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Summary
Malik said: a foetus has no life except by its cry; if it comes out of its mother's belly and cries out, then dies, it carries full blood-money. We think a slave-girl's foetus carries a tenth of its mother's price. 1
Place in the museum
Belongs to the Muwatta, Book of Blood-Money (uqul). Source: the Muwatta. Mentions Malik ibn Anas. Built on in the chapters on foetus (janin) and blood-money (diya).
Connections
- Part of
- Muwatta, Book of blood-money (uqul)
- Mentions
- Malik ibn Anas
- Basis for
- Janin (the unborn child)· blood money (diya)
People and things also explored
Muwatta 2481· Muwatta 2482· Muwatta 2484· Muwatta 2485· Muwatta 2458· Muwatta 2459· Muwatta 2460· Muwatta 2461
Sources
- Muwatta, recension of Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi (ed. Bashar Awwad Ma'ruf) , p.425
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islam.museum contributors. “Muwatta 2483”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/passage/muwatta-29-2483/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.