Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 3492
وَعَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ حَزْمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَتَبَ إِلَى أَهْلِ الْيَمَنِ وَكَانَ فِي كِتَابِهِ: «أَنَّ مَنِ اعْتَبَطَ مُؤْمِنًا قَتْلًا فَإِنَّهُ قَوَدُ يَدِهِ إِلَّا أَنْ يَرْضَى أَوْلِيَاءُ الْمَقْتُولِ» وَفِيهِ: «أَنَّ الرَّجُلَ يُقْتَلُ بِالْمَرْأَةِ» وَفِيهِ: «فِي النَّفْسِ الدِّيَةُ مِائَةٌ مِنَ الْإِبِلِ وَعَلَى أَهْلِ الذَّهَبِ أَلْفُ دِينَارٍ وَفِي الْأَنْفِ إِذَا أُوعِبَ جَدْعُهُ الدِّيَةُ مِائَةٌ مِنَ الْإِبِلِ وَفِي الْأَسْنَانِ الدِّيَةُ وَفِي الشفتين الدِّيَة وَفِي البيضين الدِّيةُ وَفِي الذَّكرِ الدِّيةُ وَفِي الصُّلبِ الدِّيَةُ وَفِي الْعَيْنَيْنِ الدِّيَةُ وَفِي الرِّجْلِ الْوَاحِدَةِ نِصْفُ الدِّيَةِ وَفِي الْمَأْمُومَةِ ثُلُثُ الدِّيَةِ وَفِي الجائفَةِ ثلث الدِّيَة وَفِي المنقلة خمس عشر مِنَ الْإِبِلِ وَفِي كُلِّ أُصْبُعٍ مِنْ أَصَابِعِ الْيَدِ وَالرِّجْلِ عَشْرٌ مِنَ الْإِبِلِ وَفِي السِّنِّ خَمْسٌ مِنَ الْإِبِلِ» . رَوَاهُ النَّسَائِيُّ وَالدَّارِمِيُّ وَفِي رِوَايَةِ مَالِكٍ: «وَفِي الْعَيْنِ خَمْسُونَ وَفِي الْيَدِ خَمْسُونَ وَفِي الرِّجْلِ خَمْسُونَ وَفِي الْمُوضِحَةِ خَمْسٌ»
Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad ibn Amr ibn Hazm reported from his father, from his grandfather, that the Messenger of God wrote to the people of Yemen. His letter said: ‘Whoever deliberately kills a believer unjustly is subject to retaliation, unless the heirs of the person killed agree otherwise.’ It also said: ‘A man is killed in retaliation for a woman. For a life, the blood money is one hundred camels; for people who use gold, one thousand dinars. For complete severance of the nose, the blood money is one hundred camels; for the teeth, the lips, the testicles, the penis, the backbone, and the two eyes, the blood money is due. For one leg, half the blood money; for a head wound reaching the brain, one third of the blood money; for a penetrating wound, one third of the blood money; for a wound that fractures and displaces a bone, fifteen camels; for each finger or toe, ten camels; and for a tooth, five camels.’ Al-Nasa'i and al-Darimi transmitted it. Malik’s version says: ‘For an eye, fifty; for a hand, fifty; for a leg, fifty; and for a wound that exposes the bone, five.’
Translation notes
Some injury terms in the tariff are technical; the English witness glosses them as wounds, while the Arabic lists the terms without explanation. The translation follows the supplied witness terminology where helpful.