الكافي- ط الاسلامية, volume 7, page 286

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.

And in a report of Muhammad Bin Qays, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abu Ja’far asws having said: ‘Amir Al-Momineen asws judged regarding four persons who came over to a pit of the lion, so one of them fell, so he attached himself with the second, and the second one attached himself with the third, and the third attached himself with the fourth until they fell with each other upon the lion. So the lion killed them (all). So he asws judged with the first one as being the victim of the lion and fined his family a third of the wergild for the family of the second, and fined the family of the second on in favour of the family of the third one, a third of the wergild, and fined the third one for the family of the fourth, a complete wergild’.

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

Muhammad Bin Yahya from Ahmad Bin Muhammad and Ali Bin Ibrahim from his father, both together from Ibn Mahboub, from Abu Ayoub, from Hareyz, (The narrator) says: ‘I asked Abu Abdullah asws about a man who killed a man deliberately. So it was raised to the governor. So the governor handed him over to the guardians of the killed one to let them kill him. So a group of people leapt upon them, so they had the killer released from the hands of the guardians. So he asws said: ‘I asws see that the one who released the killer from the hands of the guardians should be imprisoned until they can come up with the killer’. It was said, ‘So if the killer died and they are (still) in prison?’ He asws said: ‘So if he dies, then upon them is the wergild, which they all have to pay it together to the guardians of the killed one’.

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