the two reports concerning it, and the disagreement of the scholars regarding it. The discussion on that has already passed, except that it differs from intentional killing in two matters: One of them is that it is upon the 'aqila, according to the manifest view of the school. This is also the opinion of al-Sha'bi, al-Nakha'i, al-Hakam, al-Shafi'i, al-Thawri, Ishaq, the People of Opinion (Ashab al-Ra'y), and Ibn al-Mundhir. Ibn Sirin, al-Zuhri, al-Harith al-'Ukli, Ibn Shubruma, Qatadah, and Abu Thawr said: It is upon the killer from his own wealth. Abu Bakr 'Abd al-'Aziz favored this because it is the requirement of an act he intended, so the 'aqila does not bear it, just like pure intentional killing; and because it is an intensified blood money, so it resembles the blood money of intentional killing. This is also how the school of Malik ought to be, because semi-intentional killing, according to him, is from the category of intentional killing. As for us, we rely on what Abu Hurayrah reported, saying: Two women from Hudhayl fought, and one of them threw a stone at the other, killing her and what was in her womb. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) decreed the blood money for the woman be upon her 'aqila. This is agreed upon (2). And because it is a type of killing that does not necessitate retaliation (qisas), its blood money must be upon the 'aqila, like [the case of] error. It differs from pure intentional killing because that is intensified in every respect due to his intending the action and his desiring the killing. An intentional error is intensified in one aspect—which is his intending the action—and mitigated (3) in another aspect—which is that he did not intend the killing (4). Thus, it necessitates its intensification in one aspect, which is the ages [of the camels], and its mitigation in another, which is the 'aqila bearing it and its being deferred. I know of no disagreement among the scholars that it is required to be deferred. This has been reported from 'Umar, 'Ali, and Ibn 'Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them. This is also the opinion of al-Sha'bi, al-Nakha'i, Qatadah, Abu Hashim (5), 'Ubayd Allah (6) ibn 'Umar, Malik, al-Shafi'i, Ishaq, Abu Thawr, and Ibn al-Mundhir. [It has been narrated] (7) from a group of the Khawarij that they said: The blood money is immediate because it is a substitute for destroyed property. However, this has not been transmitted to us from anyone whose disagreement is considered valid. Blood money differs from other...