A woman struck her co-wife with a tent pole while she was pregnant and killed her. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ ruled that the blood-money for the slain woman was due from the paternal male relatives of the killer, along with a ghurrah for the child in her womb.A man from among the killer's paternal relatives said, "Are we to pay blood-money for one who did not eat, did not drink, and did not even cry out at birth? Such a claim should be dismissed."The Messenger of Allah ﷺ replied, "Is this rhymed speech like that of the bedouins?" And he held them liable for the blood-money.
أخبرنا محمد بن قدامة قال حدثنا جرير عن منصور عن إبراهيم عن عبيد بن نضيلة الخزاعي
ضربت امرأة ضرتها بعمود الفسطاط وهي حبلى فقتلتها فجعل رسول الله ﷺ دية المقتولة على عصبة القاتلة وغرة لما في بطنها فقال رجل من عصبة القاتلة أنغرم دية من لا أكل ولا شرب ولا استهل فمثل ذلك يطل فقال رسول الله ﷺ أسجع كسجع الأعراب فجعل عليهم الدية