Hadith #215

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Arabic Text

‏ ‏حَدَّثَنَا ‏ ‏أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ ‏ ‏حَدَّثَنَا ‏ ‏الْحَجَّاجُ ‏ ‏عَنْ ‏ ‏زَيْدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ ‏ ‏عَنْ ‏ ‏خِشْفِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ‏ ‏عَنْ ‏ ‏ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ ‏ ‏أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ‏ ‏صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ‏ ‏جَعَلَ ‏ ‏الدِّيَةَ ‏ ‏فِي الْخَطَإِ أَخْمَاسًا ‏

English Translation

It was narrated from Ibn Mas'ud (رضي الله عنه) — via Abu Mu'awiya, from al-Hajjaj, from Zayd ibn Jubayr, from Khishf ibn Malik — that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ divided the blood-money [diya] for unintentional killing [khata'] into fifths [akhmas].

Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 11, Hadith 215

Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 3453

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