Bulugh al-Maram

"The blood of a Muslim who testifies that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah and that I am His Messenger, cannot be shed lawfully, except in three cases: a married person who committed adultery, in Qisas (retaliation) for murder (life for life) and the apostate from Islam who abandons the Muslim Jama'ah (community)." Agreed upon.

"The blood of a Muslim is not to be shed except for three reasons: a married man who committed adultery, a man who kills another Muslim intentionally for which he must be killed (in Qisas or retaliation), and a man who abandons Islam and fights against Allah and His Messenger, in which case he should be either killed, crucified, or exiled." Related by Abu Dawud and An-Nasa'i. Al-Hakim graded it as Sahih.

"The first issues to be judged among people on the Day of Resurrection, are those of unlawful blood-shed." Agreed upon.

"Whoever kills his slave we shall kill him, and whoever cuts the nose of his slave we shall cut off his nose." Related by Ahmad and the four lmams. At-Tirmidhi graded it as Hasan. Abu Dawud and An-Nasa'i added the following, "and whoever castrates his slave we shall castrate him." Al-Hakim graded this addition as Sahih.

Umar bin al-Khattab (RAA) narrated, "I heard the Messenger of Allah say, "A father is not to be killed for his offspring." Related by Ahmad, At-Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah. Ibn al-Garud and al-Baihaqi graded it as Sahih.

"Do you have any other Divine Revelation besides what is in the Qur'an? 'Ali said, "No. By Him Who made the grain split (germinate) and created the soul, we have nothing besides the Qur'an except the gift of understanding the Qur'an, which Allah gives a man, besides what is written in this manuscript. I said, "What is in this manuscript?' "Ali said, "The regulations of Diyah (Blood money), the ransom for captives and the ruling that no Muslim should be killed in Qisas for killing a disbeliever.' Related by Al-Bukhari.

The previous tradition was also transmitted by Ahmad, An-Nasa'i and Abu Dawud on the authority of 'Ali with a different chain of narrators where he said, "The blood of one Muslim (his life) is equivalent to the blood of another Muslim (i.e. equal in Qisas and blood money), the protection of Allah is one (and is equally) extended to the most humble of the believers (i.e. if a Muslim gives protection to a man or to a group of men, they should all help him even is he was the most humble of them). Believers are all like one hand against their enemies. No believer is to be killed for a disbeliever (i.e. in Qisas), nor should one who has a covenant with the Muslims be killed while his covenant holds.' Al-Hakim graded it as Sahih.

Anas bin Malik (RAA) narrated that A girl was found with her head crushed between two stones. They asked her, "Who did that to you? Is it so and so, or so and so? They mentioned some names to her until they mentioned the name of a Jew, whereupon she nodded her head. The Jew was captured and he confessed. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ordered that his head be crushed between two stones.' Agreed upon and the wording is from Muslim.

Imran bin Al-Husain (RAA) narrated that A slave of some poor people cut off the ear of another slave belonging to some rich people. They came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) but he appointed no compensation for them.' Related by Ahmad and the three Imams with a sound chain of narrators.

Amro bin Shu'aib narrated on the authority of his father, on the authority of his grandfather (RAA), that a man stabbed another man in his knee with a horn. So he came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said, "Retaliate on my behalf.'' The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to him, "Wait until your wound has healed." The man came again and said, "O Messenger of Allah! Retaliate on my behalf.' So, he allowed him to retaliate against the one who attacked him (by stabbing him the same way). Then he came again to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said, "O Messenger of Allah! I have become lame.' The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to him, "I forbade you (to take retaliation until your wound was healed) but you disobeyed me, may Allah keep you away from His mercy (for your disobedience), and as for your lameness you are not entitled to any compensation (as he retaliated before he discovered the lameness otherwise he would have been entitled half the Diyah)." Then Allah]s Messenger prohibited the following, "No retaliation is to be made for a wound before the victim is totally recovered.' Related by Ahmad and Ad-Daraqutni.