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1413. ‘Amr bin Shu‘aib narrated from his father, from his grandfather that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: “The Muslim is not killed for the disbeliever.” (Ḥasan)
And with this chain, it has been narrated that the Prophet ﷺ said: “The blood-money paid for the disbeliever is half of the blood-money paid for a believer.”
[Abū ‘Eisā said:] The Hadīth of ‘Abdullāh bin ‘Amr on this topic is a Ḥasan Hadīth.
The people of knowledge disagree about the blood-money of the Jew and the Christian. Some of them followed what was reported from the Prophet ﷺ [about the Jews and
the Christians]. ‘Umar bin ‘Abdul-‘Azīz said: “The blood-money of a Jew and a Christian is half of the blood-money of a Muslim.” This is the view of Aḥmad bin Ḥanbal. It has been reported that ‘Umar bin Al-Khaṭṭāb said: “The blood-money of a Jew and a Christian is four thousand [Dirham]. The blood-money of a Zoroastrian is eight-hundred [Dirham].” This is the view of Mālik [bin Anas], Ash-Shāfi‘ī, and Ishāq. Some of the people of knowledge said that the blood-money of a Jew and a Christian is the same as the blood-money of a Muslim. This is the view of Sufyān Ath-Thawrī and the people of Al-Kūfah.
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During the lifetime of the Prophet ﷺ, blood-money was eight hundred Dīnār or eight thousand Dirham. Accordingly, the blood-money of a non-Muslim is four thousand Dirham. In the view of Imām Ibn Qudamah, ‘Umar bin ‘Abdul-‘Azīz, ‘Urwah, Mālik and ‘Amr bin Shu‘aib, the blood-money of a Jew or a Christian is half of the blood-money of a Muslim. According to the point of view of ‘Umar, ‘Uthmān, Sa‘eed bin Musayyab, Aṭā, Ikrimah, ‘Amr bin Dīnār, Shafī‘ī and Ishāq, it is four thousand Dirham. According to ‘Alqamah, Mujāhid, Ash-Sha‘bī, Ath-Thawrī, and Abū Ḥanīfah, the blood-money of a Jew or Christian is equal to that of a Muslim.
