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Yahya related to me from Malik that Ibn Shihab said, "The full
blood-money for murder when it is accepted is twenty-five yearlings,
twenty-five two-year-olds, twenty-five four-year-olds, and twenty-five
five-year-olds."
Muwatta Malik Book 43, Hadith 3
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Malik related to me that he had heard that Umar ibn al-Khattab
estimated the full blood-money for the people of urban areas. For
those who had gold, he made it one thousand dinars. and for those who
had silver he made it ten thousand dirhams.
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Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said that Marwan
ibn al-Hakam wrote to Muawiya ibn Abi Sufyan that a madman was brought
to him who had killed a man. Muawiya wrote to him, "Tie him up and do
not inflict any retaliation on him. There is no retaliation against a
madman."