Muwatta Malik 1555 — Blood-Money

موطأ مالك — حديث 1555

In Muwatta Malik; sending a letter or message to a party.

Depth

At a glance

«… يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، أَنَّ مَرْوَانَ بْنَ الْحَكَمِ، كَتَبَ إِلَى مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ أَنَّهُ أُتِيَ بِمَجْنُونٍ قَتَلَ رَجُلاً ‏.‏ فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ مُعَاوِيَةُ أَنِ اعْقِلْهُ وَلاَ تُقِدْ مِنْهُ فَإِنَّهُ لَيْسَ عَلَى مَجْنُونٍ قَوَدٌ ‏.‏ قَالَ مَالِكٌ فِي الْكَبِيرِ وَالصَّغِيرِ إِذَا قَتَلاَ رَجُلاً جَمِيعًا عَمْدًا أَنَّ عَلَى الْكَبِيرِ أَنْ يُقْتَلَ وَعَلَى الصَّغِيرِ نِصْفُ الدِّيَةِ ‏.‏ قَالَ مَالِكٌ وَكَذَلِكَ الْحُرُّ وَالْعَبْدُ يَقْتُلاَنِ الْعَبْد …»

A verbatim excerpt of the text, forty words at most; the full text is in the edition cited under sources

Connections

Explore the connections

Mentions
Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan· Marwan ibn al-Hakam· Correspondence (al-mukatabat)

People and things also explored

Muwatta Malik 1593 — Blood-Money· Diwan al-Barid (the postal diwan)· Death of al-Hasan ibn Ali· The Second Fitna· Muwatta 2463· Muwatta 2559· Muwatta Malik 1074 — Fara'id· Muwatta Malik 1419 — Judgements

Sources

  • Muwatta of Imam Malik
  • hadith-api (fawazahmed0): open hadith editions
Cite this page

islam.museum contributors. “Muwatta Malik 1555 — Blood-Money”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/passage/muwatta-api-1555/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-11.

Improve this page on GitHub · Report an error · Help complete it · JSON

Related

Muwatta Malik 1593 — Blood-Money

In Muwatta Malik; sending a letter or message to a party.