Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father and Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, both together from Ibn Mahboub, from Abdul Rahman Bin Al Hajjaj who said, ‘I heard Ibn Abu Layli saying, ‘The wergild during the Pre-Islamic period was a hundred camels. So Rasool-Allah saww accepted it. Then he asws necessitated upon the owner of the cows, (wergild of) two hundred cows, and upon the owners of the sheep (wergild of) a thousand sheep (or) male goats; and upon the owners of the gold (wergild of) a thousand Dinars; and upon owners of the currency, (a wergild) of ten thousand Dirhams; and upon the clothes merchants of Al-Yemen, a hundred garments’. Abdul Rahman Bin Al-Hajjaj (the narrator) said, ‘So I asked Abu Abdullah asws about what Ibn Abu Layli is reporting, so he asws said: ‘Ali asws was saying: ‘The wergild is a thousand Dinars, and the value of the Dinar is ten Dirhams, and a thousand Dirhams being for the people of the city, and upon the people of the valleys is the wergild of one hundred camels, and for the vast majority of the people (wergild of) two hundred cows, or a thousand sheep’.

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Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Ali Bin Abu Hamza, from Abu Baseer who said, ‘Abu Abdullah asws said: ‘Wergild of the erroneous (killing) when the man did not intend, is one hundred from the camels, or ten thousand (Dirhams) from the (owners of) the foliage, or a thousand from the sheep’. And he asws said: ‘The harsh wergild of that which resembles the deliberation, and it is not with deliberation, is higher than the wergild of the erroneous (killing) by the years (ages) of the camel – thirty three Hiqqa (four years old), and thirty Jaz’a (five years old), and thirty four Saniyya (six years old), all of these being easily manageable stallions’. He (the narrator) said, ‘And I asked him asws about the wergild, so he asws said: ‘Wergild of the Muslim is ten thousand from the silver, or a thousand Misqaal (unit or measurement) of gold, or a thousand from the sheep based upon their years being three years, and from the camels based upon their years, and from the cows two hundred’.

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Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from one of his companions, from Abdullah Bin Sinan who said, ‘I heard Abu Abdullah asws saying: ‘Amir Al-Momineen asws said regarding the erroneous (killing) resembling the deliberate, if he kills with the whip, or with the stick, or with the rocks. The wergild of that is harsh, and it is one hundred from the camels in which there are forty ‘Khalifat’ what is between a ‘Saniya’ (six years old) to ‘Bazil’ (nine years old), and thirty ‘Hiqqa’ (four years old), and thirty ‘Bint Laboun’ (three years old female). And for the erroneous (killing) there should be thirty ‘Hiqqa’ (four years old), and thirty ‘Bint Laboun’ (three years old), and twenty ‘Ibnat Makhazin’ (two years old females), and twenty ‘Ibn Laboun’ (three years old males), and the value of each camel in terms of foliage is one hundred and twenty Dirhams, or ten Dinars; and from the sheep, the value of each sheep, for every camel is twenty sheep’.

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

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, (It has been narrated) from Jameel Bin Darraj regarding the wergild, he asws (6 th Imam asws ) said: ‘A thousand Dinar, or ten thousand Dirhams, and the garments would be seized from the owner of the garments, and the camels would be seized from the owners of the camels, and the sheep from the owners of the sheep, and the cows from the owners of the cows’.

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Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Jameel and Hammad, from Al Halby, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘The wergild is then thousand Dirhams, or a thousand Dinars’. Jameel (the narrator) said: ‘Abu Abdullah asws said: ‘The wergild is one hundred from the camels’.

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Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Yunus, from Kuleyb Al Asady who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah asws about the man who kill during the Sacred Month, what is its wergild?’ He asws said: ‘A wergild and a one-third (of it in addition)’.

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

Ali Bin Ibrahim, form Muhammad Bin Isa, from Yunus, from Muhammad Bin Sinan, from Al A’la Bin Al Fuzayl, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘With regards to the erroneous killing, it (wergild) is a hundred from the camels, or a thousand from the sheep, or ten thousand Dirhams, or a thousand Dinars. So if it was the camels, so twenty-five should be Ibnat Makhaz (two year old females), and twenty five Ibnat Laboun (three year old females), and twenty five Hiqqa (four year old females), and twenty five Jaz’a (five year old females). And the harsh wergild regarding the erroneous (killing) is that which resembles the deliberate which he struck with the rock, or with the stick, the single strike or two strikes not intending to kill him, so it is a third being thirty-three (four year old females), and thirty-three (five year old females), and thirty-four Saniyya (six year old females), all of these being capable of bearing the stallion (mount); and if it was from the sheep, so it is a thousand rams. And (as for) the deliberate (killing), it is the retaliation or (as per) the pleasure of the guardian of the killed one’.

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

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Hadeed and Ibn Abu Umeyr, both together from Jameel Bin Darraj, from Muhammad Bin Muslim and Zurara, and others besides these two, (It has been narrated) from one of the two (5 th or 6 th Imam asws ) regarding the wergild. He asws said: ‘It is one hundred from the camels, and there are neither Dinars in it nor Dirhams, nor (anything) other than that’.

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

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Yunus, from one of our companions, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘The one who kills a Believer deliberately, so he would be retaliated with (the same), except if the guardians of the killed one happy with accepting the wergild, or if he makes them to be pleased with more than the wergild, or less than the wergild. So if he were to do that between them, it is allowed, and if they were to retract (from accepting the wergild), it would be retaliation’. And he asws said: ‘The wergild is ten thousand Dirhams, or a thousand Dinars, or one hundred from the camels’.

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 Wallad, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘Ali asws was saying: ‘You have to pay the wergild of the erroneous (killing) within three years, and you have to pay the wergild of the deliberate (killing) within one year’.

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