Hazrat Usman bin Ghiyath states that Hazrat Ikrimah and Hasan Basri, both of these personalities, said: The blood money (diyah) for a Jew and a Christian is four thousand dirhams, and the blood money for a Magian (Zoroastrian) is eight hundred dirhams.

Hazrat Yahya bin Saeed narrates that Hazrat Sulaiman bin Yasar said: In earlier times, judges used to decide the blood money for a fire-worshipper as eight hundred dirhams. For Jews and Christians, they would decide the blood money as much as their tribe could collectively pay among themselves. Then the matter of blood money reverted to six thousand dirhams.

Hazrat Abdul Malik states that Hazrat Ata said: The blood money (diyah) for a Jew and a Christian is four thousand dirhams, and the blood money for a fire-worshipper (Zoroastrian) is eight hundred dirhams.

Hazrat Ash'ath narrates that Hazrat Nafi' and Hazrat Amr bin Dinar, both of these personalities used to say: The blood money (diyah) of a Jew and a Christian is four thousand dirhams.

Hazrat Saeed bin Musayyib states that Hazrat Uthman decided the blood money (diyah) for a Jew and a Christian to be four thousand dirhams.

Hazrat Abdur Rahman bin Beilmani narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) carried out retribution by killing a man from among the people of the Qiblah who had killed a Dhimmi person, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I am most entitled to fulfill my promise.

Hazrat Hakam states that Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) and Hazrat Abdullah bin Masood, both of these noble companions, said: If a Muslim kills a Jew or a Christian, then he will also be killed in retribution.

Hazrat Humaid narrates that Hazrat Maymun bin Mehran said: A Muslim man passed by a Jew’s man, and he liked the Jew’s wife. He killed the Jew and took his wife into his possession. Then the governor wrote a letter to Hazrat Umar bin Abdul Aziz regarding this matter. Hazrat Umar replied: Hand over this Muslim to his guardian. The narrator says: We handed him over to his mother. His mother broke his head with a stone or a cornered slab. The narrator says: I do not know whether evidence was established against him or he confessed.

Hazrat Abdul Malik bin Maisarah narrates that Hazrat Nazzal bin Sabrah said: One of the horsemen of Kufa killed a Christian from among the inhabitants of Hira. So Hazrat Umar wrote regarding him that the killer should be seized and handed over to the brother of the Christian. Thus, the people handed over that man to the Christian’s brother, and he killed him. Then another letter from Hazrat Umar arrived: Do not kill him. But he had already been killed.

Hazrat A'mash says that Ibrahim said: A Muslim will be killed in retaliation for (killing) an ally.