Hadith 19866

Muwatta Malik

موطأ مالك

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قَالَ يَحْيَى قَالَ مَالِكٌ الْقَسَامَةُ فِي قَتْلِ الْخَطَإِ يُقْسِمُ الَّذِينَ يَدَّعُونَ الدَّمَ وَيَسْتَحِقُّونَهُ بِقَسَامَتِهِمْ يَحْلِفُونَ خَمْسِينَ يَمِينًا تَكُونُ عَلَى قَسْمِ مَوَارِيثِهِمْ مِنَ الدِّيَةِ فَإِنْ كَانَ فِي الأَيْمَانِ كُسُورٌ إِذَا قُسِمَتْ بَيْنَهُمْ نُظِرَ إِلَى الَّذِي يَكُونُ عَلَيْهِ أَكْثَرُ تِلْكَ الأَيْمَانِ إِذَا قُسِمَتْ فَتُجْبَرُ عَلَيْهِ تِلْكَ الْيَمِينُ . قَالَ مَالِكٌ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِلْمَقْتُولِ وَرَثَةٌ إِلاَّ النِّسَاءُ فَإِنَّهُنَّ يَحْلِفْنَ وَيَأْخُذْنَ الدِّيَةَ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ وَارِثٌ إِلاَّ رَجُلٌ وَاحِدٌ حَلَفَ خَمْسِينَ يَمِينًا وَأَخَذَ الدِّيَةَ وَإِنَّمَا يَكُونَ ذَلِكَ فِي قَتْلِ الْخَطَإِ وَلاَ يَكُونُ فِي قَتْلِ الْعَمْدِ .


Yahya said that Malik said, "The way of doing things in ourcommunity about Yahya said that Malik said, "The procedure in swearingin manslaughter is that those who claim blood swear and it becomes dueby their swearing. They swear fifty oaths, and there is blood-moneyfor them according to the division of their inheritances. If it is notpossible to divide up the oaths which they swear between them evenly,one looks to the one who has most of those oaths against him, and thatoath is obliged against him."Malik said, "If the slain manonly has female heirs, they swear and take the blood-money. If he onlyhas one male heir, he swears fifty oaths and takes the blood-money.That is only in the accidental killing, not in the intentional one."

USC-MSA web (English) reference: Book 44, Hadith 2

Arabic reference: Book 44, Hadith 1600