4542 - Yahya ibn Hakim narrated to us, Abd al-Rahman ibn Uthman narrated to us, Husayn al-Mu'allim narrated to us, from Amr ibn Shu'ayb, from his father, from his grandfather, who said: The value of the blood-money (diya) at the time of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, was eight hundred dinars or eight thousand dirhams, and the blood-money of the People of the Book at that time was half of the blood-money of the Muslims. He said: It remained thus until Umar was made caliph, and he stood to give a sermon and said: "Indeed, camels have become expensive." He said: So Umar assessed it upon the people of gold as one thousand dinars, upon the people of silver as twelve thousand dirhams, upon the people of cattle as two hundred cows, upon the people of sheep as two thousand sheep, and upon the people of garments (hulal) as two hundred garments. He said: And he left the blood-money of the dhimmis unchanged, not raising it along with what he raised of the blood-money.

(1) Its chain of transmission is weak due to the weakness of Abd al-Rahman ibn Uthman — he is Abu Bahr al-Bakrawi. Qatada ibn Di'ama followed him on part of the hadith as recorded by al-Darqutni (3242), but in that chain to him there is al-Abbas ibn al-Fadl, who is extremely weak in hadith, and Umar ibn Amir al-Sulami al-Basri, who is also weak. So this follow-up (mutaba'a) is not to be relied upon.
This hadith has also been narrated with a difference in the assessment of the blood-money at the time of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, via the route of Sulayman ibn Musa al-Dimashqi, as will come from the author at number (4564), except that he made it raised (marfu') to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. We have already discussed this Sulayman in the preceding hadith, and that al-Nasa'i said about this hadith of his: "It is a rejected (munkar) hadith." Muhammad ibn Ishaq followed him on it, from Ata ibn Abi Rabah, as a suspended (mursal) narration, as in the following hadith. This follow-up is not to be relied upon, due to the disagreement over whether the hadith is connected or suspended, and then due to Ibn Ishaq's tadlis (concealment of narrators).
Al-Bayhaqi recorded it in 8/77 and 101 via the route of Abu Dawud, with this chain.
Al-Darqutni recorded it (3242) without mentioning Umar's ijtihad regarding the blood-money of the people of gold, cattle, sheep, and garments, via the route of al-Abbas ibn al-Fadl, from Umar ibn Amir al-Sulami, from Qatada, from Amr ibn Shu'ayb, with it.
Abd al-Razzaq recorded it (17270) via the route of Ibn Jurayj, from Amr ibn Shu'ayb, as a suspended (mursal) narration, and he cited its beginning regarding the assessment of the blood-money at the time of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, similar to the narration of Sulayman ibn Musa that follows.