Muwatta 2536

Malik transmits from Yahya ibn Said, from Amr ibn Shuayb, that a man of Banu Mudlij called Qatada struck his son with a sword and hit his leg; he bled from the wound and died. Suraqa ibn Jusham came to Umar ibn al-Khattab (may God be pleased with him) and mentioned it. Umar said: count out one hundred and twenty camels at the water of Qudayd until I come to you. When he came, he took thirty four-year-old camels, thirty five-year-old camels and forty pregnant camels, and then said: where is the brother of the dead man? He said: here I am. He said: take them, for the Messenger said: the killer has no share. ¹

Belongs to the Muwatta, Book of Blood-Money (uqul). Source: the Muwatta. Mentions Malik ibn Anas, Yahya ibn Said al-Ansari, Amr ibn Shuayb, Qatada al-Mudlaji, Suraqa ibn Jushum, Umar ibn al-Khattab. Built on in the chapters on blood-money (diya).