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The Book of Oaths (qasamah), Retaliation and Blood Money

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كتاب القسامة

Abu Bakr bin Muhammad bin Amr bin Hazm narrated from his father from his grandfather that the Apostle of Allah (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) wrote a letter to the people of Yemen, included in which were the rules of inheritance, the sunan and the (rules concerning) blood money. He sent it with Amr bin Hazm (رضي الله تعالى عنه) and it was read to the people of Yemen, its contents were as follows: “From Muhammad the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) to Shurahbil bin Abd Kulal, Nu'aim bin Abd Kulal, Al-Harith bin Abd Kulal, Qail dhil-Ru'ain, Mu'afir and Hamdan. To precede….” And in this letter, it said that whoever kills a believer for no just reason, is to be killed in return, unless the heirs of the victim agree to pardon him. For killing a person, the Diyah is one hundred camels. For the nose, if it is cut off completely diyah must be paid, for the tongue diyah must be paid, for the lips Diyah must be paid, for the testicles Diyah must be paid, for the penis Diyah must be paid, for the backbone Diyah must be paid, for the eyes Diyah must be paid, for one leg half the Diyah must be paid, for a blow to the head that reaches the brain one-third of the diyah must be paid, for a stab wound that penetrates deeply into the body one-third of the diyah must be paid, for a blow that breaks the bone fifteen camels must be given, for every digit of the hands or feet ten camels must be given, for a tooth five camels must be given, for an injury that exposes the bone five camels must be given. A man may be killed in return for (killing) a woman and those who deal in gold must pay one thousand dinars. Muhammed bin Bakkar bin Bilal differed with him.