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The Killer Does Not Inherit

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Darussalam · Volume 3

21. The Chapters On Blood Money

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الحديث: 2645 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 883

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2645. It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "The killer does not inherit." (Hasan)

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2645 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رُمْحٍ الْمِصْرِيُّ قَالَ: أَنْبَأَنَا اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ أَبِي فَرْوَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «الْقَاتِلُ لَا يَرِثُ»

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A killer is deprived from the inheritance because many a time the intention behind the killing is to get the property of the victim. This law compels the killer to ponder over various aspects of murder. A) He will not get the share of the inheritance. B) There is a possibility of the punishment of death. C) If he escapes the sentence, he will have to pay his share of blood money. In this way he will be in a state of loss. Therefore, he may avoid committing the crime.