Q
What is the significance of the Prophet’s judgment in cases involving harm to an unborn child?
A
Two ladies (had a fight) and one of them hit the other with a stone on the `Abdomen and caused her to
abort. The Prophet (ﷺ) judged that the victim be given either a slave or a female slave (as blood-money).
Narrated Ibn Shihab: Sa`id bin Al-Musayyab said, “Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) judged that in case of child killed
in the womb of its mother, the offender should give the mother a slave or a female slave in
recompense The offender said, How can I be fined for killing one who neither ate nor drank, neither
spoke nor cried: a case like that should be denied ‘ On that Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said ‘He is one of the
brothers of the foretellers
abort. The Prophet (ﷺ) judged that the victim be given either a slave or a female slave (as blood-money).
Narrated Ibn Shihab: Sa`id bin Al-Musayyab said, “Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) judged that in case of child killed
in the womb of its mother, the offender should give the mother a slave or a female slave in
recompense The offender said, How can I be fined for killing one who neither ate nor drank, neither
spoke nor cried: a case like that should be denied ‘ On that Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said ‘He is one of the
brothers of the foretellers
Referensi:
Sahih al-Bukhari 5759, 5760, Book 76, Hadith 74
Sahih al-Bukhari 5759, 5760, Book 76, Hadith 74
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