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Summary
Malik said: deliberate killing among us is when a man intends a man and strikes him until his soul leaves. It is also deliberate when a man strikes another in a dispute between them, then leaves him alive, and he dies from the blow; in that case there is an oath of fifty (qasama). 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 retaliation (qisas).
Connections
- Part of
- Muwatta, Book of blood-money (uqul)
- Mentions
- Malik ibn Anas
- Basis for
- retaliation (qisas)
People and things also explored
Muwatta 2458· Muwatta 2459· Muwatta 2460· Muwatta 2461· Muwatta 2462· Muwatta 2463· Muwatta 2464· Muwatta 2465
Sources
- Muwatta, recension of Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi (ed. Bashar Awwad Ma'ruf) , p.445
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islam.museum contributors. “Muwatta 2557”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/passage/muwatta-29-2557/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.