Children & Parenting

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ وَ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولَانِ‌ بَيْنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ ع فِي مَجْلِسِ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع إِذْ أَقْبَلَ قَوْمٌ فَقَالُوا يَا أَبَا مُحَمَّدٍ أَرَدْنَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع قَالَ وَ مَا حَاجَتُكُمْ قَالُوا أَرَدْنَا أَنْ نَسْأَلَهُ عَنْ مَسْأَلَةٍ قَالَ وَ مَا هِيَ تُخْبِرُونَا بِهَا فَقَالُوا امْرَأَةٌ جَامَعَهَا زَوْجُهَا فَلَمَّا قَامَ عَنْهَا قَامَتْ بِحُمُوَّتِهَا[1]

A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Khalid, from Amro Bin Usman, and from his father, altogether from Haroun Bin Al Jahm, from Muhammad Bin Muslim who said, ‘I heard Abu Ja’far asws and Abu Abdullah asws both saying: ‘Whilst Al-Hassan Bin Ali asws was in a gathering of Amir Al-Momineen asws , when a

دَعَانَا زِيَادٌ فَقَالَ إِنَّ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ‌[2] كَتَبَ إِلَيَّ أَنْ أَسْأَلَكَ عَنْ هَذِهِ الْمَسْأَلَةِ فَقُلْتُ وَ مَا هِيَ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ أَتَى امْرَأَةً فَاحْتَمَلَتْ مَاءَهُ فَسَاحَقَتْ بِهِ جَارِيَةً فَحَمَلَتْ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ فَسَلْ عَنْهَا أَهْلَ الْمَدِينَةِ قَالَ فَأَلْقَى إِلَيَّ كِتَاباً فَإِذَا فِيهِ سَلْ عَنْهَا جَعْفَرَ بْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ فَإِنْ أَجَابَكَ وَ إِلَّا فَاحْمِلْهُ إِلَيَّ قَالَ فَقُلْت

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Hammad Bin Isa, from Ali Bin Abu Hamza, from Is’haq Bin Ammar, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘Ziyad called us and said that, ‘The commander of the faithful (the caliph Mansour) has written to me that I should ask around about this question’. So I said,

لِرَجُلٍ يَا ابْنَ الْفَاعِلَةِ يَعْنِي الزِّنَى قَالَ فَإِنْ كَانَتْ أُمُّهُ حَيَّةً شَاهِدَةً ثُمَ‌ جَاءَتْ تَطْلُبُ حَقَّهَا ضُرِبَ ثَمَانِينَ جَلْدَةً وَ إِنْ كَانَتْ غَائِبَةً انْتُظِرَ بِهَا حَتَّى تَقْدَمَ فَتَطْلُبَ حَقَّهَا وَ إِنْ كَانَتْ قَدْ مَاتَتْ وَ لَمْ يُعْلَمْ مِنْهَا إِلَّا خَيْرٌ ضُرِبَ الْمُفْتَرِي عَلَيْهَا الْحَدَّ ثَمَانِينَ جَلْدَةً.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, and Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, altogether from Ibn Mahboub, from Al Hakam Al A’ama and Hisham Bin Salim, from Ammar Al Sabaty, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws regarding a man who said to a man, ‘O son of the done with’, meaning the adultery. He asws said

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ ع عَنِ امْرَأَةٍ زَنَتْ فَأَتَتْ بِوَلَدٍ وَ أَقَرَّتْ عِنْدَ إِمَامِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ بِأَنَّهَا زَنَتْ وَ أَنَّ وَلَدَهَا ذَلِكَ مِنَ الزِّنَى فَأُقِيمَ عَلَيْهَا الْحَدُّ وَ إِنَّ ذَلِكَ الْوَلَدَ نَشَأَ حَتَّى صَارَ رَجُلًا فَافْتَرَى عَلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ هَلْ يُجْلَدُ مَنِ افْتَرَى عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ يُجْلَدُ وَ لَا يُجْلَدُ فَقُلْتُ كَيْفَ يُجْلَدُ وَ لَا يُجْلَدُ فَقَالَ

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Amro Bin Usman Al Khazaz, from Al Fazl Bin Ismail Al Hashimy, from his father who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah asws and Abu Al-Hassan asws about a woman who committed adultery, so she came with a child, and accepted in the presence of an Imam of the Muslims, of her having committed

سُئِلَ عَنِ ابْنِ الْمَغْصُوبَةِ يَفْتَرِي عَلَيْهِ الرَّجُلُ فَيَقُولُ يَا ابْنَ الْفَاعِلَةِ فَقَالَ أَرَى أَنَّ عَلَيْهِ الْحَدَّ ثَمَانِينَ جَلْدَةً وَ يَتُوبُ إِلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ مِمَّا قَالَ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Mahboub, from Abu Ayoub, from Hareyz, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws , said, ‘He asws was asked about a son of the raped woman, the man having fabricated against her, so he was saying, ‘O son of the (sexually) active’. So he asws said: ‘I asws view that upon him

فِي رَجُلٍ قَالَ لِرَجُلٍ يَا ابْنَ الْفَاعِلَةِ يَعْنِي الزِّنَى قَالَ إِنْ كَانَتْ أُمُّهُ حَيَّةً شَاهِدَةً ثُمَّ جَاءَتْ تَطْلُبُ حَقَّهَا ضُرِبَ ثَمَانِينَ‌ جَلْدَةً وَ إِنْ كَانَتْ غَائِبَةً انْتُظِرَ بِهَا حَتَّى تَقْدَمَ فَتَطْلُبَ حَقَّهَا وَ إِنْ كَانَتْ قَدْ مَاتَتْ وَ لَمْ يُعْلَمْ مِنْهَا إِلَّا خَيْرٌ ضُرِبَ الْمُفْتَرِي عَلَيْهَا الْحَدَّ ثَمَانِينَ جَلْدَةً[1].

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Mahboub, from Al Hakam Al A’ama and Hisham Bin Salim, from Ammar Al Sabaty, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said regarding a man who said to a man, ‘O son of the (sexually) active’, meaning the adultery. He asws said: ‘If his mother was alive, present, the

كَانَ عَلَى عَهْدِ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع رَجُلَانِ مُتَوَاخِيَانِ فِي اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَمَاتَ أَحَدُهُمَا وَ أَوْصَى إِلَى الْآخَرِ فِي حِفْظِ بُنَيَّةٍ كَانَتْ لَهُ فَحَفِظَهَا الرَّجُلُ وَ أَنْزَلَهَا مَنْزِلَةَ وَلَدِهِ فِي اللُّطْفِ وَ الْإِكْرَامِ وَ التَّعَاهُدِ ثُمَّ حَضَرَهُ سَفَرٌ فَخَرَجَ وَ أَوْصَى امْرَأَتَهُ فِي الصَّبِيَّةِ فَأَطَالَ السَّفَرَ حَتَّى إِذَا أَدْرَكَتِ الصَّبِيَّةُ وَ كَانَ لَهَ

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Muhammad Bin Isa Bin Ubeyd, from Yunus, from one of his companions, raising it, said, ‘It was in the era of Amir Al-Momineen, two men had established brotherhood between themselves for the Sake of Allah azwj Mighty and Majestic. So, one of the two died and bequeathed to the other regarding the pro

يُحَدُّ قَاذِفُ اللَّقِيطِ وَ يُحَدُّ قَاذِفُ ابْنِ الْمُلَاعَنَةِ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, form Ibn Mahboub, from one of his companions, Abu Abdullah asws has said: ‘The slanderer of the bastard would be penalised (by the Penalty ( Hadd )), and the slanderer of the son of a woman cursed by her husband would be penalised (by the Penalty ( Hadd ))’.

النَّصْرَانِيَّةُ وَ الْيَهُودِيَّةُ تَكُونُ تَحْتَ الْمُسْلِمِ فَتُجْلَدُ فَيُقْذَفُ ابْنُهَا قَالَ تُضْرَبُ حَدّاً لِأَنَّ الْمُسْلِمَ حَصَّنَهَا.

Al Husayn Bin Muhammad, from Moala Bin Muhammad, from Al Washa, from Aban, from Abdul Rahman Bin Abu Abdullah, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws , said: ‘If a Christian woman, and/or the Jewish woman are under the Muslim man (married to him), so if she is subjected to Penality, and (if) he slanders her son?

يُرَدُّ إِلَيْهِ الْوَلَدُ وَ لَا يُجْلَدُ لِأَنَّهُ قَدْ مَضَى التَّلَاعُنُ.

A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Abu Nasr, from Abdul Kareem, from Al Halby, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws regarding a man who cursed his wife, and she was pregnant. Then he called her child, after it had been born, and alleged that it was from him’. He asws s

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ع عَنْ رَجُلٍ قَذَفَ ابْنَهُ بِالزِّنَى قَالَ لَوْ قَتَلَهُ مَا قُتِلَ بِهِ وَ إِنْ قَذَفَهُ لَمْ يُجْلَدْ لَهُ قُلْتُ فَإِنْ قَذَفَ أَبُوهُ أُمَّهُ فَقَالَ إِنْ قَذَفَهَا وَ انْتَفَى مِنْ وَلَدِهَا تَلَاعَنَا وَ لَمْ يُلْزَمْ ذَلِكَ الْوَلَدَ الَّذِي انْتَفَى مِنْهُ وَ فُرِّقَ بَيْنَهُمَا وَ لَمْ تَحِلَّ لَهُ أَبَداً قَالَ وَ إِنْ كَانَ قَالَ لِابْنِهِ وَ أُمُّهُ حَيَّةٌ يَا ابْنَ الزَّانِيَة

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Mahboub, from Al A’ala Bin Razeyn, from Muhammad Bin Muslim who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah asws about a man who accused his son with the adultery. He asws said: ‘Had he (father) killed him, he would not be killed due to it, and if he has accused him, he would not be whipped f

فِي شَارِبِ الْخَمْرِ إِذَا شَرِبَ ضُرِبَ فَإِنْ عَادَ ضُرِبَ فَإِنْ عَادَ قُتِلَ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ قَالَ جَمِيلٌ وَ رَوَى بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِنَا أَنَّهُ يُقْتَلُ فِي الرَّابِعَةِ قَالَ ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ كَانَ الْمَعْنَى أَنْ يُقْتَلَ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ وَ مَنْ كَانَ إِنَّمَا يُؤْتَى‌[1] بِهِ يُقْتَلُ فِي الرَّابِعَةِ.

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ع عَنْ قَوْمٍ اصْطَحَبُوا فِي سَفَرٍ رُفَقَاءَ فَسَرَقَ بَعْضُهُمْ مَتَاعَ بَعْضٍ فَقَالَ هَذَا خَائِنٌ لَا يُقْطَعُ وَ لَكِنْ يُتْبَعُ بِسَرِقَتِهِ وَ خِيَانَتِهِ قِيلَ لَهُ فَإِنْ سَرَقَ مِنْ مَنْزِلِ أَبِيهِ فَقَالَ لَا يُقْطَعُ لِأَنَّ ابْنَ الرَّجُلِ لَا يُحْجَبُ عَنِ الدُّخُولِ إِلَى مَنْزِلِ أَبِيهِ هَذَا خَائِنٌ وَ كَذَلِكَ إِنْ سَرَقَ مِنْ مَنْزِلِ أَخِيهِ وَ أُخْتِهِ إِذَا كَانَ يَدْ

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Mahboub, from Abu Ayoub, from Abu Baseer who said, ‘I asked Abu Ja’far asws about a group of people who accompany each other on a journey of friends, so one of them steals the belongings of the other. So he asws said: ‘This is treachery, he would not be cut, but he would be fo

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنِ الصَّبِيِّ يَسْرِقُ قَالَ يُعْفَى عَنْهُ مَرَّةً وَ مَرَّتَيْنِ وَ يُعَزَّرُ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ فَإِنْ عَادَ قُطِعَتْ أَطْرَافُ أَصَابِعِهِ فَإِنْ عَادَ قُطِعَ أَسْفَلُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ‌[1].

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Muhammad Bin Isa Bin Ubeyd, from Yunus, from Abdullah Bin Sinan who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah asws about the child who steals. He asws said: ‘He would be excused from it once, and twice, and he would be rebuked during the third. So if he repeats, a bit of his finger would be cut. So if he repeat

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الصَّبِيِّ يَسْرِقُ قَالَ إِذَا سَرَقَ مَرَّةً وَ هُوَ صَغِيرٌ عُفِيَ عَنْهُ فَإِنْ عَادَ عُفِيَ عَنْهُ فَإِنْ عَادَ قُطِعَ بَنَانُهُ فَإِنْ عَادَ قُطِعَ أَسْفَلُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ.

Abu Ali Al Ashary, from Muhammad Bin Abdul Jabbar, from Safwan, from Al A’ala Bin Razeyn, from Muhammad Bin Muslim, (It has been narrated) from one of the two (5 th or 6 th Imam asws ), said, ‘I asked him asws about the child who steals. He asws said: ‘When he steals once and he is small, he would be excused from it. S

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي إِبْرَاهِيمَ ع الصِّبْيَانُ إِذَا أُتِيَ بِهِمْ عَلِيٌّ ع قَطَعَ أَنَامِلَهُمْ مِنْ أَيْنَ قَطَعَ فَقَالَ مِنَ الْمَفْصِلِ مَفْصِلِ الْأَنَامِلِ.

From him, from Safwan, from Is’haq Bin Ammar, said, ‘I said to Abu Ibrahim asws (7 th Imam asws ), ‘The children, when they came with them, Ali asws cut their fingertips from where did he asws cut?’ So he asws said: ‘From the joints, the joints of the fingertips’.

إِذَا سَرَقَ الصَّبِيُّ عُفِيَ عَنْهُ فَإِنْ عَادَ عُزِّرَ فَإِنْ عَادَ قُطِعَ أَطْرَافُ الْأَصَابِعِ فَإِنْ عَادَ قُطِعَ أَسْفَلُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ وَ قَالَ أُتِيَ عَلِيٌّ بِغُلَامٍ يُشَكُّ فِي احْتِلَامِهِ فَقَطَعَ أَطْرَافَ الْأَصَابِعِ.

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 having said: ‘When the child steals, he would be excused from it. So if he repeats, he is rebuked. So if he repeats, the ends of the fingers are cut. So if he repeats, he would be cu

يُعْفَى عَنْهُ مَرَّةً فَإِنْ عَادَ قُطِعَتْ أَنَامِلُهُ أَوْ حُكَّتْ حَتَّى تَدْمَى فَإِنْ عَادَ قُطِعَتْ أَصَابِعُهُ فَإِنْ عَادَ قُطِعَ أَسْفَلُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ.

A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad and Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, altogether from Ibn Mahboub, from Abdullah Bin Sinan, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws regarding the child who steals. He asws said: ‘He would be excused from it once. So if he repeats, his fingertips would be

إِذَا سَرَقَ الصَّبِيُّ وَ لَمْ يَحْتَلِمْ قُطِعَتْ أَطْرَافُ أَصَابِعِهِ قَالَ وَ قَالَ [عَلِيٌّ ع‌] لَمْ يَصْنَعْهُ إِلَّا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص وَ أَنَا.

Aban, from Abdul Rahman Bin Abu Abdullah, Abu Abdullah asws has said: ‘When the child steals and he has yet to bed-wet, the ends of his fingers would be cut’. And Ali asws said: ‘It has not been done except by Rasool-Allah saww and myself asws ’.

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ع عَنِ الصَّبِيِّ يَسْرِقُ فَقَالَ إِنْ كَانَ لَهُ تِسْعُ سِنِينَ قُطِعَتْ يَدُهُ وَ لَا يُضَيَّعُ حَدٌّ مِنْ حُدُودِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‌[2].

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Muhammad Bin Al Husayn, from one of his companions, from Al A’la Bin Razeyn, from Muhammad Bin Muslim who said, ‘I asked Abu Ja’far asws about the child who stole, so he asws said: ‘If he was nine years of age, his hand would be cut, and a Penalty ( Hadd ) from the Penalties of Allah azwj would

كُنْتُ عِنْدَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع فَسَأَلَنِي رَجُلٌ مَا فَعَلَ غَرِيمُكَ قُلْتُ ذَاكَ ابْنُ الْفَاعِلَةِ فَنَظَرَ إِلَيَّ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع نَظَراً شَدِيداً قَالَ فَقُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ إِنَّهُ مَجُوسِيٌّ أُمُّهُ أُخْتُهُ فَقَالَ أَ وَ لَيْسَ ذَلِكَ فِي دِينِهِمْ نِكَاحاً.

Ali, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Abu Al Hassan Al Haza’a who said, ‘I was in the presence of Abu Abdullah asws , so a man said to me, ‘What did your creditor do?’ I said, ‘That one is a son of a ‘sexually active (immoral) woman’ . So Abu Abdullah asws looked at me with a harsh look. So I said, ‘May I be s

قَضَى أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع فِي رَجُلٍ دَعَا آخَرَ ابْنَ الْمَجْنُونِ فَقَالَ لَهُ الْآخَرُ أَنْتَ ابْنُ الْمَجْنُونِ فَأَمَرَ الْأَوَّلَ أَنْ يَجْلِدَ صَاحِبَهُ عِشْرِينَ جَلْدَةً وَ قَالَ لَهُ اعْلَمْ أَنَّهُ مُسْتَحِقٌّ مِثْلَهَا عِشْرِينَ‌[1] فَلَمَّا جَلَدَهُ أَعْطَى الْمَجْلُودَ السَّوْطَ فَجَلَدَهُ نَكَالًا يُنَكِّلُ بِهِمَا.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Salih Bin Al Sindy, from Ja’far Bin Basheer, from Al Husayn Bin Abu Al A’la, from Abu Makhlad Al Sarraj, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘Amir Al-Momineen asws judged regarding a man who called another, ‘Son of the insane’. So the other one said to him, ‘You are a son of

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يَقْذِفُ الرَّجُلَ بِالزِّنَى فَيَعْفُو عَنْهُ وَ يَجْعَلُهُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ فِي حِلٍّ ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ بَعْدُ يَبْدُو لَهُ فِي أَنْ يُقَدِّمَهُ حَتَّى يَجْلِدَهُ قَالَ فَقَالَ لَيْسَ لَهُ حَدٌّ بَعْدَ الْعَفْوِ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ أَ رَأَيْتَ إِنْ هُوَ قَالَ يَا ابْنَ الزَّانِيَةِ فَعَفَا عَنْهُ وَ تَرَكَ ذَلِكَ لِلَّهِ فَقَالَ إِنْ كَانَتْ أُمُّهُ حَيَّةً فَلَيْسَ لَهُ أَنْ يَعْفُو

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع- لَوْ أَنَّ رَجُلًا قَالَ لِرَجُلٍ يَا ابْنَ الْفَاعِلَةِ يَعْنِي الزِّنَى وَ كَانَ لِلْمَقْذُوفِ أَخٌ لِأَبِيهِ وَ أُمِّهِ فَعَفَا أَحَدُهُمَا عَنِ الْقَاذِفِ وَ أَرَادَ أَحَدُهُمَا أَنْ يُقَدِّمَهُ إِلَى الْوَالِي وَ يَجْلِدَهُ أَ كَانَ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ أَ لَيْسَ أُمُّهُ هِيَ أُمَّ الَّذِي عَفَا قُلْتُ نَعَمْ ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنَّ الْعَفْوَ إِلَيْهِمَا جَمِيعاً إِذَا كَانَتْ أُمُّهُمَ

Ali Bin Ibrahim, form his father and Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, altogether from Al Hassan Bin Mahboub, from Hisham Bin Salim, from Ammar Al Sabaty who said, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah asws , ‘If a man says to a man, ‘O son of the ‘sexually active’, meaning the adultery, and for the slandered one

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ع عَنِ الْمُرْتَدِّ فَقَالَ مَنْ رَغِبَ عَنِ الْإِسْلَامِ وَ كَفَرَ بِمَا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ ص بَعْدَ إِسْلَامِهِ فَلَا تَوْبَةَ لَهُ وَ قَدْ وَجَبَ قَتْلُهُ وَ بَانَتْ مِنْهُ امْرَأَتُهُ وَ يُقْسَمُ مَا تَرَكَ عَلَى وُلْدِهِ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father and a number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziiyad, altogether from Ibn Mahboub, from Al A’ala Bin Razeyn, from Muhammad Bin Muslim who said, ‘I asked Abu Ja’far asws about the apostate, so he asws said: ‘The one who aspires away from Al-Islam and rejects with what Allah azwj Revealed

لَا يُتْرَكُ وَ ذَلِكَ إِذَا كَانَ أَحَدُ أَبَوَيْهِ نَصْرَانِيّاً.

A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Al Husayn Bin Saeed, from Al nazar Bin Suweyd, from Al Qasim Bin Suleyman, from Ubeyd Bin Zurara, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws regarding the child who chose the Polytheism, and he is among his two parents. He asws said: ‘He would not be

لَا يُتْرَكُ وَ لَكِنْ يُضْرَبُ عَلَى الْإِسْلَامِ.

Humeyd Bin Ziyad, from Al Hassan Bin Muhammad Bin Sama’at, from someone else from his companions, from Aban Bin Usman, from one of his companions, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws regarding the child, when he becomes a youth, so he chooses the Christianity, and one of his parents is a Christian, or they ar

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ مُسْلِمٍ تَنَصَّرَ قَالَ يُقْتَلُ وَ لَا يُسْتَتَابُ قُلْتُ فَنَصْرَانِيٌّ أَسْلَمَ ثُمَّ ارْتَدَّ عَنِ الْإِسْلَامِ قَالَ يُسْتَتَابُ فَإِنْ رَجَعَ وَ إِلَّا قُتِلَ‌[2].

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Al Amraky Bin Ali Al Neysabouri, (It has been narrated) from Ali son of Ja’far asws , from his brother asws Abu Al-Hassan asws , said, ‘I asked him asws about a Muslim who became a Christian. He asws said: ‘He would be killed, and would not be told to repent’. I said, ‘So if a Christian became

أُتِيَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع بِزِنْدِيقٍ فَضَرَبَ عِلَاوَتَهُ فَقِيلَ لَهُ إِنَّ لَهُ مَالًا كَثِيراً فَلِمَنْ يُجْعَلُ مَالُهُ قَالَ لِوُلْدِهِ وَ لِوَرَثَتِهِ وَ لِزَوْجَتِهِ.

A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Muhammad Bin Al Hassan Bin Shamoun, from Abdullah Bin Abdul Rahman, from Misma’a Bin Abdul Mallik, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘They came to Amir Al-Momineen asws with an atheist, so he asws struck his neck. So it was said to him asws

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ امْرَأَةٍ ذَاتِ بَعْلٍ زَنَتْ فَحَبِلَتْ فَلَمَّا وَلَدَتْ قَتَلَتْ وَلَدَهَا سِرّاً قَالَ تُجْلَدُ مِائَةَ [جَلْدَةٍ] لِقَتْلِهَا وَلَدَهَا وَ تُرْجَمُ لِأَنَّهَا مُحْصَنَةٌ قَالَ وَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ امْرَأَةٍ غَيْرِ ذَاتِ بَعْلٍ زَنَتْ فَحَبِلَتْ فَقَتَلَتْ وَلَدَهَا سِرّاً قَالَ تُجْلَدُ مِائَةً لِأَنَّهَا زَنَتْ وَ تُجْلَدُ مِائَةً لِأَنَّهَا قَتَلَتْ وَلَدَهَا.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Muhammad Bin Al Husayn, from Muhammad Bin Aslam Al Jabaly, form Aasim Bin Humeyd, from Muhammad Bin Qays, (The narrator) says, ‘I asked Abu Ja’far asws about a woman who was with a husband, committed adultery, so she became pregnant. So when she gave birth, she killer her child secretly. He asw

مَنْ أَقَرَّ بِوَلَدٍ ثُمَّ نَفَاهُ جُلِدَ الْحَدَّ وَ أُلْزِمَ الْوَلَدَ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Al Nowfaly, from Al Sakuny, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws that Amir Al-Momineen asws said: ‘The one who confesses with (ownership of) a child, then denies it, would be whipped the Penalty ( Hadd ), and the child would be enforced upon him’.

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع أَخْبِرْنِي عَنِ الْقَوَّادِ مَا حَدُّهُ قَالَ لَا حَدَّ عَلَى الْقَوَّادِ أَ لَيْسَ إِنَّمَا يُعْطَى الْأَجْرَ عَلَى أَنْ يَقُودَ قُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ إِنَّمَا يَجْمَعُ بَيْنَ الذَّكَرِ وَ الْأُنْثَى حَرَاماً قَالَ ذَاكَ الْمُؤَلِّفُ بَيْنَ الذَّكَرِ وَ الْأُنْثَى حَرَاماً فَقُلْتُ هُوَ ذَاكَ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ قَالَ يُضْرَبُ ثَلَاثَةَ أَرْبَاعِ حَدِّ الزَّانِي خَمْسَةً وَ سَبْعِينَ

Ali, from his father, from Muhammad Bin Suleyman, from Abdullah Bin Sinan who said, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah asws , ‘Inform me about the pimp, what is his Penalty ( Hadd )?’ He asws said: ‘There is no Penalty ( Hadd ) upon the pimp. Is it not, rather, he is given the wages upon what he procures?’ I said, ‘May I be sacri

قُلْتُ لَهُ الرَّجُلُ يَنْتَفِي مِنْ وَلَدِهِ وَ قَدْ أَقَرَّ بِهِ فَقَالَ إِنْ كَانَ الْوَلَدُ مِنْ حُرَّةٍ جُلِدَ الْحَدَّ خَمْسِينَ سَوْطاً حَدَّ الْمَمْلُوكِ وَ إِنْ كَانَ مِنْ أَمَةٍ فَلَا شَيْ‌ءَ عَلَيْهِ.

Muhammad Bin yahya, from Muhammad Bin Ahmad, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Muhammad Bin Sinan, from Al A’la Bin Al Fuzayl, (The narrator) says, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah asws , ‘The man denies from his child, and he had previously acknowledge with it. So he asws said: ‘If the child was from a free woman, he would be whippe

كُنْتُ وَاقِفاً عَلَى رَأْسِ أَبِي حِينَ أَتَاهُ رَسُولُ زِيَادِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ الْحَارِثِيِّ عَامِلِ الْمَدِينَةِ قَالَ يَقُولُ لَكَ الْأَمِيرُ انْهَضْ إِلَيَّ فَاعْتَلَّ بِعِلَّةٍ فَعَادَ إِلَيْهِ الرَّسُولُ فَقَالَ لَهُ قَدْ أَمَرْتُ أَنْ يُفْتَحَ لَكَ بَابُ الْمَقْصُورَةِ فَهُوَ أَقْرَبُ لِخُطْوَتِكَ قَالَ فَنَهَضَ أَبِي وَ اعْتَمَدَ عَلَيَّ وَ دَخَلَ عَلَى الْوَالِي وَ قَدْ جَمَعَ فُقَهَاءَ الْمَدِينَةِ ك

A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Ali Bin Asbaat, (It has been narrated) from Ali son of Ja’far asws who said, ‘My brother asws Musa asws said: ‘I asws was standing next to the head of my asws father asws , when a messenger of Ziyad Bin Ubeydulla, the governor of Al-Medina came over. He said, ‘The c

إِنَّ رَجُلًا مِنْ هُذَيْلٍ كَانَ يَسُبُّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ النَّبِيَّ ص فَقَالَ مَنْ لِهَذَا فَقَامَ رَجُلَانِ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ فَقَالا نَحْنُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَانْطَلَقَا حَتَّى أَتَيَا عَرَبَةَ[1] فَسَأَلَا عَنْهُ فَإِذَا هُوَ يَتَلَقَّى غَنَمَهُ فَلَحِقَاهُ بَيْنَ أَهْلِهِ وَ غَنَمِهِ فَلَمْ يُسَلِّمَا عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ مَنْ أَنْتُمَا وَ مَا اسْمُكُمَا فَقَالا لَهُ أَنْتَ فُلَانُ بْنُ فُلَانٍ

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Hammad Bin Isa, from Rabie, from Muhammad Bin Muslim, Abu Ja’far asws has said: ‘A man from Huzayl insulted Rasool-Allah saww . So that reached the Prophet saww , so he saww said: ‘Who is for this one?’ So two men from the Helpers stood up, so they both said, ‘Us, O Rasool-Allah s

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع فِي أَدَبِ الصَّبِيِّ وَ الْمَمْلُوكِ فَقَالَ خَمْسَةٌ أَوْ سِتَّةٌ وَ ارْفُقْ.

Al Husayn Bin Muhammad, from Moala Bin Muhammad, from Al Hassan Bin Ali, from Hammad Bin Usman who said, ‘I spoke to Abu Abdullah asws regarding disiplining of the child and the owned (slave), so he asws said: ‘Five, or six, and be kind’.

أَنَّ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع أَلْقَى صِبْيَانُ الْكُتَّابِ أَلْوَاحَهُمْ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ لِيَخِيرَ بَيْنَهُمْ فَقَالَ أَمَا إِنَّهَا حُكُومَةٌ وَ الْجَوْرُ فِيهَا كَالْجَوْرِ فِي الْحُكْمِ أَبْلِغُوا مُعَلِّمَكُمْ إِنْ ضَرَبَكُمْ فَوْقَ ثَلَاثِ ضَرَبَاتٍ فِي الْأَدَبِ اقْتُصَّ مِنْهُ.

And by this chain, ‘Amir Al-Momineen asws - two children threw their books and their tablets in front of him asws in order for him asws to choose between them. So he asws said: ‘But it is a judgement, and the tyranny in it is like the tyranny in the judgement. Deliver (what I asws am saying) to your teacher that if he

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع مَا مَعْنَى قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ- مِنْ أَجْلِ ذلِكَ كَتَبْنا عَلى‌ بَنِي إِسْرائِيلَ أَنَّهُ مَنْ قَتَلَ نَفْساً بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ‌ أَوْ فَسادٍ فِي الْأَرْضِ‌ فَكَأَنَّما قَتَلَ النَّاسَ جَمِيعاً[1] قَالَ قُلْتُ وَ كَيْفَ فَكَأَنَّمَا قَتَلَ النَّاسَ جَمِيعاً فَإِنَّمَا قَتَلَ وَاحِداً فَقَالَ يُوضَعُ فِي مَوْضِعٍ مِنْ جَهَنَّمَ إِلَيْهِ يَنْتَهِي شِدَّةُ عَذَابِ أَهْلِهَا لَوْ قَتَلَ

Ali BIin Ibrahim narrated to me, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Ali Bin Uqba, from Abu Khalid Al Qammat, from Humran who said, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah asws , ‘What is the Meaning of the Words of Allah azwj Mighty and Majestic [5:32] For this reason did We Prescribe to the Children of Israel that whoever slay

قَالَ لِي أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يُخَالِفُ يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قُضَاتَكُمْ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ هَاتِ شَيْئاً مِمَّا اخْتَلَفُوا فِيهِ قُلْتُ اقْتَتَلَ غُلَامَانِ فِي الرَّحَبَةِ فَعَضَّ أَحَدُهُمَا صَاحِبَهُ فَعَمَدَ الْمَعْضُوضُ إِلَى حَجَرٍ فَضَرَبَ بِهِ رَأْسَ صَاحِبِهِ الَّذِي عَضَّهُ فَشَجَّهُ فَكُزَّ فَمَاتَ فَرُفِعَ ذَلِكَ إِلَى يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ فَأَقَادَهُ فَعَظُمَ ذَلِكَ عَلَى ابْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى وَ ابْ

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Safwan and Abu Ali Al Ashary, from Muhammad Bin Abdul Jabbar, from Safwan, altogether fro, Abdul Rahman Bin Al Hajjaj who said, ‘Abu Abdullah asws said to me: ‘Does Yahya Bin Saeed oppose your judges?’ I said, ‘Yes’. He asws said: ‘Give me something from what h

سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ أَبِي لَيْلَى يَقُولُ‌ كَانَتِ الدِّيَةُ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ مِائَةً مِنَ الْإِبِلِ فَأَقَرَّهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ فَرَضَ عَلَى أَهْلِ الْبَقَرِ مِائَتَيْ بَقَرَةٍ وَ فَرَضَ عَلَى أَهْلِ الشَّاةِ أَلْفَ شَاةٍ ثَنِيَّةٍ[1] وَ عَلَى أَهْلِ الذَّهَبِ أَلْفَ دِينَارٍ وَ عَلَى أَهْلِ الْوَرِقِ عَشَرَةَ آلَافِ دِرْهَمٍ وَ عَلَى أَهْلِ الْيَمَنِ الْحُلَلَ مِائَةَ حُلَّةٍ قَالَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ

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

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع‌ فِي الْخَطَإِ شِبْهِ الْعَمْدِ أَنْ يَقْتُلَ بِالسَّوْطِ أَوْ بِالْعَصَا أَوْ بِالْحِجَارَةِ إِنَّ دِيَةَ ذَلِكَ تُغَلَّظُ وَ هِيَ مِائَةٌ مِنَ الْإِبِلِ فِيهَا أَرْبَعُونَ خَلِفَةً [مَا] بَيْنَ ثَنِيَّةٍ إِلَى بَازِلِ عَامِهَا[1] وَ ثَلَاثُونَ حِقَّةً وَ ثَلَاثُونَ بِنْتَ لَبُونٍ- وَ الْخَطَأُ يَكُونُ فِيهِ ثَلَاثُونَ حِقَّةً وَ ثَلَاثُونَ ابْنَ

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 i

هِيَ مِائَةٌ مِنَ الْإِبِلِ وَ لَيْسَ فِيهَا دَنَانِيرُ وَ لَا دَرَاهِمُ وَ لَا غَيْرُ ذَلِكَ قَالَ ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ فَقُلْتُ لِجَمِيلٍ هَلْ لِلْإِبِلِ أَسْنَانٌ مَعْرُوفَةٌ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ ثَلَاثٌ وَ ثَلَاثُونَ حِقَّةً وَ ثَلَاثٌ وَ ثَلَاثُونَ جَذَعَةً وَ أَرْبَعٌ وَ ثَلَاثُونَ ثَنِيَّةً إِلَى بَازِلِ عَامِهَا كُلُّهَا خَلِفَةٌ إِلَى بَازِلِ عَامِهَا قَالَ رَوَى ذَلِكَ بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْهُمَا وَ زَادَ عَلِي

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 t

كُنْتُ شَاهِداً عِنْدَ الْبَيْتِ الْحَرَامِ وَ رَجُلٌ يُنَادِي بِأَبِي جَعْفَرٍ الْمَنْصُورِ وَ هُوَ يَطُوفُ وَ يَقُولُ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِنَّ هَذَيْنِ الرَّجُلَيْنِ طَرَقَا أَخِي لَيْلًا فَأَخْرَجَاهُ مِنْ مَنْزِلِهِ فَلَمْ يَرْجِعْ إِلَيَّ وَ اللَّهِ مَا أَدْرِي مَا صَنَعَا بِهِ فَقَالَ لَهُمَا مَا صَنَعْتُمَا بِهِ فَقَالا يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ كَلَّمْنَاهُ فَرَجَعَ إِلَى مَنْزِلِهِ فَقَالَ لَهُمَا و

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from one of his companions, from Muhammad Bin Al Fuzayl, from Amro Bin Abu Al Miqdam who said, ‘I was present at the Sacred House (Kabah) and a man called out to Abu Ja’far Al Mansour (the Caliph), and he was circumambulating, and he was saying, ‘O commander of the f

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ سَارِقٍ دَخَلَ عَلَى امْرَأَةٍ لِيَسْرِقَ مَتَاعَهَا فَلَمَّا جَمَعَ الثِّيَابَ تَابَعَتْهُ نَفْسُهُ فَكَابَرَهَا عَلَى نَفْسِهَا فَوَاقَعَهَا فَتَحَرَّكَ ابْنُهَا فَقَامَ فَقَتَلَهُ بِفَأْسٍ كَانَ مَعَهُ فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ حَمَلَ الثِّيَابَ وَ ذَهَبَ لِيَخْرُجَ حَمَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ بِالْفَأْسِ فَقَتَلَتْهُ فَجَاءَ أَهْلُهُ يَطْلُبُونَ بِدَمِهِ مِنَ الْغَدِ فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع اقْضِ عَلَى

Ali, from his father, from Muhammad Bin Hafs, from Abdullah Bin Talha, (The narrator) says, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah asws him asws about a male thief who entered upon a woman in order to steal her belongings. So when he gathered the clothes, he followed his soul, so he overcame her and fell upon her. So her son stirred, s

لَا يُقَادُ وَالِدٌ بِوَلَدِهِ وَ يُقْتَلُ الْوَلَدُ إِذَا قَتَلَ وَالِدَهُ عَمْداً.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, and Ali Bin Ibrahim, form his father, both together from Al Hassan Bin Mahboub, from Abu Ayoub Al Khazaz, from Humran, (It has been narrated) from one of the two (5 th or 6 th Imam asws ) having said: ‘The father would not be retaliated due to (killing) his son, but the son

لَا يُقْتَلُ الْأَبُ بِابْنِهِ إِذَا قَتَلَهُ وَ يُقْتَلُ الِابْنُ بِأَبِيهِ إِذَا قَتَلَ أَبَاهُ.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Ali Bin Abu Hamza, from Abu Baseer, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘The father would not be killed due to killing of his son, but the son would be killed if he kills his father’.

قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‌ لَا يُقْتَلُ الْوَالِدُ بِوَلَدِهِ وَ يُقْتَلُ الْوَلَدُ بِوَالِدِهِ وَ لَا يَرِثُ الرَّجُلُ الرَّجُلَ إِذَا قَتَلَهُ وَ إِنْ كَانَ خَطَأً.

Ali, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Yunus, from Ibn Sinan, from Al A’la Bin Al Fuzayl who said, ‘Abu Abdullah asws said: ‘The father would not be killed due to his son, but the son would be killed due to (killing of) his father; and the man would not inherit the man when he kills him, even though it (were to) be in error’

سُئِلَ عَنْ رَجُلٍ قَتَلَ امْرَأَةً خَطَأً وَ هِيَ عَلَى رَأْسِ الْوَلَدِ تَمْخَضُ قَالَ عَلَيْهِ الدِّيَةُ خَمْسَةُ آلَافِ دِرْهَمٍ وَ عَلَيْهِ لِلَّذِي فِي بَطْنِهَا غُرَّةٌ وَصِيفٌ أَوْ وَصِيفَةٌ أَوْ أَرْبَعُونَ دِينَاراً[1].

Ibn Mahboub, from Abu Ayoun, from Al Halby, and Abu Ubeyda, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws , said, ‘He asws was asked about a man who killed a woman in error, and she was pregnant with a child. He asws said: ‘Upon him is the wergild of five thousand Dirhams (for killing her), and upon him for that which

قَضَى أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع فِي امْرَأَةٍ قَطَعَتْ ثَدْيَ وَلِيدَتِهَا أَنَّهَا حُرَّةٌ لَا سَبِيلَ لِمَوْلَاتِهَا عَلَيْهَا وَ قَضَى فِيمَنْ نَكَّلَ بِمَمْلُوكِهِ فَهُوَ حُرٌّ لَا سَبِيلَ لَهُ عَلَيْهِ سَائِبَةٌ يَذْهَبُ فَيَتَوَلَّى إِلَى مَنْ أَحَبَّ فَإِذَا ضَمِنَ جَرِيرَتَهُ فَهُوَ يَرِثُهُ‌[2].

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Mahboub, from Hisham Bin Salim, from Abu Baseer, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far asws having said: ‘Amir Al-Momineen asws judged regarding a woman who cut off a breast of her child-bearing slave girl: ‘She is free. There is no way for her mistress upon her’. And he asws

أُمُّ الْوَلَدِ جِنَايَتُهَا فِي حُقُوقِ النَّاسِ عَلَى سَيِّدِهَا وَ مَا كَانَ مِنْ حُقُوقِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فِي الْحُدُودِ فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ فِي بَدَنِهَا قَالَ وَ يُقَاصُّ مِنْهَا لِلْمَمَالِيكِ وَ لَا قِصَاصَ بَيْنَ الْحُرِّ وَ الْعَبْدِ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Mahboub, from Nuaym Bin Ibrahim, from Misma’a Bin Abdul Malik, Abu Abdullah asws has said: ‘A (slave) mother of the child, her crimes regarding the rights of the people are upon her master, and whatever was from the Rights of Allah azwj Mighty and Majestic regarding the legal