1460 - Issue: Abu al-Qasim, may Allah have mercy on him, said: "And the blood money for a free Muslim is one hundred camels."
The scholars have reached a consensus that camels are the basis for blood money, and that the blood money for a free Muslim is one hundred camels. The transmitted hadiths have indicated this, including the hadith of 'Amr ibn Hazm, the hadith of 'Abd Allah ibn 'Amr regarding the blood money for unintentional homicide, and the hadith of Ibn Mas'ud regarding the blood money for accidental homicide; we will mention them, if Allah wills. The manifest view of al-Khiraqi is that the only basis for blood money is camels. This is one of the two narrations from Ahmad, may Allah have mercy on him, as mentioned by Abu al-Khattab. This is also the opinion of Tawus, al-Shafi'i, and Ibn al-Mundhir.
Al-Qadi said: There is no disagreement within the Madhhab that the bases of blood money are camels, gold, silver (wariq), cattle, and sheep; these are five [types] regarding which there is no disagreement in the Madhhab. This is the opinion of 'Umar, 'Ata', Tawus, and the seven jurists of Medina. Al-Thawri, Ibn Abi Layla, Abu Yusuf, and Muhammad also stated this, because 'Amr ibn Hazm narrated in his letter that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) wrote to the people of Yemen: "And indeed, for a believing soul, there is one hundred camels, and upon the people of silver (wariq) is one thousand dinars." Recorded by al-Nasa'i. Ibn 'Abbas narrated that a man from the tribe of 'Adi was killed, so the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) fixed his blood money at twelve thousand [dirhams]. Recorded by Abu Dawud and Ibn Majah. Al-Sha'bi narrated that 'Umar fixed it at one thousand dinars for the people of gold. From 'Amr ibn Shu'ayb, from his father, from his grandfather, that 'Umar stood as a preacher and said: "Indeed, camels have become expensive." He said: So he assessed it at one thousand dinars for the people of gold, and twelve thousand for the people of silver,
(1) In [manuscripts] B and M: "'Umar" [is written] erroneously. (2) In [manuscript] B: "We will mention it." It will appear on pages 19 and 20. (3) In the sources of attribution (takhrij): "Gold." (4) Its attribution was previously mentioned on the previous page. (5) Omitted from the original (al-Asl). (6) Recorded by Abu Dawud in: "The Chapter on How Much the Blood Money Is," from the Book of Blood Money, Sunan Abi Dawud 2/492. [Also recorded by] Ibn Majah in: "The Chapter on the Blood Money for Accidental Homicide," from the Book of Blood Money, Sunan Ibn Majah 2/878-879. It was also recorded by al-Nasa'i in: "The Chapter on Mentioning the Blood Money in Silver," from the Book of Qasama, Al-Mujtaba 8/39. (7) Omitted from [manuscripts] B and M.
