Muwatta Malik #1694
Blood-Money
Yahya related to me from Malik that
Yahya ibn Said heard Said ibn al-Musayyab say, ''Umar ibn al-Khattab
decided on a camel for each molar, and Muawiya ibn Abi Sufyan decided
on five camels for each molar."
Said ibn al-Musayyab said,
"The blood-money is less in the judgement of Umar ibn al-Khattab and
more in the judgement of Muawiya. Had it been me, I would have made it
two camels for each molar. That is the fair blood-money, and every one
who strives with ijtihad is rewarded."
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This hadith is #1694 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Blood-Money. Muwatta Malik contains 1,985 hadiths across 61 books.