300 hadith
The Prophet ﷺ said, "If the blood is red, then a Dinar is due, and if the blood is yellow, then half a Dinar."
الترمذي 137DaifThe Prophet ﷺ was told that Abdullah bin Sahl and Muhaysa bin Masud had gone to Khaybar on some business of theirs. There they separated, and Abdullah bin Sahl was killed. They found him slain. Muhaysa and Huwaysa, the two sons of Masud,…
أحمد 17277SahihA man came to the Prophet ﷺ with an Abyssinian and said, "This man killed my nephew." The Prophet ﷺ asked, "How did you kill him?" He replied, "I struck his head with an axe, but I did not intend to kill him." The Prophet ﷺ asked, "Do you…
أبو داود 4501SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "The mukatab is paid blood-money in proportion to what he has paid of his contract."
أحمد 818SahihA man killed another during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and the Prophet ﷺ set his blood-money at twelve thousand. He mentioned the verse *"unless Allah and His Messenger enriched them out of His bounty"* [Tawbah 9:74] in reference…
النسائي 4807HasanI gifted a slave girl to a man from the tribe of Bani Mudlij, and he had a son by her. He used to have her serve him. When the boy grew up, he called her one day and said, "Do such and such." She replied, "She will not come to you. How long…
الأعظمي 6860HasanThe Prophet ﷺ said, "The mukatab is paid blood-money in proportion to what he has paid of his contract."
أحمد 723SahihWhen Allah granted His Messenger the conquest of Mecca, he stood among the people, praised Allah and extolled Him, then said, "...Whoever has had a relative killed has the choice between two options, either to accept blood-money or to…
الأعظمي 6863SahihFrom his father, Musa said and his grandfather, who had both witnessed Hunayn with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Then we return to the narration of Wahb. Muhallim bin Jathama al-Laythi killed a man from Ashja during the time of Islam, and this…
أبو داود 4503HasanThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ wrote a letter to the people of Yemen containing the inheritance shares, the sunnahs, and the blood-money payments, and he sent it with Amr bin Hazm. It was read out to the people of Yemen, and this is its text.…
النسائي 4858DaifHe asked Ibn Shihab about a one-eyed man who gouges out the eye of a man with sound sight. Ibn Shihab replied, "If the man with sound sight wishes to take retaliation from him, he is entitled to retaliation, and if he prefers, he is…
مالك 1653SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "The blood-money of a mukatab is paid according to what he has paid of his contract at the rate of a free man's blood-money, and for what remains at the rate of a slave's blood-money."
أحمد 3489SahihAbdullah bin Sahl and Muhaysa bin Masud went to Khaybar on some business of theirs, and they parted ways. Abdullah bin Sahl was killed, and they found him slain. Then Muhaysa and Huwaysa, the two sons of Masud, came along, as did…
أحمد 17276SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ ruled that for the nose, if it is severed entirely, the full blood-money is due, and if only its tip is cut off, half the blood-money is due. For the eye, half the blood-money is due. For the hand, half the…
أحمد 7092HasanThe Prophet ﷺ said, "The blood-money of a person under a covenant of protection is half the blood-money of a free Muslim."
أبو داود 4583HasanAbdullah said regarding quasi-intentional homicide that the blood-money consists of twenty-five hiqqah camels, twenty-five jadhaah camels, twenty-five bint labun camels, and twenty-five bint makhad camels.
أبو داود 4552DaifThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ ruled regarding the mukatab that his blood-money is paid according to the portion of his contract he has paid off, at the rate of a free man's blood-money, and the remainder at the rate of a slave's blood-money.
النسائي 4814DaifA contracted slave (mukatab) was killed during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he ordered that blood-money be paid for him. For the portion of his contract he had already paid off, the blood-money of a free man was due, and for…
النسائي 4816SahihOn the day of the conquest of Makkah, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood on the steps of the Kaabah and said, "Praise be to Allah, who fulfilled His promise, granted victory to His servant, and defeated the confederates alone. The victim of…
أحمد 4583DaifThe Prophet of Allah ﷺ ruled regarding the mukatab that his blood-money is to be paid in proportion to the share of him that has been freed, based on the blood-money of a free person.
النسائي 4813DaifThe Prophet ﷺ was brought a killer, being led by the guardian of the slain man with a leather strap. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked the guardian of the slain man, "Will you pardon him?" He said, "No." The Prophet ﷺ asked, "Will you accept…
النسائي 4729SahihThe Prophet ﷺ set the blood-money at twelve thousand. He said that this is referenced in Allah's statement, *"And they resented nothing except that Allah and His Messenger had enriched them from His bounty"* [Tawbah 9:74], meaning by their…
ابن ماجه 2632HasanThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ ruled that when a mukatab slave is killed, his blood-money is calculated at the rate of a free man's blood-money in proportion to what he has paid toward his manumission.
النسائي 4812DaifThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever kills a believer intentionally is to be handed over to the relatives of the slain. If they wish, they may kill him, and if they wish, they may take the blood-money, which is thirty hiqqahs, thirty…
أحمد 7033HasanThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever is killed by accident, his blood-money in camels is thirty bint makhad, thirty bint laboon, thirty hiqqah, and ten bani laboon." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to set its value upon the people of the…
ابن ماجه 2630HasanThe Prophet ﷺ decreed that each clan was responsible for paying the blood-money of its members.
الأعظمي 6868SahihI do not pay blood-money, nor would I ever pay blood-money for anyone upon whom I have carried out a prescribed punishment, except for the one who drinks wine, for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not establish a fixed penalty for it. It is…
أبو داود 4486SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever kills someone by mistake, his blood-money is one hundred camels, thirty bint makhad, thirty bint labun, thirty hiqqa, and ten male bani labun." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to fix its value for the…
النسائي 4805HasanThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ ruled that the blood-money was to be paid by the paternal male relatives of the woman who killed. The relatives of the slain woman said, "Messenger of Allah, her inheritance belongs to us." He replied, "No, her…
ابن ماجه 2648DaifThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to assess the blood-money for accidental killing upon the people of villages at four hundred dinars or its equivalent in silver, and he based its valuation on the prices of camels. When camels became expensive,…
أبو داود 4564HasanA woman struck her co-wife with a tent pole while the co-wife was pregnant, killing her. One of the two women was from the tribe of Lihyan. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ imposed the blood-money for the slain woman upon the paternal male…
مسلم 4393SahihAbu Qatada, a man from the tribe of Banu Mudlij, killed his son. Umar took from him one hundred camels as blood-money, thirty hiqqas, thirty jadhaas, and forty pregnant she-camels. The nephew of the slain said, "I heard the Messenger of…
ابن ماجه 2646HasanThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ ruled regarding the blood-money of a mukatab who is killed that he is to be compensated according to the portion of his contract he has paid off at the rate of a free man's blood-money, and for what remains at the…
أبو داود 4581DaifTwo women from Huzayl got into a fight, and one of them threw a stone at the other and killed her. They brought their dispute to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, who ruled that the blood-money for her unborn child was a male or female slave, and…
أبو داود 4576SahihThere were two women among us, and one of them struck the other with a tent pole, killing her and the child in her womb. The Prophet ﷺ ruled in the case of the Hilal woman that blood-money be paid for the woman, and he ruled that the…
الأعظمي 6873SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever kills a believer deliberately is to be handed over to the family of the slain. If they wish, they may put him to death, and if they wish, they may accept the blood-money, which consists of thirty…
الترمذي 1388HasanThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ wrote a letter to the people of Yemen containing the obligatory duties, the sunnahs, and the blood-monies, and he sent it with Amr bin Hazm. It was read out to the people of Yemen, and this is its text. From…
النسائي 4857Daif"There is no one on whom I would carry out a prescribed punishment and who then dies from it that I would feel any unease about, except the one punished for drinking wine. If such a man dies, I would pay his blood money, because the…
مسلم 4459SahihI heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say during the Farewell Pilgrimage, "Indeed, every form of usury from the time of ignorance is abolished. You are entitled to your principal sums, neither wronging nor being wronged. And every blood claim…
أبو داود 3334HasanA man from the tribe of Banu Adi was killed, and the Prophet ﷺ set his blood-money at twelve thousand.
أبو داود 4546HasanThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to set the blood-money for accidental killing at four hundred Dinars, or its equivalent in silver, for the people of the villages. He fixed it according to the prices of camels, so when camels became expensive,…
الأعظمي 6875HasanA woman struck her co-wife with a tent pole while she was pregnant and killed her. One of the two women was from the tribe of Lihyan. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ ruled that the blood-money for the slain woman was due from the paternal male…
الأعظمي 6872SahihWhen Mecca was conquered, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood and said, "Whoever has someone killed has the choice between two options, either to receive blood-money or to demand retribution." A man from Yemen called Abu Shah stood up and said,…
أبو داود 4505SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "People of Khuza, you have killed this man from Huzayl, and I will pay his blood-money. But whoever has someone killed after these words of mine, his family has one of two choices, either they accept the…
أبو داود 4504SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "I will not pardon anyone who kills after having accepted the blood-money."
أبو داود 4507DaifThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The blood of Muslims is equal in worth. The protection granted by the lowest of them is binding upon all, and even the most distant among them can grant safe-conduct on behalf of the rest. They stand as one…
الأعظمي 6886HasanAmong the Children of Israil there was retaliation, but no blood money among them. So Allah [[r4]] revealed, *"Retaliation is prescribed for you in cases of murder, the free man for the free man, the slave for the slave, and the female for…
النسائي 4785SahihThe Prophet ﷺ set the blood money at twelve thousand. He did not mention Ibn Abbas in it, and in Ibn Uyayna's version there is more discussion than this. Muhammad bin Bashshar narrated to us, Muaz bin Hani narrated to us, Muhammad bin…
الترمذي 1389HasanA slave who had been set free with no patron, freed by one of the pilgrims, killed the son of a man from Banu Aaidh. The Aaidhi, the father of the slain boy, came to Umar bin Khattab seeking the blood money for his son. Umar said, "There is…
مالك 1686DaifThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Listen, people of Khuza, you have killed this man from Huzayl, and I will pay his blood-money. But anyone whose relative is killed after this statement of mine, his family has a choice between two options.…
الأعظمي 6865SahihA man from the tribe of Banu Saad bin Layth raced a horse, and it trod on the finger of a man from Juhaynah. The wound festered and the man died. Umar bin Khattab said to those against whom the claim was brought, "Will you swear fifty oaths…
مالك 1643DaifThe Prophet ﷺ ruled that the blood-money was twelve thousand.
النسائي 4808HasanThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "I will not pardon anyone who kills after having accepted the blood-money."
أحمد 14911DaifThere were two women who were neighbors, and a quarrel arose between them. One of them threw a stone at the other, causing her to miscarry a male child whose hair had already grown, and the woman herself also died. The Prophet ﷺ ruled that…
النسائي 4832DaifTwo women from Huzayl got into a fight, and one of them threw a stone at the other, killing her along with the child in her womb. The case was brought before the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, who ruled that the blood-money for her unborn child was…
أحمد 10916SahihAbdullah bin Sahl was found killed, so his brother along with his two paternal uncles, Huwaysa and Muhaysa, who were the uncles of Abdullah bin Sahl, came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Abdul-Rahman started to speak, but the Messenger of…
النسائي 4721SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever kills another by mistake, his blood-money is one hundred camels. Thirty are bint makhad, thirty are bint laboon, thirty are jadhaah, and ten are male ibn laboon." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to…
أحمد 7090HasanThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The blood of a Muslim is not lawful except in one of three cases: a life for a life, a married person who commits adultery, and one who abandons his religion and separates from the community."
النسائي 4725SahihAmong the Children of Israil, retaliation was prescribed but blood-money was not part of their law. Then Allah the Exalted said to this nation, *"Retaliation is prescribed for you in the matter of the slain, the free for the free, the slave…
البخاري 4498Sahih"*Retaliation has been prescribed for you in cases of murder, the free for the free*" [Baqarah 2:178]. He said, "The Children of Israil were bound by retaliation, and blood-money was not an option for them. Then Allah [[r4]] revealed…
النسائي 4786Sahih