It is not for a believer to take a believer's life except by mistake; and he who kills a believer by mistake should free a slave who is a believer, and pay blood-money to the victim's family unless they forego it as an act of charity. If he belonged to a community hostile to you but was himself a believer, then a slave who is a believer should be freed. In case he belonged to a people with whom you have a treaty, then give blood-money to his family and free a believing slave. But he who has no means (to do so) should fast for a period of two months continuously to have his sins forgiven by God, and God is all-knowing and all-wise.
هيچ مؤمنى را نرسد كه مؤمن ديگر را جز به خطا بكشد. و هر كس كه مؤمنى را به خطا بكشد بايد كه بنده‌اى مؤمن را آزاد كند و خونبهايش را به خانواده‌اش تسليم كند، مگر آنكه خونبها را ببخشند. و اگر مقتول، مؤمن و از قومى است كه دشمن شماست فقط بنده مؤمنى را آزاد كند و اگر از قومى است كه با شما پيمان بسته‌اند، خونبها به خانواده‌اش پرداخت شود و بنده مؤمنى را آزاد كند و هر كس كه بنده‌اى نيابد براى توبه دو ماه پى‌درپى روزه بگيرد. و خدا دانا و حكيم است.