Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hammad Bin Usman, from Al Halby, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws , said, ‘I asked him asws about the Words of Allah azwj Mighty and Majestic [5:45] but he who foregoes it, it shall be an expiation for him . So he asws said: ‘It would expiate from his sins by the measurement of what he forgave’. And I asked him asws about the Words of Allah azwj Mighty and Majestic [2:178] but if any remission is made to any one by his (aggrieved) brother then prosecution (for the blood wit) should be made according to usage, and payment should be made to him in a good manner . He asws said: ‘It is befitting for the one for whom is the right that he should not (financially) constrain his brother when he has reconciled with him upon the wergild, and if it befitting for the one upon whom is the (payable) right that he should not delay his brother when he has the ability upon what he has to be given, and he should pay it to him in a good manner’. He (the narrator) said, ‘And I asked him asws about the Words of Allah azwj Mighty and Majestic [2:178] so whoever exceeds the limit after this he shall have a painful Punishment . So he asws said: ‘He is the man who accepts the wergild, or forgives, or reconciles, then exceeds, so he kills. Thus, for him is the painful Punishment just as Allah azwj Mighty and Majestic Says’.

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

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Ali Bin Abu Hamza, from Abu Baseer who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah asws about the Words of Allah azwj Mighty and Majestic [5:45] but he who foregoes it, it shall be an ‘ كَفَّارَةٌ ’ expiation for him . He asws said: ‘It would expiate from him his sins by the measurement of whatever he forgives from the injuries or other than it’. He (the narrator) said, ‘And I asked him asws about the Words of Allah azwj Mighty and Majestic [2:178] but if any remission is made to any one by his (aggrieved) brother then prosecution (for the blood wit) should be made according to usage, and payment should be made to him in a good manner ’. He asws said: ‘He is the man who accepts the wergild, so it is befitting for the seeker that he should be kind with it, so he should not (financially) constrain him, and it is befitting for the sought that he should pay to him with the goodly manner and not delay it when (he is) able to do so’.

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

A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Abu Nasr, from Abu Jameela, from Al Halby, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws regarding the Words of Allah azwj Mighty and Majestic [2:178] so whoever exceeds the limit after this he shall have a painful Punishment . So he asws said: ‘The man who forgives, or takes the wergild, then injures his companion (the killer), or kills him, so for him is a painful Punishment’.

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

Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Abu Nasr, from Abdul Kareem, from Sama’at, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws regarding the Words of Allah azwj Mighty and Majestic [2:178] but if any remission is made to any one by his (aggrieved) brother then prosecution (for the blood wit) should be made according to usage, and payment should be made to him in a good manner , what is that thing?’ He asws said: ‘He is the man who accepts the wergild, so Allah azwj Mighty and Majestic has Command the man for who is the right that he should follow it with the goodness and not (financially) constrict him, and Commanded the one upon whom is the (payment of) right that he should pay it with the goodness when he is financially solvent’ (capable). I said, ‘What is your view of the Words of the Mighty and Majestic [2:178] so whoever exceeds the limit after this he shall have a painful Punishment ?’ He asws said: ‘He is the man who accepts the wergild, or reconciles, then comes after that, so he tortures him or kills, so Allah azwj has Promised him a painful Punishment’.

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, from Ibn Mahboub, from Abu Wallad who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah asws about a Muslim man who killed a Muslim man deliberately. So there did not happen to be for the killed one any guardians from the Muslims except for guardians from the Ahl Zimmi (people under the responsibility) from his relatives. So he asws said: ‘It would be upon the Imam asws to present Al-Islam to his relatives from his family. So the one who became a Muslim from them, so he would be his guardian, the killer would be handed over to him. So if he so desires to he kills, and if he so desires to he excuses, and if he so desires to he takes the wergild. So if no one were to become a Muslim, the Imam asws would be the guardian of his affairs. So if he asws so desires to he asws kills, and if he asws so desires to he takes the wergild. He asws would make it to be in the public treasury of the Muslims, because the crime of the killed would be to be resolved by the Imam asws . So, like that, his wergild would happen to be for the Imam asws of the Muslims’. I said, ‘So if the Imam asws excuses him from it?’ So he asws said: ‘But rather, it is a right of the Muslims, and rather it is upon the Imam asws that he asws either kills or he asws takes the wergild, and it is not for him asws that he asws excuses’.

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

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from one of his companions, from Aban Bin Usman, from the one who informed him, (It has been narrated) from one of the two (5 th or 6 th Imam asws ) having said: ‘They came to Umar Bin Al-Khattab with a man who had killed a brother of a man, so he handed him over to him, and ordered him with his killing. So the man struck him until he saw that he had killed him. So he carried him over to his house. So they found him to be barely alive. So they treated him and he was cured. So when he went out, the brother of the first killed one seized him, so he said, ‘You are the killer of my brother, and it is for me that I kill you’. So he said, ‘You have already killed me once’. So he went with him to Umar. So he ordered him to be killed. So he went out and was saying: ‘By Allah azwj ! I have already been killed once’. So they passed by Amir Al-Momineen asws . So they informed him asws of his news, so he asws said: ‘Do not be hasty until I asws come out to you’. So he asws went over to Umar, so he asws said: ‘The judgement regarding him is not like this!’ So he said, ‘And what is it, O Abu Al-Hassan asws ?’ So he asws said: ‘He has the right to do to the brother of the deceased what he has done to the killer, then he can subject the killer to retaliation for his deceased brother. Then he would be killed by his brother’. So the man (brother of the deceased) realised that if he retaliates, it would come upon his soul. So, he forgave him, and they both left’.

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