Hadith.5194 - Hisham ibn Salim narrated from Sulayman ibn Khalid, who said: I asked Abu Abdullah (as) about a man who was struck with a stick and was not released until he was killed. Should the killer be handed over to the heirs of the slain? Imam (as) said: "Yes, but he should not be left for them to abuse; rather, retribution should be carried out upon him."

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Hadith.5195 - Al-Fadl ibn Abd Al-Malik narrated from Imam (as) that he said: "If a man strikes with an iron weapon, that is considered intentional killing (Al-'amd)." He said: "I asked Imam (as) about accidental killing (khata) for which blood money (diyyah) and expiation (kaffarah) are required - would this include a man who strikes another without intending to kill him? Imam (as) replied: "Yes." I then asked: "What if he throws something and it hits a man?" Imam (as) said: "That is unquestionably accidental killing, and it requires both expiation and blood money."

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Hadith.5196 - Al-Naḍr narrated from Abdullah ibn Sinan, who said: I heard Abu Abdullah (as) say that the Commander of the Faithful (as) said: "In the case of accidental killing resembling intentional killing (khaṭaʾ shibh Al-Amd), such as when someone is killed with a whip, a stone, or a stick, the blood money (diyyah) is made more severe. It is one hundred camels, among which are forty pregnant camels between the second and fourth year, thirty mature she-camels (hiqqah), and thirty young she-camels (ibnat labun). For unintentional accidental killing (khaṭaʾ), the blood money is thirty mature she-camels (hiqqah), thirty young she-camels (ibnat labun), twenty one-year-old she-camels (ibnat makhaḍ), and twenty male young camels (ibn labun). The value of each camel in silver is one hundred and twenty dirhams or ten dinars. In sheep, the value of each camel is equivalent to twenty sheep."

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Hadith.5197 - Muawiyah ibn Wahb asked Abu Abdullah (as) about the blood money (diyyah) for intentional killing. Imam (as) said: "It is one hundred mature male camels. If they are not available, then for each camel, twenty mature male sheep are to be given in its place."

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Hadith.5199 - Sulayman ibn Khalid asked Abu Abdullah (as) about a man who hired a wet nurse and entrusted his child to her. While the child was with her, the wet nurse went and hired another woman to care for the child. This second wet nurse then disappeared with the child, and it became unknown what happened to the child, and the original wet nurse could not be held accountable. Imam (as) said: "The full blood money (diyyah) must be paid."

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Hadith.5200 - Al-Hasan ibn Mahbub narrated from Al-Hasan ibn Hayy, who said: I asked Abu Abdullah (as) about a man who was found murdered. Two men came to guardian of the victim; one of them said: "I killed him intentionally," and other said: "I killed him by mistake." Imam (as) said: "If the guardian accepts the statement of the one who confessed to intentional killing, then he has no claim against the one who confessed to accidental killing. And if he accepts the statement of the one who confessed to accidental killing, then he has no claim against the one who confessed to intentional killing."

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Hadith.5201 - Al-Hasan ibn Mahbub narrated from Abd Al-Rahman ibn Al-Hajjaj, who said: I heard Ibn Abi Layla say, "In the pre-Islamic era, the blood money (diyyah) was one hundred camels, and the Messenger of Allah (swt) (peace be upon him and his family) affirmed it. Then he imposed on the people of cattle two hundred cows, on the people of sheep one thousand sheep, and on the people of garments one hundred garments." Abd Al-Rahman said: 'I asked Abu Abdullah (as) about what Ibn Abi Layla narrated, and Imam (as) said: "Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (as) used to say: 'The blood money is one thousand dinars, and the value of a dinar is ten dirhams. For the people of gold, it is one thousand dinars; for the people of silver, it is ten thousand dirhams; for the people of the cities, it is ten thousand; for the people of the deserts, the blood money is one hundred camels; and for the people of the villages, it is two hundred cows or one thousand sheep.'"

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Hadith.5202 - Kulayb ibn Muawiyah heard Abu Abdullah Imam Al-Sadiq (as) say: "Whoever kills during a sacred month (haram month) is liable for the full blood money (diyyah) plus one-third."

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Hadith.5203 - Aban narrated from Zurarah, who said: I heard Abu Jafar Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (as) say, "If a man kills during a sacred month (haram month), he must fast for two consecutive months from the sacred months."

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Hadith.5204 - Al-Hasan ibn Mahbub narrated from Abu Walad, who said: I asked Abu Abdullah (as) about a man who intentionally killed a Muslim man, but the murdered man had no heirs among the Muslims, only relatives from the People of the Book (Ahl Al-Dhimmah) from his family. Imam (as) said: "It is upon the Imam to offer Islam to his non-Muslim relatives. Whoever among them accepts Islam becomes his heir, and the killer is handed over to him. If he wishes, he may kill him, or if he wishes, he may forgive him, or if he wishes, he may take the blood money (diyyah). If none of his relatives accept Islam, then the Imam becomes responsible for his case. If the Imam wishes, he may execute the killer, or if he wishes, he may take the blood money and deposit it in the public treasury (Bayt Al-Mal) of the Muslims because the responsibility of protecting the murdered person was upon Imam, and likewise, his blood money belongs to Imam of Muslims." I asked: "What if the Imam forgives the killer?" Imam (as) replied: "It is a right belonging to all Muslims. The Imam must either execute the killer or take the blood money, but he does not have the right to pardon."

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Hadith.5205 - Ibn Mahbub narrated from Ali ibn Ri'ab from Abdullah ibn Sinan from Abu Abdullah (as) regarding a man who pushed another man onto someone else, causing that person's death. Imam (as) said: "The blood money (diyyah) is upon the one who fell onto the man and killed him, and it must be paid to the heirs of the murdered person." Imam (as) further said: "Then the one who was pushed may seek the diyyah from the one who pushed him." Imam (as) also said: "And if the one who was pushed suffers any harm, the responsibility falls upon the one who pushed him as well."

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Hadith.5206 - Ibn Mahbub narrated from Abu Walad from Abu Abdullah (as), who said: The Commander of the Faithful (as) used to say, "The blood money (diyyah) for accidental killing (khaṭaʾ) is to be paid over three years, while the blood money for intentional killing (Amd) must be paid within one year."

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Hadith.5207 - Jafar ibn Bashir narrated from Mualla Abu Uthman from Abu Abdullah (as), who said: I asked Imam (as) about the saying of Allah (swt), the Almighty and Majestic: "But if one remits it as charity, it is an expiation for him.". (Surah Al-Ma'idah 5:45) Imam (as) said: "A portion of his sins will be expiated according to the extent of the forgiveness granted in the case of intentional killing."

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Hadith.5208 - Ibn Mahbub narrated from Abu Ayyub from Hariz from Abu Abdullah (as), who said: I asked Imam (as) about a man who intentionally killed another man. The matter was presented to the governor, and the governor handed the killer over to the heirs of the murdered person to execute him. However, a group of people attacked and rescued the killer from the heirs. Imam (as) said: "I believe that those who rescued the killer from the hands of the heirs should be imprisoned indefinitely until they bring back the killer." It was asked: "What if the killer dies while they are in prison?" Imam (as) replied: "If he dies, then they must pay the blood money (diyyah) to the heirs of the murdered person."

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Hadith.5209 - Hisham ibn Salim narrated from Ziyad ibn Suqah from Al-Hakam ibn Utaybah, who said: I asked Abu Jafar (as), "What do you say about intentional and accidental killing and in cases of injuries?" Imam (as) replied: "Accidental killing is not the same as intentional killing. In intentional killing, execution (qiṣaṣ) applies, and for injuries, retribution applies. In accidental killing and injuries, there is blood money (diyyah)." Then Imam (as) said to me: "O' Hakam, if the unintentional act is committed by the killer or the one who inflicted the injury, and he is a Bedouin, then the diyyah for what the Bedouin has done by mistake falls upon his fellow Bedouin relatives. And if the one who caused the injury is a villager, then the diyyah for what he has done by mistake falls upon his fellow villagers."

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Hadith.5210 - Ibn Mahbub narrated from Ali ibn Ri'ab from Zurarah from Abu Jafar Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (as) regarding a man who commanded a free man to kill another man, and he carried out the killing. Imam (as) said: "The one who directly committed the murder shall be executed, and the one who ordered the killing shall be imprisoned forever until he dies."

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Hadith.5211 - Ibn Mahbub narrated from Ali ibn Ri'ab from Abu Ubaydah, who said: I asked Abu Jafar Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (as) about a man who killed his mother. Imam (as) said: "He does not inherit from her, and he is to be executed for her murder in a state of humiliation. Yet, I do not believe that his execution will serve as an expiation for his sin."

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Hadith.5212 - Ibn Mahbub narrated from Ali ibn Ri'ab from Zurarah, who said: I asked Abu Jafar Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (as) about a man who accidentally killed another man during the sacred months (Ashhur Al-Hurum). Imam (as) said: "He must pay the blood money (diyyah) and fast for two consecutive months from the sacred months." I said: "But this period includes Eid and the days of Tashriq (the days following Eid Al-Adha)." Imam (as) replied: "He must still fast them, for it is an obligation that has become binding upon him."

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Hadith.5213 - In the narration of Aban from Zurarah from Abu Abdullah (as), he said: "He must pay the full blood money (diyyah) plus one-third."

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Hadith.5214 - Zarif ibn Naṣih narrated from Ali ibn Abi Hamzah from Abu Basir, who said: Abu Abdullah (as) said: "If a man strikes another man with a piece of pottery or a brick and he dies, it is considered intentional killing."

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Hadith.5215 - Ibn Abi Umayr narrated from Hisham ibn Salim and others from Abu Abdullah (as) that that Imam (as) was asked about a woman upon whom a man used excessive force, and he claimed that she died due to his violence against her. Imam (as) said: "The full blood money (diyyah) must be paid, but the man is not to be executed."

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Hadith.5216 - In Nawadir of Ibrahim ibn Hashim, it is narrated that Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) was asked about a man who violently assaulted a woman or a woman who violently assaulted her husband, and one of them ended up killing the other. Imam (as) said: "There is nothing upon either of them if they are considered trustworthy. However, if they are suspected, they must swear an oath by Allah (swt) that they did not intend to kill."

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Hadith.5217 - Dawud ibn Sirhan narrated from Abu Abdullah (as) regarding two men who killed another man. Imam (as) said: "If the heirs of the murdered person wish to pay the blood money (diyyah) and execute both of them, they may kill them both."

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Hadith.5218 - Samaah narrated from Abu Basir from Abu Jafar Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (as) regarding the saying of Allah (swt), the Almighty and Majestic: "But if any remission is made by the brother of the slain, then grant [him] a suitable follow-up" (Surah Al-Baqarah 2:178). I asked: "What is that 'remission'?" Imam (as) said: "It is when a person accepts the blood money (diyyah). Allah (swt), the Almighty and Majestic, commanded the one who has the right (the victim's heir) to pursue it in a good manner and not to make it difficult, and He (swt) commanded the one who owes the blood money not to wrong him and to pay it with kindness when he becomes able to do so." I then asked: "What about Allah's (swt) saying: 'But whoever transgresses after that will have a painful punishment'?" (Surah Al-Baqarah 2:178). Imam (as) said: "This refers to the person who accepts the blood money or agrees to a settlement and then later comes back to mutilate or kill (the killer). Allah (swt), the Almighty and Majestic, has promised him a painful punishment."

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Hadith.5219 - Dawud ibn Sirhan narrated from Abu Abdullah (as) regarding a man who was carrying goods on his head and accidentally struck a person, causing death or breaking something. Imam (as) said: "He is not held liable (ma'mun)."

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Hadith.5220 - Muhammad ibn Aslam narrated from Ali ibn Abi Hamzah from Abu Al-Hasan Imam Musa ibn Jafar Al-Kadhim (as), who said: I asked Imam (as): "May I be your ransom! A man was killed, whether intentionally or accidentally, and he had debts and wealth. His heirs wanted to pardon the killer. What is the ruling?" Imam (as) said: "If they pardon his blood, they are responsible for paying his debts." I asked: "What if they wish to execute the killer?" Imam (as) said: "If he is killed intentionally, his killer is to be executed, and the Imam will pay his debt from the gharimin (debtors) portion of the public treasury (Bayt Al-Mal)." I asked: "If he was killed intentionally and his heirs reconciled with the killer for blood money (diyyah), who is responsible for the debt? Is it upon his heirs from the blood money or upon the Imam of the Muslims?" Imam (as) replied: "Rather, they must pay his debt from the diyyah they accepted in the settlement because he is more entitled to his blood money than anyone else."

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Hadith.5221 - In the narration of Ibn Bukayr, Abu Abdullah (as) said: "Whoever intentionally kills with anything, whether small or large, is subject to retribution (qiṣaṣ)."

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Hadith.5222 - Al-Bazanti narrated from Abdullah ibn Sinan from Abu Abdullah (as) regarding a man who struck another man on the head with a stick, causing his speech to become impaired. Imam (as) said: "He should be tested with the letters of the Arabic alphabet. For the letters he can articulate clearly, there is no liability. But for the letters he cannot pronounce clearly, there is blood money (diyyah) due for each, and the total is twenty-eight letters."

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