Hadith.5308 - Al-Hasan ibn Mahbub narrated from Malik ibn Atiyyah from his father from Salamah ibn Kuhayl who said: A man who had killed another man by mistake was brought to Commander of the Faithful Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (as). Imam Ali (as) asked him: "Who are your relatives and kin?" The man replied: "I have no relatives or kin in this town." Imam Ali (as) then asked: "From which town are you?" The man said: "I am a man from Mosul. I was born there and have relatives and family there." Imam Ali (as) inquired about him but found that he had no relatives or kin in Kufa. So, Imam Ali (as) wrote to his governor in Mosul: "After the greeting, so-and-so (mentioning his name and description) has killed a Muslim man by mistake. He claims that he is a man from Mosul and has relatives and family there. I have sent him to you with my messenger (mentioning his name and description). When they arrive, God willing, and you read my letter, investigate his situation and inquire about his Muslim relatives. If he indeed belongs to Mosul, was born there, and you find that he has relatives among the Muslims, gather them together. Then, if there is a man among them who inherits from him with a rightful share in the Book (of Allah (swt)) and is not barred from his inheritance by any other relative, obligate him to pay the blood money (diyyah) over the course of three years. If the deceased has a relative who is entitled to inherit according to the Book (Qur'an), then obligate that heir to pay the blood money (diyyah) over three years. However, if he has no relative entitled to inheritance from his family, and his relatives are equal in lineage, then distribute the blood money (diyyah) equally among his paternal and maternal male relatives who are adults and Muslims. Assign two-thirds of the blood money to his paternal relatives and one-third to his maternal relatives. If he has no maternal relatives, distribute the entire blood money among his paternal male relatives who are adults and Muslims. Collect the blood money from them over three years. If he has neither paternal nor maternal relatives, distribute the blood money among the people of Mosul who were born and raised there, and do not include anyone else from other regions. Collect the amount from them over three years in annual instalments until the full amount is paid, God willing. However, if so-and-so has no relatives in Mosul and is not from its people, and his claim is false, then send him back to me with my messenger, so-and-so, God willing. I am his guardian and responsible for paying his blood money, and the blood of a Muslim cannot be disregarded."

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Hadith.5309 - Al-Hasan ibn Mahbub narrated from Abu Walad, from Abu Abdullah (as) said: "There is no mutual liability among the People of the Covenant (Ahl Al-Dhimma) regarding crimes they commit, whether it be murder or bodily injury. Such compensation is taken from their wealth. If they have no wealth, the responsibility for the crime returns to the leader of the Muslims because they pay the jizyah tax to him just as a slave pays a tax to his master." Imam (as) further stated: "They are under the authority of the Imam, and whoever among them embraces Islam becomes free."

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Hadith.5310 - Al-Hasan ibn Mahbub narrated from Abu Ayyub, from Muhammad ibn Muslim, from Abu Ja'far Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (as) said: "Commander of the Faithful (as) would assign the liability for the offense committed by a mentally impaired person (ma'tooh) to his family (Aqilah), whether it was accidental or intentional."

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Hadith.5311 - Commander of the Faithful (as) said: "The Aqilah (the male relatives responsible for blood money) is only liable for what has been established by evidence. If a man came to him and confessed (to a crime), he made its compensation from his own wealth specifically and did not place any responsibility on his Aqilah for it."

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Hadith.5312 - Al-Hasan ibn Mahbub narrated from Ali ibn Abi Hamzah, from Abu Basir, from Abu Jafar Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (as) who said: "The Aqilah (male relatives responsible for blood money) is not liable for intentional acts, nor for confessions, nor for settlements."

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Hadith.5313 - Al-Alaʾ narrated from Muhammad Al-Halabi who said: I asked Abu Abdullah (as) about a man who struck another man's head with a pickaxe, causing his eyes to fall onto his cheeks. The injured man then attacked his assailant and killed him. Abu Abdullah (as) said: "Both of them were aggressors. Therefore, I do not see that the one who killed the man should face retaliation because he killed him while he was blind, and the crime of a blind person is considered a mistake. His blood money (diyyah) is the responsibility of his Aqilah (male relatives responsible for blood money), to be paid over three years, with one-third paid each year. If the blind man has no Aqilah, the compensation must be paid from his own wealth over three years. Moreover, the blind man has the right to claim the blood money for his eyes from the heirs of his attacker."

Translation: Bab Ul Qaim Publications — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.