Abu Hurairah · The Chapters on Blood Money

“Whoever suffers from killing or wounding, has the choice of three things, and if he wants the fourth then restrain him. He may kill (the killer), or forgive him, or take the blood money. Whoever accepts any of these (options), then kills (the killer) after that will have the fire of hell to abide therein forever.”

“If a person's relative is killed, he has the choice of two things: He may either have the killer killed, or he may demand the blood money.”

the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) stood up on the Day of the conquest of Makkah, on the steps of the Ka'bah. He praised and glorified Allah (SWT), then he said: “Praise is to Allah (SWT) who has fulfilled His promise, granted victory to His slave and defeated the Confederates alone. The one who is killed by mistake is the one who is killed with a whip or a stick; for him the blood money is one hundred camels, of which…

“For a wound that exposes a bone, is five; (the compensation) is five camels.”

“A Muslim should not be killed in retaliation for the murder of a disbeliever.”