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Muwatta 1588 · Book 43

Muwatta Malik, 1588

Blood-Money

Sahih (authentic)« Maqtu Sahih » by Salim al-Hilali

وَحَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، أَنَّ رَجُلاً، مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ - يُقَالُ لَهُ أُحَيْحَةُ بْنُ الْجُلاَحِ - كَانَ لَهُ عَمٌّ صَغِيرٌ هُوَ أَصْغَرُ مِنْ أُحَيْحَةَ وَكَانَ عِنْدَ أَخْوَالِهِ فَأَخَذَهُ أُحَيْحَةُ فَقَتَلَهُ فَقَالَ أَخْوَالُهُ كُنَّا أَهْلَ ثُمِّهِ وَرُمِّهِ حَتَّى إِذَا اسْتَوَى عَلَى عُمَمِهِ غَلَبَنَا حَقُّ امْرِئٍ فِي عَمِّهِ ‏.‏ قَالَ عُرْوَةُ فَلِذَلِكَ لاَ يَرِثُ قَاتِلٌ مَنْ قَتَلَ ‏.‏ قَالَ مَالِكٌ الأَمْرُ الَّذِي لاَ اخْتِلاَفَ فِيهِ عِنْدَنَا أَنَّ قَاتِلَ الْعَمْدِ لاَ يَرِثُ مِنْ دِيَةِ مَنْ قَتَلَ شَيْئًا وَلاَ مِنْ مَالِهِ وَلاَ يَحْجُبُ أَحَدًا وَقَعَ لَهُ مِيرَاثٌ وَأَنَّ الَّذِي يَقْتُلُ خَطَأً لاَ يَرِثُ مِنَ الدِّيَةِ شَيْئًا وَقَدِ اخْتُلِفَ فِي أَنْ يَرِثَ مِنْ مَالِهِ لأَنَّهُ لاَ يُتَّهَمُ عَلَى أَنَّهُ قَتَلَهُ لِيَرِثَهُ وَلِيَأْخُذَ مَالَهُ فَأَحَبُّ إِلَىَّ أَنْ يَرِثَ مِنْ مَالِهِ وَلاَ يَرِثُ مِنْ دِيَتِهِ ‏.‏

Malik related to me from Yahya ibn Said from Urwa ibn az- Zubayr that a man of the Ansar called Uhayha ibn al-Julah had a young paternal uncle who was younger than him and who was living with his maternal uncles. Uhayha took him and killed him. His maternal uncles said, "We brought him up from a baby to a youth till he stood firm on his feet, and we have had the right of a man taken from us by his paternal uncle." Urwa said, "For that reason a killer does not inherit from the one he killed." Malik said, "The way of doing things about which there is no dispute is that the intentional murderer does not inherit anything of the blood-money of the person he has murdered or any of his property. He does not stop anyone who has a share of inheritance from inheriting. The one who kills accidentally does not inherit anything of the blood-money and there is dispute as to whether or not he inherits from the dead person's property because there is no suspicion that he killed him for his inheritance and in order to take his property. I prefer that he inherit from the dead person's property and not inherit from the blood-money
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Ourwa Ibn Al-Zoubair a rapporté qu'un homme des Ansais connu sous le nom de Ouhaiha Ibn Al-Joulah avait un oncle qui était plus petit que lui, vivant chez ses oncles maternels; Ouhaiha le prit et le tua; ainsi les oncles maternels s'écrièrent: «nous l'avons élevé dès son âge tendre, et une fois qu'il est devenu un homme robuste, un neveu paternel nous l'a ôté». Ourwa dit alors: «c'est pour une telle raison, qu'un meurtrier n'hérite pas de sa victime». - Malek a dit: «Ce qui est incontestablement suivi chez nous (à Médine), c'est que le meurtrier tuant de toute volonté, n'hérite rien de la dyia de la victime, ni de ses biens. Aussi, ce meurtrier ne peut empêcher à aucun réservataire de recevoir sa part de la succession. Et celui qui, involontairement, tue, n'hérite rien encore de la dyia. Cependant, concernant son droit à la succession, cela a été soumis à la discussion, du moment qu'on ne l'accuse pas d'avoir tué, pour hériter la victime, ni non plus pour s'emparer de ses biens. Ainsi, ce que je trouve de bon, c'est qu'il aura à hériter de ses biens, indépendamment de sa dyia». Chapitre XVIII La dyia en général
FR · French translation supplied by the source (hadith-api), not proofread.

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Salim al-Hilali
Maqtu Sahih

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