Aqar bin Mughirah bin Shu’bah narrated from his father, Sayyiduna Mughirah bin Shu’bah (may Allah be pleased with him), that Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) asked the people: Has any of you heard from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) about the fetus (janin)? So Sayyiduna Mughirah bin Shu’bah (may Allah be pleased with him) stood up and said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gave a ruling in this matter to give a slave man or slave woman (as blood money). Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) then asked the people again, so the one for whom this ruling was given stood up and said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ruled for me, in exchange for the fetus, to give a slave man or slave woman. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) then asked the people again, so the one upon whom this ruling was issued (the one judged against) stood up and said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ruled upon me, for the miscarriage of the fetus, to give a slave man or slave woman. So I said: Do you rule upon me to pay blood money for such a fetus which has neither eaten, nor drunk, nor cried, nor made a sound, that is, it did not make a sound at birth, nor spoke? If you leave it, it is more deserving that its blood be forgiven. So the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) leaned towards him with something of his and said: Are you reciting poetry? Hearing this, Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: If I had not come to know of the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) ruling, I would have considered two blood monies as one.