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Chain of transmission
Summary
Malik transmits from Ibn Shihab, from Said ibn al-Musayyab, that the Prophet ﷺ ruled on a foetus killed in its mother's belly: a ghurra, a slave or slave-girl. The one ruled against said: how shall I pay for what did not drink, eat, speak or cry out, and whose like is nullified? The Prophet said: this is from the brethren of soothsayers. 1
Place in the museum
Belongs to the Muwatta, Book of Blood-Money (uqul). Source: the Muwatta. Mentions Malik ibn Anas, Said ibn al-Musayyab. Built on in the chapters on slave as blood-money for a foetus (ghurra).
Connections
- Part of
- Muwatta, Book of blood-money (uqul)
- Mentions
- Malik ibn Anas· Sa'id ibn al-Musayyab
- Basis for
- ghurra (compensation for a fetus)
People and things also explored
Muwatta 2473· Muwatta 2486· Muwatta 2502· Muwatta 2507· Muwatta 2511· Muwatta 2512· Muwatta 2516· Muwatta 2537
Sources
- Muwatta, recension of Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi (ed. Bashar Awwad Ma'ruf) , p.424
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islam.museum contributors. “Muwatta 2479”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/passage/muwatta-29-2479/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.