Muwatta Malik #1690
Blood-Money
The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، كَانَ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ لاَ يَرَى ذَلِكَ وَأَنَا لاَ، أَرَى فِي نَافِذَةٍ فِي عُضْوٍ مِنَ الأَعْضَاءِ فِي الْجَسَدِ أَمْرًا مُجْتَمَعًا عَلَيْهِ وَلَكِنِّي أَرَى فِيهَا الاِجْتِهَادَ يَجْتَهِدُ الإِمَامُ فِي ذَلِكَ وَلَيْسَ فِي ذَلِكَ أَمْرٌ مُجْتَمَعٌ عَلَيْهِ عِنْدَنَا . قَالَ مَالِكٌ الأَمْرُ عِنْدَنَا أَنَّ الْمَأْمُومَةَ وَالْمُنَقَّلَةَ وَالْمُوضِحَةَ لاَ تَكُونُ إِلاَّ فِي الْوَجْهِ وَالرَّأْسِ فَمَا كَانَ فِي الْجَسَدِ مِنْ ذَلِكَ فَلَيْسَ فِيهِ إِلاَّ الاِجْتِهَادُ . قَالَ مَالِكٌ فَلاَ أَرَى اللَّحْىَ الأَسْفَلَ وَالأَنْفَ مِنَ الرَّأْسِ فِي جِرَاحِهِمَا لأَنَّهُمَا عَظْمَانِ مُنْفَرِدَانِ وَالرَّأْسُ بَعْدَهُمَا عَظْمٌ وَاحِدٌ .
Malik related to me, "Ibn Shihab did not
think and nor do I, that there is a generally agreed on way of doing
things regarding a piercing wound in any of the organs or limbs of the
body, but I think that there is ijtihad in the case. The imam uses
ijtihad in it, and there is no generally agreed on way of doing things
in our community about it."
Malik said, "What is done in our
community about the wound to the brain and the wound which splinters
the bone, and the wound that bares the bone is that they apply only to
the head and face. Whatever of that occurs in the body only has
ijtihad in it."
Malik said, "I do not think the lower jaw and
the nose are part of the head in their injury because they are
separate bones, and except for them the head is one bone."
About Muwatta Malik
This hadith is #1690 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Blood-Money.