Blood-Money
كتاب العقول
Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Said ibn al-Musayyab and Abu Salama ibn Abd ar-Rahman from Abu Hurayra that theMessenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said,"The wound of an animal is of no account and no compensation is duefor it. The well is of no account and no compensation is due for it.The mine is of no account and no compensation is due for it and afifth is due for buried treasures." (Al-kanz
Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu'z-Zinad from Sulayman ibnYasar that a slave was set free by one of the people on hajj and hismaster had abandoned the right to inherit from him. The ex-slave thenkilled a man from the Banu A'idh tribe. An A'idhi, the father of theslain man came to Umar ibn al-Khattab seeking the blood-money of hisson. Umar said, "He has no blood-money." The A'idhi said, "What wouldyou think if it had been my son who killed him?" Umar said, "Then youwould pay his blood-money." He said, "He is then like the black andwhite Arqam snake. If it is left, it devours and if it is killed, ittakes revenge."