Hadith record

A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Muhammad Bin Al Hassan Bin Shamoun, from Abdullah Bin Abdul Rahman Al Asamma, from Misma’a Bin Abdul Malik, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws that a group of people dug a pit for the lion at Al-Yemen. So the lion fell into it, and the people thronged (crowded) upon it to look at the lion. So a man fell into it, so he grabbed another. So the other one grabbed another, and the another one to another one. So the lion wounded them, and among them was one (of them) who died from the injuries caused by the lion, and among them was one who came out, so he died (later on). So they quarreled with regards to that to the extent that they grabbed the swords. So Amir Al-Momineen asws said: ‘Come, I asws shall judge between you all’. So he asws judged that the for the first one is a quarter wergild, and for the second one is a third of the wergild, and for the third is half the wergild, and for the fourth is a complete wergild, and made all that to be upon the tribe which had thronged (crowded) over there. So some of the people were happy and some of them were angry. So they raised that to the Prophet saww and informed him saww of the judgement of Amir Al-Momineen asws , so he saww endorsed it’.

Translation: HubeAli — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.