Muwatta Malik #1694
Blood-Money
The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
وَحَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ سَعِيدَ بْنَ الْمُسَيَّبِ، يَقُولُ قَضَى عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ فِي الأَضْرَاسِ بِبَعِيرٍ بَعِيرٍ وَقَضَى مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ فِي الأَضْرَاسِ بِخَمْسَةِ أَبْعِرَةٍ خَمْسَةِ أَبْعِرَةٍ . قَالَ سَعِيدُ بْنُ الْمُسَيَّبِ فَالدِّيَةُ تَنْقُصُ فِي قَضَاءِ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ وَتَزِيدُ فِي قَضَاءِ مُعَاوِيَةَ فَلَوْ كُنْتُ أَنَا لَجَعَلْتُ فِي الأَضْرَاسِ بَعِيرَيْنِ بَعِيرَيْنِ فَتِلْكَ الدِّيَةُ سَوَاءٌ وَكُلُّ مُجْتَهِدٍ مَأْجُورٌ .
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.