Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prescribed as compensation for a fetus lost in the womb the payment of a slave, or a slave-girl, or a horse, or a mule. One of the people against whom the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had given the verdict said: "Should I pay compensation for one who has neither eaten nor drunk, has not uttered a sound, nor cried? Such blood is wasted." The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "He is speaking like poets. In this matter, a slave, or a slave-girl, or a horse, or a mule must be paid as compensation."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: Sayyiduna Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) asked the people:“What decision did the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) give regarding the (loss of) a child in the womb?”Then Sayyiduna Haml bin Malik bin Nabighah Ansari stood up and informed:“I had two wives, one of them struck the other with a piece of wood, she struck her on the head with that wood, as a result the other woman and the child in her womb died. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ruled regarding the child in the womb that as compensation, a slave man or slave woman should be given, and in exchange for the woman, the (murdering) woman should be killed.”In another narration, these words are mentioned: Sayyiduna Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) asked the people:“What decision did the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) give regarding the (loss of) a child in the womb?”Then Sayyiduna Haml bin Malik bin Nabighah Ansari stood up and informed:“I had two wives, one of them struck the other with a piece of wood, she struck her on the head with that wood, as a result the other woman and the child in her womb died. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ruled regarding the child in the womb that as compensation, a slave man or slave woman should be given, and in exchange for the woman, the (murdering) woman should be killed.”The narrator named Ibn Junaid has narrated these words:“Hamlah bin Malik or perhaps Haml bin Malik stood up (i.e., the narrator is unsure about the name).”

Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: He was present at the time when the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) gave a verdict regarding this matter. Haml bin Nabighah Ansari came and reported: "There was a fight between two women, one of them struck the other with a stick, killing both the woman and the child in her womb. The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) ruled that blood money should be paid for the child in the womb, and that the killer should be killed in retaliation for the murdered woman." The narrator (Ibn Jurayj) states: I asked Amr bin Dinar, the son of Tawus did not narrate this to me from his father in this way, so Amr bin Dinar said: "You have made me doubtful."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) stood on the pulpit and said: "I ask, for Allah’s sake, anyone who has heard the decision of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding the child in the womb (being killed), to inform me." So Sayyiduna Haml bin Malik bin Nabigha al-Hudhali stood up and said: "O Commander of the Believers! I was between two women (i.e., two wives), one of whom struck the other with a piece of wood, killing both the woman and the child in her womb. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ruled that the compensation (diyah) for the child in the womb is the payment of a male or female slave." So Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Allahu Akbar! Had we not heard this hadith, we would have given a different ruling."

The son of Tawus narrates from his father: Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) sought consultation (then the hadith continues as previously mentioned, in which these words are found:) The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered the payment of blood money for the woman, and as compensation for the child in the womb, he ordered the payment of a slave, a slave-girl, or a horse.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When a woman becomes an apostate, she should not be killed." The narrator of this narration, Abdullah bin Isa, is a liar; he has transmitted fabricated narrations from Affan and other narrators. There is no authentic narration from the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding this matter, and Shu’bah also did not narrate it.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) used to say regarding a woman who becomes an apostate: "She will be imprisoned, she will not be killed."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "A woman who apostatizes from Islam will be imprisoned; she will not be killed."

Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: On the occasion of the Battle of Uhud, a woman became apostate, so the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) ordered that "she should be asked to repent; if she repents, then fine, otherwise she will be killed."

Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: A woman, whose name was Umm Marwan, apostatized from Islam, so the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered: "Islam should be presented to her; if she accepts Islam again, then fine, otherwise she will be killed."