Hadith record

Ali, from his father, from Muhammad Bin Hafs, from Abdullah Bin Talha, (The narrator) says, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah asws him asws about a male thief who entered upon a woman in order to steal her belongings. So when he gathered the clothes, he followed his soul, so he overcame her and fell upon her. So her son stirred, so he (the thief), stood up and killed him with an axe which was with him. So when he was free, he carried the clothes and gold in order to exit. She attacked him with the axe, so she killed him. So his family members came over in the morning seeking his blood. So Abu Abdullah asws said: ‘I asws shall judge upon this just as it has been described to you’. So he asws said: ‘His guardians, those who were seeking his blood are responsible for the wergild of the boy, and the thief is responsible with regards to what he has left (as legacy), four thousand Dirhams due to him having forced himself upon her chastity. It is adultery, and it’s fine is upon his wealth, and there is nothing upon her regarding her having killed him. Rasool-Allah saww said: ‘The one who forces himself upon a woman in order to be immoral with her, so she kills him, so there is no wergild for him, nor a retaliation’.

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