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Summary
Malik said: in deliberate killing, the claimants swear the oath of fifty only if they are two or more; the oaths are returned to them until they swear fifty oaths, and then they are entitled to the blood. That is the matter among us. 1
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Belongs to the Muwatta, Book of Qasama. Source: the Muwatta. Mentions Malik ibn Anas. Built on in the chapters on qasama and qawad.
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Sources
- Muwatta, recension of Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi (ed. Bashar Awwad Ma'ruf) , p.456
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islam.museum contributors. “Muwatta 2583”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/passage/muwatta-30-2583/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.