It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said: "The Messenger of Allah ruled concerning a fetus that (the blood money) was a slave, male or female. The one against whom this verdict was passed said: 'Should we pay blood money for one who neither ate, drank, shouted, nor cried (at the moment of birth)? One such as this should be overlooked: The Messenger of Allah said: 'This man speaks like a poet. (But the blood money for a fetus is) a slave, male or female.’”