أَخْبَرَنَا حَجَّاجٌ الْبَصْرِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْهُذَلِيُّ ، عَنْ الشَّعْبِيِّ ، قَالَ : " شَهِدْتُ شُرَيْحًا ، وَجَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ مُرَادٍ، فَقَالَ : يَا أَبَا أُمَيَّةَ، مَا دِيَةُ الْأَصَابِعِ؟، قَالَ :عَشْرٌ عَشْرٌ، قَالَ : يَا سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ، أَسَوَاءٌ هَاتَانِ؟ جَمَعَ بَيْنَ الْخِنْصِرِ وَالْإِبْهَامِ، فَقَالَ شُرَيْحٌ : يَا سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ، أَسَوَاءٌ أُذُنُكَ وَيَدُكَ؟ فَإِنَّ الْأُذُنَ يُوَارِيهَا الشَّعْرُ، وَالْكُمَّةُ وَالْعِمَامَةُ فِيهَا نِصْفُ الدِّيَةِ، وَفِي الْيَدِ نِصْفُ الدِّيَةِ، وَيْحَكَ : إِنَّ السُّنَّةَ سَبَقَتْ قِيَاسَكُمْ فَاتَّبِعْ وَلَا تَبْتَدِعْ، فَإِنَّكَ لَنْ تَضِلَّ مَا أَخَذْتَ بِالْأَثَرِ، قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ : فَقَالَ لِي الشَّعْبِيُّ : يَا هُذَلِيُّ، لَوْ أَنَّ أَحْنَفَكُمْ قُتِلَ وَهَذَا الصَّبِيُّ فِي مَهْدِهِ أَكَانَ دِيَتُهُمَا سَوَاءً؟، قُلْتُ : نَعَمْ، قَالَ : فَأَيْنَ الْقِيَاسُ؟ "

Hajjaj Al-Basri told us, Abu Bakr Al-Hudhali told us, on the authority of Al-Sha’bi, he said: “I witnessed Shurayh, and a man from Murad came to him and said: Oh Abu Umayyah, what is the blood money for the fingers? He said: Ten, ten. He said: Oh Glory be to God, are these two better than the pinky and the thumb? He said: Shuraih: O Glory be to God, are your ear and your hand better, for the ear is covered with hair, and the sleeve and turban contain half the blood money, and half on the hand? The blood money, woe to you: Indeed, the Sunnah preceded your analogy, so follow it and do not innovate, for you will never go astray as long as you follow the tradition. Abu Bakr said: So he said to me Al-Sha’bi: O Huthali, if the most innocent of you were killed while this child was in his cradle, would their blood money be the same? I said: Yes. He said: Where is the analogy?