It is narrated from Abu Bakr bin Muhammad bin Amr bin Hazm that in the book which the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, wrote for Amr bin Hazm regarding the explanation of blood money (diyat), it was stated that the blood money for a life is one hundred camels, and for the nose when it is completely cut off, one hundred camels, and for a ma'moomah (a wound reaching the membrane of the brain) one third of the blood money, and for a jaifah (a wound reaching the body cavity) also one third of the blood money, and the blood money for an eye is fifty camels, and for a hand also fifty, and for a foot also fifty, and for each finger ten camels, and for each tooth five camels, and the blood money for a mudhihah (a wound exposing the bone) is five camels.

Sayyiduna Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) fixed the value of blood money for the villagers; for those who possessed gold, he set it at one thousand dinars, and for those who possessed silver, he set it at twelve thousand dirhams.

Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, said that the people of Sham and Egypt are those of gold, and the people of Iraq are those of silver.

Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, said: And three years (for payment) is the most beloved to me among all the statements I have heard regarding this matter.

Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, said: The ruling upon which there is consensus among us is that indeed, camels will not be accepted as blood money from the people of towns, and neither gold nor silver will be taken from the people of the pillars (the nomads who live in tents) (rather, only camels will be taken from them), and neither will gold be taken from those who possess silver, nor silver from those who possess gold.

Ibn Shihab used to say regarding intentional murder that when the heirs of the slain agree to accept blood money, then the blood money will be twenty-five bint makhad, twenty-five bint labun, twenty-five hiqqah, and twenty-five jaz’ah.

It is narrated from Yahya bin Saeed that Marwan bin Hakam wrote to Muawiyah bin Abi Sufyan that a madman has been brought to me who has killed a person. Muawiyah wrote in reply that imprison him and do not take retribution from him, because retribution is not applicable to a madman.

Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, said that if an adult and a minor together intentionally kill a person, then retribution (qisas) will be taken from the adult, and half of the blood money (diyah) will be obligatory upon the minor.

Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, said that similarly, if a free person and a slave together intentionally kill a slave, then the slave will be killed in retribution, and the free person will be liable for half the value of that slave.

It is narrated from ‘Iraq bin Malik and Sulaiman bin Yasar that a man from Banu Sa‘d raced his horse and crushed the finger of a man from Juhaynah, from which blood flowed and the man died. Sayyiduna ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) first said to the tribe of the one who crushed the finger:“Will you swear fifty oaths that the man did not die from the crushing of the finger?”They refused and held back. Then he said to the people of the deceased:“Will you swear an oath?”They also refused. He (may Allah be pleased with him) made half the blood money be paid by Banu Sa‘d.

Imam Malik (may Allah have mercy on him) said: This hadith is not acted upon.

Ibn Shihab, Sulayman bin Yasar, and Rabi’ah bin Abi ‘Abd al-Rahman say: The blood money for accidental killing is twenty bint makhad, twenty bint labun, twenty ibn labun, twenty hiqqah, and twenty jadha’ah.