Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 3489
وَعَنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ شُعْبَةَ: أَنَّ امْرَأَتَيْنِ كَانَتَا ضَرَّتَيْنِ فَرَمَتْ إِحْدَاهُمَا الْأُخْرَى بِحَجَرٍ أَوْ عَمُودِ فُسْطَاطٍ فَأَلْقَتْ جَنِينَهَا فَقَضَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي الجَنينِ غُرَّةً: عبْداً أَوْ أَمَةٌ وَجَعَلَهُ عَلَى عَصَبَةِ الْمَرْأَةِ هَذِهِ رِوَايَةُ التِّرْمِذِيِّ وَفِي رِوَايَةِ مُسْلِمٍ: قَالَ: ضَرَبَتِ امْرَأَةٌ ضَرَّتَهَا بِعَمُودِ فُسْطَاطٍ وَهِيَ حُبْلَى فَقَتَلَتْهَا قَالَ: وَإِحْدَاهُمَا لِحْيَانَيَّةٌ قَالَ: فَجَعَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ دِيَة الْمَقْتُول عَلَى عَصَبَةِ الْقَاتِلَةِ وَغُرَّةً لِمَا فِي بَطْنِهَا
Al-Mughirah ibn Shu'bah reported: Two co-wives were quarreling, and one threw a stone—or a tent pole—at the other, causing her to miscarry. The Messenger of God ruled that compensation for the fetus was a male or female slave, to be paid by the woman’s agnates. This is al-Tirmidhi’s version. In Muslim’s version, he said: A woman struck her co-wife with a tent pole while she was pregnant and killed her. One of them was from Lihyan. The Messenger of God ruled that blood money for the woman who was killed was payable by the killer’s agnates, and that compensation was due for the fetus in her womb.
Translation notes
The Arabic provides two distinct report versions: the version from al-Tirmidhi describes a miscarriage and the version from Muslim describes the pregnant woman being killed. The English witness adds an editorial note about the order of sources; it is not present in the Arabic text.