Yahya related to me from Malik that Yahya ibn Said heard Sulayman
ibn Yasar mention that a face wound in which the bone was bared was
like a head wound in which the bone was bared, unless the face was
scarred by the wound. Then the blood-money is increased by one half of
the blood-money of the head wound in which the skin was bared so that
seventy five dinars are payable for it.
Malik said, "What is
done in our community is that the head wound with splinters has
fifteen camels." He explained, "The head wound with splinters is that
from which pieces of bone fly off and which does not reach the brain.
It can be in the head or the face."
Malik said, "The
generally agreed on way of doing things in our community, is that
there is no retaliation for a wound to the brain or a belly wound, and
Ibn Shihab has said, 'There is no retaliation for a wound to the
brain.' "
Malik explained, "The wound to the brain is what
pierces the bones to the brain. This type of wound only occurs in the
head. It is that which reaches the brain when the bones are pierced."
Malik said, "What is done in our community is that there is
no blood-money paid on any head wound less than one which lays bare
the skull. Blood-money is payable only for the head wound that bares
the bone and what is worse than that. That is because the Messenger of
Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, stopped at the head
wound which bared the bone in his letter to Amr ibn Hazm. He made it
five camels. The imams, past and present, have not made any blood-
money payable for injuries less than the head wound which bares the
bone."
Muwatta Malik Book 43, Hadith 17
Whenever he (mu’adh b. jabal) sat in a meeting for preaching, he would say: Allah is a just arbiter; those who doubt would perish. One day Mu’adh b. jabal said: In the times after you there would be trails in which riches would be abundant. During these trails the Quran would be easy so much so that every believer, hypocrite, man, woman, young, grown up, slave and free man will learn it. Then a man might say: What happened with the people that they do not follow me while I read the Quran? They are not going to follow me until I introduce a novelty for them other than it. So avoid that which is innovated (in religion), for whichever is innovated is an error. I warn you of the deviation of a scholar from right guidance, for sometimes Satan utters a word of error through the tongue of a scholar; and sometimes a hypocrites may speak a word of truth. I said to Mu’adh b. jabal: I am at a loss to understand may Allah have mercy on you that a learned man sometimes may speak a word of error and a hypocrite may speak a word of truth. He replied: Yes, avoid the speech of a learned man on distract you from him (the learned), for it is possible that he may withdraw (from these well-known things), and you get the truth when you hear it, for truth has light.
Abu Dawud said: In this tradition Ma’mar on the authority of al-Zuhrl said: The words “wa la yun iyannaka” instead of “wa la yuthniyannaka,” with the same meaning: “it may not distract you” salih b. Kaisan on the authority of al-Zurhrl said in this tradition the words “al-mushtaharat” (well-know things). He also said the word “La yuthniyannaka” as ‘Uqail mentioned. Ibn ishaq, on the authority of al-Zuhri, said: Yes, if you are doubtful about the speech of a scholar until you say: WHAT did he mean by this word?
Sunan Abi Dawud Book 42, Hadith 16