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Summary
Yahya said: Malik said about a group of people who have a number, who are accused of blood, and whose oaths the heirs of the victim return to them: each one of them swears fifty oaths for himself; the oaths are not divided by their number, and they are not cleared until each of them swears fifty oaths for himself. Malik said: this is the best I have heard on this. 1
Place in the museum
Belongs to the Muwatta, Book of Qasama. Source: the Muwatta. Mentions Malik ibn Anas. Built on in the chapters on qasama.
Connections
- Part of
- Muwatta, Book of the oath procedure for homicide (qasama)
- Mentions
- Malik ibn Anas
- Basis for
- oath procedure for homicide (qasama)
People and things also explored
Muwatta 2573· Muwatta 2574· Muwatta 2575· Muwatta 2576· Muwatta 2577· Muwatta 2578· Muwatta 2580· Muwatta 2581
Sources
- Muwatta, recension of Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi (ed. Bashar Awwad Ma'ruf) , p.455
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islam.museum contributors. “Muwatta 2579”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/passage/muwatta-30-2579/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.