin Samit, from Ubada bin Samit, who said, and he mentioned it.Ishaq did not meet his father's grandfather Ubada bin Samit, so it is mursal, as Bayhaqi said, and no one narrated from him except Musa bin Uqba, so he is "unknown" as well, and Fudayl bin Sulayman is daif, graded daif by Ibn Main, Abu Zura, Abu Hatim, and others.His saying, "the greater blood money," means when he killed him intentionally. And his saying, "the lesser blood money," means when he killed him by mistake.