Muwatta Malik #1697
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 هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّهُ كَانَ يُسَوِّي بَيْنَ الأَسْنَانِ فِي الْعَقْلِ وَلاَ يُفَضِّلُ بَعْضَهَا عَلَى بَعْضٍ . قَالَ مَالِكٌ وَالأَمْرُ عِنْدَنَا أَنَّ مُقَدَّمَ الْفَمِ وَالأَضْرَاسِ وَالأَنْيَابِ عَقْلُهَا سَوَاءٌ وَذَلِكَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ
" فِي السِّنِّ خَمْسٌ مِنَ الإِبِلِ " . وَالضِّرْسُ سِنٌّ مِنَ الأَسْنَانِ لاَ يَفْضُلُ بَعْضُهَا عَلَى بَعْضٍ .
Yahya related to me from Malik from
Hisham ibn Urwa that his father made all the teeth the same in the
blood-money and did not prefer any kind over others.
Malik
said, "What is done in our community is that the front teeth, molars,
and eye-teeth have the same blood-money. That is because the Messenger
of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'The tooth
has five camels.' The molar is one of the teeth and he did not prefer
any kind over the others."
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This hadith is #1697 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Blood-Money.