Mishkat al-Masabih

Mishkat al-Masabih 3497

Arabic hadith text

وَعَنْ خِشْفِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ: قَضَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي دِيَةِ الْخَطَأِ عِشْرِينَ بِنْتَ مَخَاضٍ وَعِشْرِينَ ابْنَ مَخَاضٍ ذُكُورٍ وَعِشْرِينَ بِنْتَ لَبُونٍ وَعِشْرِينَ جَذَعَةً وَعِشْرِينَ حِقَّةً ". رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيُّ وَأَبُو دَاوُدَ وَالنَّسَائِيُّ وَالصَّحِيحُ أَنَّهُ مَوْقُوفٌ عَلَى ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ وَخِشْفٌ مَجْهُولٌ لَا يُعْرَفُ إِلَّا بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ وَرُوِيَ فِي شَرْحِ السُّنَّةِ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَدَى قَتِيلَ خَيْبَرَ بِمِائَةٍ مِنْ إِبِلِ الصَّدَقَةِ وَلَيْسَ فِي أَسْنَانِ إِبِلِ الصَّدَقَةِ ابْنُ مَخَاضٍ إِنَّمَا فِيهَا ابْنُ لبون

Translation

Khishf ibn Malik reported from Ibn Masud: The Messenger of God ruled that the blood money for accidental killing was twenty bint makhad, twenty male ibn makhad, twenty bint labun, twenty jadha'ah, and twenty hiqqah. Al-Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud, and al-Nasa'i transmitted it. The sound view is that it is traced only to Ibn Masud. Khishf is unknown and known only through this report. It is transmitted in Sharh al-Sunnah that the Prophet paid blood money for those killed at Khaybar from the camels of the alms, but ibn makhad is not among the age categories of the alms camels; only ibn labun is included.

Translation notes
  • The Arabic lists technical camel age categories, retained in transliteration. The English witness identifies their approximate ages; that gloss is omitted.