Children & Parenting

أَنَّهُ عَرَضَ عَلَى أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الرِّضَا ع كِتَابَ الدِّيَاتِ وَ كَانَ فِيهِ فِي ذَهَابِ السَّمْعِ كُلِّهِ أَلْفُ دِينَارٍ وَ الصَّوْتِ كُلِّهِ مِنَ الْغَنَنِ وَ الْبَحَحِ‌[1] أَلْفُ دِينَارٍ وَ شَلَلِ الْيَدَيْنِ كِلْتَيْهِمَا [وَ] الشَّلَلِ كُلِّهِ أَلْفُ دِينَارٍ وَ شَلَلِ الرِّجْلَيْنِ أَلْفُ دِينَارٍ وَ الشَّفَتَيْنِ إِذَا اسْتُؤْصِلَتَا أَلْفُ دِينَارٍ وَ الظَّهْرِ إِذَا حَدِبَ أَلْفُ دِينَارٍ وَ الذَّكَرِ

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Yunus and a number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Muhammad Bin Isa, (It has been narrated) from Yunus who presented to Abu Al-Hassan Al-Reza asws a book of the wergild, and there was in it for the loss of the hearing, all of it, a thousand Dinars, and (the loss

تَزَوَّجَ جَارٌ لِي امْرَأَةً فَلَمَّا أَرَادَ مُوَاقَعَتَهَا رَفَسَتْهُ بِرِجْلِهَا فَفُتِقَتْ بَيْضَتُهُ فَصَارَ آدَرَ[1] فَكَانَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ يَنْكِحُ وَ يُولَدُ لَهُ فَسَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ ذَلِكَ وَ عَنْ رَجُلٍ أَصَابَ سُرَّةَ رَجُلٍ‌[2] فَفَتَقَهَا فَقَالَ ع فِي كُلِّ فَتْقٍ ثُلُثُ الدِّيَةِ[3].

Ali Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Yunus, from Salih Bin Uqba, from Muawiya Bin Ammar who said, ‘A neighbour of mine married a woman. So when he intended to copulate with her, she kicked him with her leg and ruptured his testicles, so they became swollen. So after that he copulated with her and she gave birth to a child fo

قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع‌ فِي ذَكَرِ الصَّبِيِّ الدِّيَةُ وَ فِي ذَكَرِ الْعِنِّينِ الدِّيَةُ[6].

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Al Nowfaly, from Al Sakuny, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘Amir Al-Momineen asws said: ‘Regarding a male part of the child is the (complete) wergild, and regarding the male part of an impotent man is the (complete) wergild’.

مَا كَانَ فِي الْجَسَدِ مِنْهُ اثْنَانِ فَفِي الْوَاحِدِ نِصْفُ الدِّيَةِ مِثْلُ الْيَدَيْنِ وَ الْعَيْنَيْنِ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ رَجُلٌ فُقِئَتْ عَيْنُهُ قَالَ نِصْفُ الدِّيَةِ قُلْتُ فَرَجُلٌ قُطِعَتْ يَدُهُ قَالَ فِيهِ نِصْفُ الدِّيَةِ قُلْتُ فَرَجُلٌ ذَهَبَتْ إِحْدَى بَيْضَتَيْهِ قَالَ إِنْ كَانَتِ الْيَسَارَ فَفِيهَا الدِّيَةُ قُلْتُ وَ لِمَ أَ لَيْسَ قُلْتَ مَا كَانَ فِي الْجَسَدِ اثْنَانِ فَفِي كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ نِصْفُ

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Abu Nasr, from Abdullah Bin Sinan, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘There is nothing in the body which are two, so with regards to one of them is half the wergild, like the two hands, and the two eyes’. He (the narrator) said, ‘So

فِي سِنِّ الصَّبِيِّ يَضْرِبُهَا الرَّجُلُ فَتَسْقُطُ ثُمَّ تَنْبُتُ قَالَ لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ قِصَاصٌ وَ عَلَيْهِ الْأَرْشُ قَالَ عَلِيٌّ وَ سُئِلَ جَمِيلٌ كَمِ الْأَرْشُ فِي سِنِّ الصَّبِيِّ وَ كَسْرِ الْيَدِ فَقَالَ شَيْ‌ءٌ يَسِيرٌ وَ لَمْ يَرَ فِيهِ شَيْئاً مَعْلُوماً[1].

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Abu Umeyr and Ali Bin Hadeed both together, from Jameel Bin Darraj, from one of his companions, (It has been narrated) from one of the two (5 th or 6 th Imam asws ) having said with regards to teeth of a child, the man having struck these, so they fall off, then the

يُونُسُ عَرَضْتُ عَلَيْهِ الْكِتَابَ فَقَالَ هُوَ صَحِيحٌ وَ قَالَ ابْنُ فَضَّالٍ قَالَ قَضَى أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع إِذَا أُصِيبَ الرَّجُلُ فِي إِحْدَى عَيْنَيْهِ فَإِنَّهَا تُقَاسُ بِبَيْضَةٍ تُرْبَطُ عَلَى عَيْنِهِ الْمُصَابَةِ وَ يُنْظَرُ مَا يَنْتَهِي بَصَرُ عَيْنِهِ الصَّحِيحَةِ ثُمَّ تُغَطَّى عَيْنُهُ الصَّحِيحَةُ وَ يُنْظَرُ مَا تَنْتَهِي عَيْنُهُ الْمُصَابَةُ فَيُعْطَى دِيَتَهُ مِنْ حِسَابِ ذَلِكَ وَ الْقَ

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Yunus, and from his father, from Ibn Fazzal both together, (It has been narrated) from Abu Al-Hassan Al-Reza asws . Yunus said, ‘I presented the book to him asws , so he asws said: ‘It is correct’. And Ibn Fazal said, ‘Amir Al-Momineen asws judged: ‘When the man is hit in on

دِيَةُ الْجَنِينِ خَمْسَةُ أَجْزَاءٍ خُمُسٌ لِلنُّطْفَةِ عِشْرُونَ دِينَاراً وَ لِلْعَلَقَةِ خُمُسَانِ أَرْبَعُونَ دِينَاراً وَ لِلْمُضْغَةِ ثَلَاثَةُ أَخْمَاسٍ سِتُّونَ دِينَاراً وَ لِلْعَظْمِ أَرْبَعَةُ أَخْمَاسٍ ثَمَانُونَ دِينَاراً فَإِذَا تَمَّ الْجَنِينُ كَانَتْ لَهُ مِائَةُ دِينَارٍ فَإِذَا أُنْشِئَ فِيهِ الرُّوحُ فَدِيَتُهُ أَلْفُ دِينَارٍ أَوْ عَشَرَةُ آلَافِ دِرْهَمٍ إِنْ كَانَ ذَكَراً وَ إِنْ كَانَ أُنْثَى

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Yunus, or someone else, from Ibn Muskan, Abu Abdullah asws has said: ‘Wergild of the foetus is of five segments, one-fifth for the seed being twenty Dinars; and two-fifths for the clot being forty dinars; and three-fifths for the lump, being sixty Dinars; and four-fifths for

إِنْ كَانَ عَظْماً قَدْ نَبَتَ عَلَيْهِ اللَّحْمُ وَ شُقَّ لَهُ السَّمْعُ وَ الْبَصَرُ فَإِنَّ عَلَيْهَا دِيَتَهُ تُسَلِّمُهَا[1] إِلَى أَبِيهِ قَالَ وَ إِنْ كَانَ جَنِيناً عَلَقَةً أَوْ مُضْغَةً فَإِنَّ عَلَيْهَا أَرْبَعِينَ دِينَاراً أَوْ غُرَّةً تُسَلِّمُهَا إِلَى أَبِيهِ قُلْتُ فَهِيَ لَا تَرِثُ مِنْ وَلَدِهَا مِنْ دِيَتِهِ قَالَ لَا لِأَنَّهَا قَتَلَتْهُ.

Ibn Mahboub, from Ali Bin Raib, from Abu Ubeyda, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far asws regarding a woman who drank medication and she was pregnant, in order to abort her child. So she miscarried her child (as a result). So he asws said: ‘If it was bones and flesh had grown upon it, and the hearing and the sight h

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع فَإِنْ خَرَجَ فِي النُّطْفَةِ قَطْرَةُ دَمٍ قَالَ الْقَطْرَةُ عُشْرُ النُّطْفَةِ فِيهَا اثْنَانِ وَ عِشْرُونَ دِينَاراً قُلْتُ فَإِنْ قَطَرَتْ قَطْرَتَيْنِ قَالَ أَرْبَعَةٌ وَ عِشْرُونَ دِينَاراً قَالَ قُلْتُ فَإِنْ قَطَرَتْ بِثَلَاثٍ قَالَ فَسِتَّةٌ وَ عِشْرُونَ دِينَاراً قُلْتُ فَأَرْبَعٌ قَالَ فَثَمَانِيَةٌ وَ عِشْرُونَ دِينَاراً وَ فِي خَمْسٍ ثَلَاثُونَ دِينَاراً وَ مَا زَادَ عَلَى

Salih Bin Uqba, from Yunus Al Shaybani who said, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah asws , ‘Suppose a drop of blood comes out in the seed?’ He asws said: ‘The drop is a tenth of the seed, regarding it is twenty two Dinars’. I said, ‘So if the drop are two drops?’ He asws said: ‘Twenty four Dinars’. I said, ‘So if there are three

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ ضَرَبَ ابْنَتَهُ وَ هِيَ حُبْلَى فَأَسْقَطَتْ سِقْطاً مَيِّتاً فَاسْتَعْدَى زَوْجُ الْمَرْأَةِ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ لِزَوْجِهَا إِنْ كَانَ لِهَذَا السِّقْطِ دِيَةٌ وَ لِي فِيهِ مِيرَاثٌ فَإِنَّ مِيرَاثِي مِنْهُ لِأَبِي فَقَالَ يَجُوزُ لِأَبِيهَا مَا وَهَبَتْ لَهُ.

A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Khalid, from Usman Bin Isa, from Sama’at, (The narrator) says, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah asws about a man who struck his daughter, and she was pregnant. So she dropped a dead (foetus). So the husband of the woman antagonised against him. So the woman said to her husba

أَتَى الرَّبِيعُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ الْمَنْصُورَ وَ هُوَ خَلِيفَةٌ فِي الطَّوَافِ فَقَالَ لَهُ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ‌ مَاتَ فُلَانٌ مَوْلَاكَ الْبَارِحَةَ فَقَطَعَ فُلَانٌ مَوْلَاكَ رَأْسَهُ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهِ قَالَ فَاسْتَشَاطَ[1] وَ غَضِبَ قَالَ فَقَالَ لِابْنِ شُبْرُمَةَ وَ ابْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى وَ عِدَّةٍ مَعَهُ مِنَ الْقُضَاةِ وَ الْفُقَهَاءِ مَا تَقُولُونَ فِي هَذَا فَكُلٌّ قَالَ مَا عِنْدَنَا فِي هَذَا شَيْ‌ءٌ قَا

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Al Husayn Bin Musa, from Muhammad Bin Al Sabbah, from onoe of our companions who said, ‘Al-Rabie came over to Abu Ja’far Al-Mansour and he was the caliph, during him being in the circumambulation. So he said to him, ‘O commander of the faithful! So and so slave of yours died last

إِنَّ عَلِيّاً ع لَمَّا هَزَمَ طَلْحَةَ وَ الزُّبَيْرَ أَقْبَلَ النَّاسُ مُنْهَزِمِينَ فَمَرُّوا بِامْرَأَةٍ حَامِلٍ عَلَى الطَّرِيقِ فَفَزِعَتْ مِنْهُمْ فَطَرَحَتْ مَا فِي بَطْنِهَا حَيّاً فَاضْطَرَبَ حَتَّى مَاتَ ثُمَّ مَاتَتْ أُمُّهُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ فَمَرَّ بِهَا عَلِيٌّ ع وَ أَصْحَابُهُ وَ هِيَ مَطْرُوحَةٌ وَ وَلَدُهَا عَلَى الطَّرِيقِ فَسَأَلَهُمْ عَنْ أَمْرِهَا فَقَالُوا لَهُ إِنَّهَا كَانَتْ حَامِلًا فَفَزِعَتْ

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Mahboub, from Hammad Bin Isa, from Sawwar, from Al Hassan who said, ‘When Ali asws defeated Talha and Al-Zubeyr, the people came back defeated, so they passed by a pregnant woman upon the road. So she panicked from them, and aborted what was in her belly, alive. So

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يُوجَدُ قَتِيلًا فِي الْقَرْيَةِ أَوْ بَيْنَ قَرْيَتَيْنِ فَقَالَ يُقَاسُ مَا بَيْنَهُمَا فَأَيُّهُمَا كَانَتْ أَقْرَبَ ضُمِّنَتْ‌[1]. - عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ عَنِ الْحَلَبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‌ مِثْلَهُ.

A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Khalid, from Usman Bin Isa, from Sama’at Bin Mahran, (The narrator) says, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah asws about the man who was found killed in the town, or in between two towns. So he asws said: ‘It would be compared what is between the two, so whichever of the two wa

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ رَجُلٍ قُتِلَ وَ لَهُ أُمٌّ وَ أَبٌ وَ ابْنٌ فَقَالَ الِابْنُ أَنَا أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَقْتُلَ قَاتِلَ أَبِي وَ قَالَ الْأَبُ أَنَا أَعْفُو وَ قَالَتِ الْأُمُّ أَنَا أُرِيدُ أَنْ آخُذَ الدِّيَةَ قَالَ فَقَالَ فَلْيُعْطِ الِابْنُ أُمَّ الْمَقْتُولِ السُّدُسَ مِنَ الدِّيَةِ وَ يُعْطِي وَرَثَةَ الْقَاتِلِ السُّدُسَ مِنَ الدِّيَةِ حَقَّ الْأَبِ الَّذِي عَفَا وَ لْيَقْتُلْهُ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father and Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, both together, from Ibn Mahboub, from Abu Wallad Al Hannat who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah asws about a man who was killed and for him was a mother and a father and a son. So the son said, ‘I want that the killer of my father be killed’.

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ رَجُلٍ قُتِلَ وَ لَهُ أَوْلَادٌ صِغَارٌ وَ كِبَارٌ أَ رَأَيْتَ إِنْ عَفَا الْأَوْلَادُ الْكِبَارُ قَالَ فَقَالَ لَا يُقْتَلُ وَ يَجُوزُ عَفْوُ الْأَوْلَادِ الْكِبَارِ فِي حِصَصِهِمْ فَإِذَا كَبِرَ الصِّغَارُ كَانَ لَهُمْ أَنْ‌[1] يَطْلُبُوا حِصَصَهُمْ مِنَ الدِّيَةِ.

Ibn Mahboub, from Abu Wallad who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah asws about a man who was killed and for him were young children, and older ones. What is your asws view that if the older children forgive?’ So he asws said: ‘He would not be killed, and the forgiveness of the older children is allowed regarding their share.

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنِ الْقَسَامَةِ هَلْ جَرَتْ فِيهَا سُنَّةٌ قَالَ فَذَكَرَ مِثْلَ حَدِيثِ ابْنِ سِنَانٍ قَالَ وَ فِي حَدِيثِهِ هِيَ حَقٌّ وَ هِيَ مَكْتُوبَةٌ عِنْدَنَا.

From him, from Abdullah Bin Muskam, from Suleyman Bin Khalid who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah asws about the compurgation (sworn endorsements), has the Sunnah flowed regarding it?’ He (the narrator) said, ‘So he asws mentioned a Hadeeth similar to the one of Ibn Sinan, and said in his asws Hadeeth: ‘It is the truth, and

قَالَ لِي أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‌ سَأَلَنِي ابْنُ شُبْرُمَةَ مَا تَقُولُ فِي الْقَسَامَةِ فِي الدَّمِ فَأَجَبْتُهُ بِمَا صَنَعَ النَّبِيُّ ص فَقَالَ أَ رَأَيْتَ لَوْ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ص لَمْ يَصْنَعْ هَكَذَا كَيْفَ كَانَ الْقَوْلُ فِيهِ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ أَمَّا مَا صَنَعَ النَّبِيُّ ص فَقَدْ أَخْبَرْتُكَ بِهِ وَ أَمَّا مَا لَمْ يَصْنَعْ فَلَا عِلْمَ لِي بِهِ.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Muhammad Bin Ismail Bin Bazie, from hanan Bin Sudeyr who said, ‘Abu Abdullah asws said to me asws , ‘Ibn Shabrama asked me asws , ‘What are you asws saying regarding the compurgation (sworn endorsements) with regards to the blood?’ So I asws answered him: ‘With what the

أُتِيَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع بِرَجُلٍ قَدْ قَتَلَ رَجُلًا خَطَأً فَقَالَ لَهُ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع مَنْ عَشِيرَتُكَ وَ قَرَابَتُكَ فَقَالَ مَا لِي بِهَذِهِ الْبَلْدَةِ عَشِيرَةٌ وَ لَا قَرَابَةٌ قَالَ فَقَالَ فَمِنْ أَيِّ أَهْلِ الْبُلْدَانِ أَنْتَ فَقَالَ أَنَا رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَوْصِلِ وُلِدْتُ بِهَا وَ لِي بِهَا قَرَابَةٌ وَ أَهْلُ بَيْتٍ قَالَ فَسَأَلَ عَنْهُ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع فَلَمْ يَجِدْ لَه

Ibn Mahboub, from Malik Bin Atiyya, from his father, from Salma Bin Kuheyl who said, ‘They came to Amir Al-Momineen asws with a man who had killed a man in error. So Amir Al-Momineen asws said to him: ‘Who are your clan and your relatives?’ So he said, ‘There is neither a clan nor any relatives for me in this city’. So

قَدِ انْصَرَفَ الْقَوْمُ عَنْهُمْ وَ أَمِنُوا وَ سَلِمُوا قَالُوا لَهُ أَ شَعَرْتَ أَنَّ فُلَانَ بْنَ فُلَانٍ سَقَطَ فِي الْبِئْرِ فَمَاتَ قَالَ أَنَا وَ اللَّهِ طَرَحْتُهُ قِيلَ وَ كَيْفَ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ إِنِّي خَرَجْتُ أَعْدُو بِسِلَاحِي فِي ظُلْمَةِ اللَّيْلِ وَ أَنَا أَخَافُ الْفَوْتَ عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الَّذِينَ اسْتَغَاثُوا بِي فَمَرَرْتُ بِفُلَانٍ وَ هُوَ قَائِمٌ يَسْتَقِي فِي الْبِئْرِ فَزَحَمْتُهُ وَ لَمْ أُرِدْ

A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Khalid, from Al Husayn Bin Yusuf, from Muhammad Bin Suleyman, (It has been narrated) from Abu Al-Hassan asws the 2 nd and Muhammad Bin Ali, from Muhammad Bin Aslam, from Muhammad Bin Suleyman and Yunus Bin Abdul Rahman who both said, ‘We both asked Abu Al-Hassan A

قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع‌ أَيُّمَا ظِئْرِ قَوْمٍ قَتَلَتْ صَبِيّاً لَهُمْ وَ هِيَ نَائِمَةٌ فَانْقَلَبَتْ عَلَيْهِ فَقَتَلَتْهُ فَإِنَّ عَلَيْهَا الدِّيَةَ مِنْ مَالِهَا خَاصَّةً إِنْ كَانَتْ إِنَّمَا ظَاءَرَتْ طَلَبَ الْعِزِّ وَ الْفَخْرِ وَ إِنْ كَانَتْ إِنَّمَا ظَاءَرَتْ مِنَ الْفَقْرِ فَإِنَّ الدِّيَةَ عَلَى عَاقِلَتِهَا.

From him, from Muhammad Bin Aslam, from Haroun Bin Al Jaham, from Muhammad Bin Muslim who said, ‘Abu Ja’far asws said: ‘Whichever wet-nurse of the people who kills a child of their whilst in her sleep, turning over upon it, so she kills it, then upon her is the wergild from her wealth in particular, if she was wet-nurs

كَانَتْ فِي زَمَنِ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع امْرَأَةٌ صِدْقٌ يُقَالُ لَهَا أُمُّ قَيَّانَ فَأَتَاهَا رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْهَا قَالَ فَرَآهَا مُهْتَمَّةً فَقَالَ لَهَا مَا لِي أَرَاكِ مُهْتَمَّةً فَقَالَتْ مَوْلَاةٌ لِي دَفَنْتُهَا فَنَبَذَتْهَا الْأَرْضُ مَرَّتَيْنِ فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ فَقَالَ إِنَّ الْأَرْضَ لَتَقْبَلُ الْيَهُودِيَّ وَ ال

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al Husayn Bin Saeed, from Ibrahim Bin Abu Al Balad, from one of his companions, raising it, said, ‘There was a truthful woman in the era of Amir Al-Momineen asws called Umm Qayyan. So, a man from the companions of Amir Al-Momineen asws came over to her, so he greeted he

إِذَا مَاتَ وَلِيُّ الْمَقْتُولِ قَامَ وَلَدُهُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ مَقَامَهُ بِالدَّمِ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Jameel, from one of our companions, (It has been narrated) from one of the two (5 th or 6 th Imam asws ) having said: ‘When a guardian of the killed-one dies, his son stands from after him in his place, with the blood (wergild)’.

دَخَلَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع الْمَسْجِدَ فَاسْتَقْبَلَهُ شَابٌّ يَبْكِي وَ حَوْلَهُ قَوْمٌ يُسْكِتُونَهُ فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ ع مَا أَبْكَاكَ فَقَالَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِنَّ شُرَيْحاً قَضَى عَلَيَّ بِقَضِيَّةٍ مَا أَدْرِي مَا هِيَ إِنَّ هَؤُلَاءِ النَّفَرَ خَرَجُوا بِأَبِي مَعَهُمْ فِي السَّفَرِ فَرَجَعُوا وَ لَمْ يَرْجِعْ أَبِي فَسَأَلْتُهُمْ عَنْهُ فَقَالُوا مَاتَ فَسَأَلْتُهُمْ عَنْ مَالِهِ فَقَالُوا مَا تَ

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Ali Bin Abu Hamza, from Abu Baseer, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far asws having said: ‘Amir Al-Momineen asws entered the Masjid, so a young man came across him crying, and around him was a group calming him down. So Ali asws said: ‘What makes you weep?’

لَقَدْ قَضَى أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع فَاسْتَقْبَلَهُ شَابٌّ يَبْكِي وَ حَوْلَهُ قَوْمٌ يُسْكِتُونَهُ فَلَمَّا رَأَى أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع قَالَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِنَّ شُرَيْحاً قَضَى عَلَيَّ قَضِيَّةً مَا أَدْرِي مَا هِيَ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع مَا هِيَ فَقَالَ الشَّابُّ إِنَّ هَؤُلَاءِ النَّفَرَ خَرَجُوا بِأَبِي مَعَهُمْ فِي سَفَرٍ فَرَجَعُوا وَ لَمْ يَرْجِعْ فَسَأَلْتُهُمْ عَنْهُ فَقَال

A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Abu Abdullah, from Is’haq Bin Ibrahim Al Kindy, from Khalid Al Nowfaly, from Al Asbagh Bin Nubata who said, ‘Amir Al-Momineen asws had judged, and a youth came across him asws and he was weeping, and round him was a group calming him. So when he saw Amir Al-Momineen asws , he

كَانَتِ امْرَأَةٌ بِالْمَدِينَةِ تُؤْتَى فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ عُمَرَ فَبَعَثَ إِلَيْهَا فَرَوَّعَهَا وَ أَمَرَ أَنْ يُجَاءَ بِهَا إِلَيْهِ فَفَزِعَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ فَأَخَذَهَا الطَّلْقُ فَانْطَلَقَتْ إِلَى بَعْضِ الدُّورِ فَوَلَدَتْ غُلَاماً فَاسْتَهَلَّ الْغُلَامُ ثُمَّ مَاتَ فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ رَوْعَةِ الْمَرْأَةِ وَ مِنْ مَوْتِ الْغُلَامِ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ بَعْضُ جُلَسَائِهِ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ مَ

Ahmad Bin Muhammad Al Asamy, from Ali Bin Al Hassan Al Maysami, from Ali Bin Asbaat, from his uncle Yaqoub Bin Salim, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘There used to be a woman at Al-Medina to whom (visitors used to come to frequently). So the news of that reached Umar, so he sent a messenger

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع إِنَّ لَنَا جَاراً مِنْ هَمْدَانَ يُقَالُ لَهُ الْجَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَ هُوَ يَجْلِسُ إِلَيْنَا فَنَذْكُرُ عَلِيّاً أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع وَ فَضْلَهُ فَيَقَعُ فِيهِ أَ فَتَأْذَنُ لِي فِيهِ فَقَالَ لِي يَا أَبَا الصَّبَّاحِ أَ فَكُنْتَ فَاعِلًا فَقُلْتُ إِي وَ اللَّهِ لَئِنْ أَذِنْتَ لِي فِيهِ لَأَرْصُدَنَّهُ فَإِذَا صَارَ فِيهَا اقْتَحَمْتُ عَلَيْهِ بِسَيْفِي فَخَبَطْتُهُ‌[1

Ali Bin Ibrahim, form his father, from Ibn Mahboub, from a man from our companions, from Abu Al Sabbah Al Kinany who said, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah asws that we have a neighbour from Hamdan called Al-Ja’d Bin Abdullah, and he was sitting with us. So we mentioned Ali asws Amir Al-Momineen asws , and his asws merits, but

زَامَلْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ النَّجَاشِيِّ وَ كَانَ يَرَى رَأْيَ الزَّيْدِيَّةِ فَلَمَّا كُنَّا بِالْمَدِينَةِ ذَهَبَ إِلَى عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ وَ ذَهَبْتُ إِلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ رَأَيْتُهُ مُغْتَمّاً فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ قَالَ لِي اسْتَأْذِنْ لِي عَلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع وَ قُلْتُ إِنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ النَّجَاشِيِّ يَرَى رَأْيَ الزَّيْ

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Muhammad Bin Al Husayn, from Ibn Mahboub – similar to it. Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, raising it, (It has been narrated) from one of the companions of Abu Abdullah asws , I guess it was Abu Aasim Al-Sajistany who said, ‘I was a fellow traveller of Abdullah Bin Al-Najjashy, and he viewed b

لَمَّا قَدِمَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَلَى أَبِي الْعَبَّاسِ وَ هُوَ بِالْحِيرَةِ خَرَجَ يَوْماً يُرِيدُ عِيسَى بْنَ مُوسَى فَاسْتَقْبَلَهُ بَيْنَ الْحِيرَةِ وَ الْكُوفَةِ[1] وَ مَعَهُ ابْنُ شُبْرُمَةَ الْقَاضِي فَقَالَ لَهُ إِلَى أَيْنَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ أَرَدْتُكَ فَقَالَ قَدْ قَصَّرَ اللَّهُ خَطْوَكَ قَالَ فَمَضَى مَعَهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ ابْنُ شُبْرُمَةَ مَا تَقُولُ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ فِي شَيْ‌ءٍ

“When abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), went to meet abu al- ‘Abbas who was in al-Hirah (a place in Iraq), one day he came out for ‘Isa ibn Musa. They came face to face between al-Hirah and al-Kufah when ibn Shubramah, the judge, was also with him and he asked, ‘Where do you want to go, O abu ‘Abd Allah ? 5 He (the Imam) said, ‘I

لَمَّا عُرِضَ عَلَى آدَمَ وُلْدُهُ نَظَرَ إِلَى دَاوُدَ فَأَعْجَبَهُ فَزَادَهُ خَمْسِينَ سَنَةً مِنْ عُمُرِهِ قَالَ وَ نَزَلَ عَلَيْهِ جَبْرَئِيلُ وَ مِيكَائِيلُ فَكَتَبَ عَلَيْهِ مَلَكُ الْمَوْتِ صَكّاً بِالْخَمْسِينَ سَنَةً فَلَمَّا حَضَرَتْهُ الْوَفَاةُ أُنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِ مَلَكُ الْمَوْتِ فَقَالَ آدَمُ قَدْ بَقِيَ مِنْ عُمُرِي خَمْسُونَ سَنَةً قَالَ فَأَيْنَ الْخَمْسُونَ الَّتِي جَعَلْتَهَا لِابْنِكَ دَاوُدَ قَالَ

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that when Adam (a.s.), was shown his offspring, he looked at Dawud, he liked him and donated fifty years of his life to him. He (the Imam) said that Jibril and Michael came to him and the angel of death wrote a document about fifty years of his life being donated. When the time of his d

لَا يَنْبَغِي لِأَحَدٍ إِذَا دُعِيَ إِلَى شَهَادَةٍ يَشْهَدُ عَلَيْهَا أَنْ يَقُولَ لَا أَشْهَدُ لَكُمْ. - عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنِ الْحَلَبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‌ مِثْلَهُ وَ قَالَ فَذَلِكَ قَبْلَ الْكِتَابِ.

“About the meaning of the words of Allah, ‘. . . the witnesses must not refuse to testify when they are summoned to testify,’ (2:282) abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘It is not proper for one who is called to testify to what he has witnessed to say, “I do not want to testify for you.’”” Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated fr

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‌ مَنْ كَتَمَ شَهَادَةً أَوْ شَهِدَ بِهَا لِيُهْدِرَ لَهَا بِهَا دَمَ امْرِئٍ مُسْلِمٍ أَوْ لِيَزْوِيَ مَالَ امْرِئٍ مُسْلِمٍ‌[2] أَتَى يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَ لِوَجْهِهِ ظُلْمَةٌ مَدَّ الْبَصَرِ وَ فِي وَجْهِهِ كُدُوحٌ‌[3] تَعْرِفُهُ الْخَلَائِقُ بِاسْمِهِ وَ نَسَبِهِ وَ مَنْ شَهِدَ شَهَادَةَ حَقٍّ لِيُحْيِيَ بِهَا حَقَّ امْرِئٍ مُسْلِمٍ أَتَى يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَ لِوَجْهِهِ نُورٌ مَدَّ الْبَ

1. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn ‘Abd Allah from ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn abu Najran and Muhammad ibn Ali from abu Jamilah from Jabir who has narrated the following: “Abu Ja‘far, ‘Alayhi al-Salam, has said that the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of thei

فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‌ وَ مَنْ يَكْتُمْها فَإِنَّهُ آثِمٌ قَلْبُهُ‌[2] قَالَ بَعْدَ الشَّهَادَةِ.

“About the meaning of the words of Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, ‘. . . one who hides a testimony his heart is sinful,’ (2: 283) abu ‘Abd Allah, Alayhi al-Salam, has said, ‘It is after having witnessed a case.’”

كَتَبَ أَبِي فِي رِسَالَتِهِ إِلَيَّ وَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الشَّهَادَةِ لَهُمْ فَأَقِمِ الشَّهَادَةَ لِلَّهِ وَ لَوْ عَلَى نَفْسِكَ‌ أَوِ الْوالِدَيْنِ وَ الْأَقْرَبِينَ‌ فِيمَا بَيْنَكَ وَ بَيْنَهُمْ فَإِنْ خِفْتَ عَلَى أَخِيكَ ضَيْماً فَلَا[3]. - الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ النَّهْدِيِّ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ مِهْرَانَ‌ مِثْلَهُ.

3. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from ’Isma‘il ibn Mehran from Muhammad ibn Mansur al-Khuza‘iy from Ali ibn Suwayd al-Sa’iy who has narrated the following: “My father wrote to me in his letter and I asked abu al-Hassan, Alayhi al-Salam, about testimony for them. He (the Imam) said, ‘You must

إِذَا سَمِعَ الرَّجُلُ الشَّهَادَةَ وَ لَمْ يُشْهَدْ عَلَيْهَا فَهُوَ بِالْخِيَارِ إِنْ شَاءَ شَهِدَ وَ إِنْ شَاءَ سَكَتَ وَ قَالَ إِذَا أُشْهِدَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ إِلَّا أَنْ يَشْهَدَ.

“Abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ’If a man hears a testimony but has not witnessed it, he has the choice to present it or not, but if he has witnessed it, has no choice but to present his testimony.’”

إِذَا سَمِعَ الرَّجُلُ الشَّهَادَةَ وَ لَمْ يُشْهَدْ عَلَيْهَا فَهُوَ بِالْخِيَارِ إِنْ شَاءَ شَهِدَ وَ إِنْ شَاءَ سَكَتَ.

“Abu Ja’far (a.s.), has said, ‘If a man hears a testimony but has not witnessed it, he has the choice to testify or remain silent.’”

إِذَا سَمِعَ الرَّجُلُ الشَّهَادَةَ وَ لَمْ يُشْهَدْ عَلَيْهَا فَهُوَ بِالْخِيَارِ إِنْ‌ شَاءَ شَهِدَ وَ إِنْ شَاءَ سَكَتَ إِلَّا إِذَا عَلِمَ مِنَ الظَّالِمِ‌[1] فَلْيَشْهَدْ وَ لَا يَحِلُّ لَهُ إِلَّا أَنْ يَشْهَدَ.

“Abu Ja’far (a.s.), has said, ‘If a man hears a testimony but has not witnessed it, he has the choice to testify or remain silent, unless he knows that a rightful party suffers injustice, in which case it is not lawful to remain silent.’”

إِذَا سَمِعَ الرَّجُلُ الشَّهَادَةَ فَلَمْ يُشْهَدْ عَلَيْهَا فَهُوَ بِالْخِيَارِ إِنْ شَاءَ شَهِدَ وَ إِنْ شَاءَ سَكَتَ إِلَّا إِذَا عَلِمَ مِنَ الظَّالِمِ فَيَشْهَدُ وَ لَا يَحِلُّ لَهُ أَنْ لَا يَشْهَدَ.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘If a man hears a testimony but has not witnessed it, he has the choice to testify or remain silent, unless he knows that a rightful party suffers injustice, in which case it is not lawful to remain silent.’”

إِذَا سَمِعَ الرَّجُلُ الشَّهَادَةَ وَ لَمْ يُشْهَدْ عَلَيْهَا فَهُوَ بِالْخِيَارِ إِنْ شَاءَ شَهِدَ وَ إِنْ شَاءَ سَكَتَ.

“Abu Ja‘far (a.s.), has said, ‘If a man hears a testimony but has not witnessed it, he has the choice to testify or remain silent.’”

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ع عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يَحْضُرُ حِسَابَ الرَّجُلِ فَيَطْلُبَانِ مِنْهُ الشَّهَادَةَ عَلَى مَا سَمِعَ مِنْهُمَا فَقَالَ ذَلِكَ إِلَيْهِ إِنْ شَاءَ شَهِدَ وَ إِنْ شَاءَ لَمْ يَشْهَدْ فَإِنْ شَهِدَ بِحَقٍّ قَدْ سَمِعَهُ وَ إِنْ لَمْ يَشْهَدْ فَلَا شَيْ‌ءَ عَلَيْهِ لِأَنَّهُمَا لَمْ يُشْهِدَاهُ.

“I once asked abu Ja‘far (a.s.), about the case of a man who is present during the accounting of the two of them who ask him to bear witness to what he has heard from them. He (the Imam) said, ‘It is up to him to bear witness or not, but if he witnesses a true case which he has heard and does not testify, there is noth

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع الرَّجُلُ يُشْهِدُنِي عَلَى الشَّهَادَةِ فَأَعْرِفُ خَطِّي وَ خَاتَمِي وَ لَا أَذْكُرُ شَيْئاً مِنَ الْبَاقِي قَلِيلًا وَ لَا كَثِيراً قَالَ فَقَالَ لِي إِذَا كَانَ صَاحِبُكَ ثِقَةً وَ مَعَكَ رَجُلٌ ثِقَةٌ فَاشْهَدْ لَهُ.

“I once asked abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of a man who asks me to testify for a case and I recognize my handwriting and seal but do not remember anything of the rest, little or more. He (the Imam) said, ‘If the party is trustworthy and there is another trustworthy man, you can testify.’”

كَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ عِيسَى‌ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ جَاءَنِي جِيرَانٌ لَنَا بِكِتَابٍ زَعَمُوا أَنَّهُمْ أَشْهَدُونِي عَلَى مَا فِيهِ وَ فِي الْكِتَابِ اسْمِي بِخَطِّي قَدْ عَرَفْتُهُ وَ لَسْتُ أَذْكُرُ الشَّهَادَةَ وَ قَدْ دَعَوْنِي إِلَيْهَا فَأَشْهَدُ لَهُمْ عَلَى مَعْرِفَتِي أَنَّ اسْمِي فِي الْكِتَابِ وَ لَسْتُ أَذْكُرُ الشَّهَادَةَ أَوْ لَا تَجِبُ لَهُمُ الشَّهَادَةُ عَلَيَّ حَتَّى أَذْكُرَهَا كَانَ اسْمِي ف

“Ja‘far ibn ‘Isa wrote to him (the Imam) (a.s.), and asked this question. ‘I pray to Allah to keep my soul in service for your cause. Our neighbor has brought to me a document thinking that they had appointed me as a witness for the case; in the document in which there is my name in my handwriting which I have recogniz

لَا تَشْهَدَنَّ بِشَهَادَةٍ حَتَّى تَعْرِفَهَا كَمَا تَعْرِفُ كَفَّكَ.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘Do not testify for a case unless you know it as you know your palm.’”

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‌ لَا تَشْهَدْ بِشَهَادَةٍ لَا تَذْكُرُهَا فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ شَاءَ كَتَبَ كِتَاباً وَ نَقَشَ خَاتَماً.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, has said, ‘Do not testify for a case which you do not remember to have witnessed, because if one likes, he can write a document or draw an insignia.’”

مَا مِنْ رَجُلٍ يَشْهَدُ بِشَهَادَةِ زُورٍ عَلَى مَالِ رَجُلٍ مُسْلِمٍ لِيَقْطَعَهُ إِلَّا كَتَبَ اللَّهُ لَهُ مَكَانَهُ صَكّاً إِلَى النَّارِ.

“Abu Ja’far (a.s.), has said, ‘Whoever presents a false testimony against the assets of a Muslim man to cut off his ownership, for such witnessing Allah writes a certificate for him to the fire.’”

شَاهِدُ الزُّورِ لَا تَزُولُ قَدَمَاهُ حَتَّى تَجِبَ لَهُ النَّارُ.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘If one presents a false testimony, his feet do not move before the fire is made obligatory for him.’”

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‌ لَا يَنْقَضِي كَلَامُ شَاهِدِ الزُّورِ مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيِ الْحَاكِمِ حَتَّى يَتَبَوَّأَ مَقْعَدَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ وَ كَذَلِكَ مَنْ كَتَمَ الشَّهَادَةَ.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, has pronounced this Hadith. ‘The words of one who presents false testimony do not end before the judge, until his seat is filled up with the fire; and so also is t

فِي الشُّهُودِ إِذَا شَهِدُوا عَلَى رَجُلٍ ثُمَّ رَجَعُوا عَنْ شَهَادَتِهِمْ وَ قَدْ قُضِيَ عَلَى الرَّجُلِ ضُمِّنُوا مَا شَهِدُوا بِهِ وَ غُرِّمُوا وَ إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ قُضِيَ طُرِحَتْ شَهَادَتُهُمْ وَ لَمْ يُغَرَّمِ الشُّهُودُ شَيْئاً.

“About the case of witnesses who testify against a man, then retract their testimony when judgment is already issued against the man, they are held responsible for what they have testified to and to compensate, but if judgment is not yet issued, their testimony is made void and the witnesses are not held responsible fo

يُؤَدِّي مِنَ الْمَالِ‌ الَّذِي شَهِدَ عَلَيْهِ بِقَدْرِ مَا ذَهَبَ مِنْ مَالِهِ إِنْ كَانَ النِّصْفَ أَوِ الثُّلُثَ إِنْ كَانَ شَهِدَ هَذَا وَ آخَرُ مَعَهُ.

“About the case of a man who testifies falsely and upon his repenting, abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘He must pay for the assets that are gone due to his false testimony, like one-half or one-third if another one has testified with him.’”

إِنْ كَانَ الشَّيْ‌ءُ قَائِماً بِعَيْنِهِ رُدَّ عَلَى صَاحِبِهِ وَ إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ قَائِماً ضَمِنَ بِقَدْرِ مَا أُتْلِفَ مِنْ مَالِ الرَّجُلِ‌[1].

“About the case of false testimony abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘If the asset exists in its substance, it must be returned to its owner, but if it does not exist, then he is responsible for an amount equal to what is lost from the assets of the man.’”

إِنْ قَالَ الرَّابِعُ أَوْهَمْتُ ضُرِبَ الْحَدَّ وَ غُرِّمَ الدِّيَةَ وَ إِنْ قَالَ تَعَمَّدْتُ قُتِلَ.

4. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from ibn Mahbub from certain persons of his people who has narrated the following: “This is about the case of four men who testify against al-Muhsin (married male) to have committed fornication; then one of them retracts his testimony after the man is executed. Abu ‘Abd A