Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: In the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), a man killed another man. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) set his blood money at twelve thousand dirhams. This was because in the noble verse it is stated, translation: "They swear by Allah that they did not say (it), but certainly the word of disbelief has come out of their mouths, and they disbelieved after their Islam, and they intended that which they could not attain. And they were not angry except due to the fact that Allah and His Messenger had enriched them from His bounty." (al-Tawbah: 74/9) That is, by taking the blood money.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Amr bin Hazm (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) wrote to the people of Yemen: "For those who possess gold, the blood money is one thousand dinars."