It is narrated from Sayyiduna Mughirah bin Shu’bah (may Allah be pleased with him), who narrates from the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that two women were married to one man. Due to jealousy, they became involved in a dispute, so one struck the other with an iron rod, causing the second woman to die, and the child in her womb also died. People brought this dispute to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), so he (peace and blessings be upon him) ruled that for the child, the blood money of a male or female slave should be given, and he placed the blood money of the woman upon the ‘aqilah (male relatives responsible for blood money) of the woman who struck.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrated that Sayyiduna Umar bin Al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) sought the decision of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) regarding the fetus (the child in the womb). Haml bin Malik bin Nabighah stood up and said: I was between two women, one of them struck the other with a piece of wood (she died and her child also died «كما فى الرواية الأولى» ). So in this case, the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) ruled that the blood money for the fetus is the freeing of a male or female slave, and he ordered the killing of the woman who struck, meaning he considered it intentional murder and ruled for retribution, and decided to kill the woman who committed the murder.