Death & Bereavement

أُخِذَ نَبَّاشٌ فِي زَمَنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ فَقَالَ لِأَصْحَابِهِ مَا تَرَوْنَ فَقَالُوا تُعَاقِبُهُ وَ تُخَلِّي سَبِيلَهُ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ مَا هَكَذَا فَعَلَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع قَالَ وَ مَا فَعَلَ قَالَ فَقَالَ يُقْطَعُ النَّبَّاشُ وَ قَالَ هُوَ سَارِقٌ وَ هَتَّاكٌ لِلْمَوْتَى.

From him, from Muhammad Bin Abdul Hameed Al Attar, from Sayyar, from Zayd Al Shahaam, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘A grave robber was seized in the era of Muawiya, so he said to his companions, ‘What are your views?’ So they said, ‘Punish him and free his way’. So a man from the people sa

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ‌ يُقْطَعُ النَّبَّاشُ وَ الطَّرَّارُ وَ لَا يُقْطَعُ الْمُخْتَلِسُ.

Muhammad Bin Ja’far Al Kufy, from Muhammad Bin Abdul Hameed, from Sayf Bin Umeyra, from Mansour Bin Hazim who said, ‘I heard Abu Abdullah asws saying: ‘The grave robber, and the pick-pocket would be cut, and the embezzler would not be cut’.

آكِلُ الْمَيْتَةِ وَ الدَّمِ وَ لَحْمِ الْخِنْزِيرِ عَلَيْهِ أَدَبٌ فَإِنْ عَادَ أُدِّبَ فَإِنْ عَادَ أُدِّبَ وَ لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ حَدٌّ.

And by this chain, from Is’haq Bin Ammar, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘The consumer of the dead (animals, fish etc.), and the blood, and the flesh of the swine, upon him is the disciplining. So if he repeats, he is disciplined. So if he repeats, he is disciplined, and there is no Penalty

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

طَئُوا يَا عِبَادَ اللَّهِ فَوُطِئَ حَتَّى مَاتَ.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Musa Bin Bakr, from Al Fuzayl Bin Yasaar, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws that a man from the Muslims became a Christian, so they came with him to Amir Al-Momineen asws . So he asws told him to repent, but he refused him asws . So he

أَتَى قَوْمٌ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع فَقَالُوا السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا رَبَّنَا فَاسْتَتَابَهُمْ فَلَمْ يَتُوبُوا فَحَفَرَ لَهُمْ حَفِيرَةً وَ أَوْقَدَ فِيهَا نَاراً وَ حَفَرَ حَفِيرَةً أُخْرَى إِلَى جَانِبِهَا وَ أَفْضَى بَيْنَهُمَا فَلَمَّا لَمْ يَتُوبُوا أَلْقَاهُمْ فِي الْحَفِيرَةِ وَ أَوْقَدَ فِي الْحَفِيرَةِ الْأُخْرَى حَتَّى مَاتُوا.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hisham Bin Salim, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘A group of people came to Amir Al-Momineen asws , so they said, ‘السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا رَبَّنَا’ ‘Peace be upon you asws , O our Lord!’ So he asws told them to repent, bu

أَتَى قَوْمٌ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع فَقَالُوا السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا رَبَّنَا فَاسْتَتَابَهُمْ فَلَمْ يَتُوبُوا فَحَفَرَ لَهُمْ حَفِيرَةً وَ أَوْقَدَ فِيهَا نَاراً وَ حَفَرَ حَفِيرَةً أُخْرَى إِلَى جَانِبِهَا وَ أَفْضَى مَا بَيْنَهُمَا فَلَمَّا لَمْ يَتُوبُوا أَلْقَاهُمْ فِي الْحَفِيرَةِ وَ أَوْقَدَ فِي الْحَفِيرَةِ الْأُخْرَى [نَاراً] حَتَّى مَاتُوا.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hisham Bin Salim, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘A group of people came to Amir Al-Momineen, so they said, ‘Peace be upon you asws , ‘السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا رَبَّنَا’ O our Lord! So he told them to repent, but they did not repent.

إِنَّ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع لَمَّا فَرَغَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْبَصْرَةِ أَتَاهُ سَبْعُونَ رَجُلًا مِنَ الزُّطِّ[3] فَسَلَّمُوا عَلَيْهِ وَ كَلَّمُوهُ بِلِسَانِهِمْ فَرَدَّ عَلَيْهِمْ بِلِسَانِهِمْ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُمْ إِنِّي لَسْتُ كَمَا قُلْتُمْ أَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ مَخْلُوقٌ فَأَبَوْا عَلَيْهِ وَ قَالُوا أَنْتَ هُوَ فَقَالَ لَهُمْ لَئِنْ لَمْ تَنْتَهُوا وَ تَرْجِعُوا عَمَّا قُلْتُمْ فِيَّ وَ تَتُوبُوا إِلَى اللَّهِ عَزّ

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Ibn Mahboub, from Salih Bin Sahl, from Kirdayn, (It has been narrated) from a man from Abu Abdullah asws and Abu Ja’far asws having said that when Amir Al-Momineen asws was free from the people of Al-Basra (Battle of the Camel), seventy men from Al-Zat came over

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

يُقَالُ لَهُ مُتْ أَيَّ مِيتَةٍ شِئْتَ إِنْ شِئْتَ يَهُودِيّاً وَ إِنْ شِئْتَ نَصْرَانِيّاً وَ إِنْ شِئْتَ مَجُوسِيّاً.

Ali, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Saeed Al Arzaq, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws regarding a man who killed a Believing man. He asws said: ‘It would be said to him: ‘Die whichever death you like – if you so like, as a Jew, and if you so like, as a Christian, and if you so like, as a Magian!’

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

سَأَلْنَاهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ ضَرَبَ رَجُلًا بِعَصاً فَلَمْ يُقْلِعْ عَنْهُ حَتَّى مَاتَ أَ يُدْفَعُ إِلَى وَلِيِّ الْمَقْتُولِ فَيَقْتُلَهُ قَالَ نَعَمْ وَ لَا يُتْرَكُ يَعْبَثُ بِهِ وَ لَكِنْ يُجِيزُ عَلَيْهِ بِالسَّيْفِ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hammad, from Al Halby and Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Muhammad Bin Ismail, from Mhammad Bin Al Fuzayl, from Abu Al Sabbah Al Kanany, both together, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws , both said, ‘We asked him asws about a man w

يُدْفَعُ إِلَى أَوْلِيَاءِ الْمَقْتُولِ وَ لَكِنْ لَا يُتْرَكُ يُتَلَذَّذُ بِهِ وَ لَكِنْ يُجَازُ عَلَيْهِ بِالسَّيْفِ‌[2].

Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Abu nasr, from Musa Bin Bakr, (It has been narrated) from Abd Salih asws (7 th Imam asws ), regarding a man who struck a man with a stick, so he did not raise the stick (stop) until he died. He asws said: ‘He would be handed over to the guardian of the killed one, but he shou

قَضَى أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع فِي أَرْبَعَةٍ شَرِبُوا فَسَكِرُوا فَأَخَذَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ السِّلَاحَ فَاقْتَتَلُوا فَقُتِلَ اثْنَانِ وَ جُرِحَ اثْنَانِ فَأَمَرَ بِالْمَجْرُوحَيْنِ فَضُرِبَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا ثَمَانِينَ جَلْدَةً وَ قَضَى بِدِيَةِ الْمَقْتُولَيْنِ عَلَى الْمَجْرُوحَيْنِ وَ أَمَرَ أَنْ يُقَاسَ جِرَاحَةُ الْمَجْرُوحَيْنِ فَتُرْفَعَ مِنَ الدِّيَةِ فَإِنْ مَاتَ الْمَجْرُوحَانِ فَلَيْسَ عَلَى

Ali Bin Ibrahim from his father, and Muhammad Bin Yahya from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, both together from Ibn Abu Najran, from Aasim Bin Humeyd, from Muhammad Bin Qays, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far asws having said: ‘Amir Al-Momineen asws judged regarding four who had drunk (wine) so they were intoxicated. So they

قَضَى أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع فِي حَائِطٍ اشْتَرَكَ فِي هَدْمِهِ ثَلَاثَةُ نَفَرٍ فَوَقَعَ عَلَى وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمْ فَمَاتَ فَضَمَّنَ الْبَاقِينَ دِيَتَهُ لِأَنَّ كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمْ ضَامِنُ صَاحِبِهِ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from one of his companions, from Ali Bin Abu Hamza, from Abu Baseer, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘Amir Al-Momineen asws judged regarding three who had participated is demolishing it upon one of them, so he died. So the remaining ones had to take the respo

إِذَا اجْتَمَعَتِ الْعِدَّةُ عَلَى قَتْلِ رَجُلٍ وَاحِدٍ حَكَمَ الْوَالِي أَنْ يُقْتَلَ أَيُّهُمْ شَاءُوا وَ لَيْسَ لَهُمْ أَنْ يَقْتُلُوا أَكْثَرَ مِنْ وَاحِدٍ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يَقُولُ- وَ مَنْ قُتِلَ مَظْلُوماً فَقَدْ جَعَلْنا لِوَلِيِّهِ سُلْطاناً فَلا يُسْرِفْ فِي الْقَتْلِ‌[1].

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Al Qasim Bin Urwa, from Abu Al Abbas and someone else, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘When a number gather upon killing one man, the guardians (of the deceased) decide which one of them they would like to kill, and it is not for the

إِنْ شَاءَ قَتَلَ الْحُرَّ وَ إِنْ شَاءَ قَتَلَ الْعَبْدَ فَإِنِ اخْتَارَ قَتْلَ الْحُرِّ ضَرَبَ جَنْبَيِ الْعَبْدِ.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from one of his companions, from Yahya Bin Al Mubarak, from Abdullah Bin Jabala, from Abu Jameela, from Is’haq Bin Ammar, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws regarding a slave and a free both killed a free man. He asws said: ‘If he (guardian of the deceased) so desires to, he can kill the

إِذَا قَتَلَ الرَّجُلُ الرَّجُلَيْنِ أَوْ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ قُتِلَ بِهِمْ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Yunus, from Ibn Muskan, from the one who mentioned it, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘When the man kills two men or more than that, he would be killed by them (guardians of the deceased)’.

أَنَّ قَوْماً احْتَفَرُوا زُبْيَةً لِلْأَسَدِ[1] بِالْيَمَنِ فَوَقَعَ فِيهَا الْأَسَدُ فَازْدَحَمَ النَّاسُ عَلَيْهَا يَنْظُرُونَ إِلَى الْأَسَدِ فَوَقَعَ فِيهَا رَجُلٌ فَتَعَلَّقَ بِآخَرَ فَتَعَلَّقَ الْآخَرُ بِآخَرَ وَ الْآخَرُ بِآخَرَ فَجَرَحَهُمُ الْأَسَدُ فَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ مَاتَ مِنْ جِرَاحَةِ الْأَسَدِ وَ مِنْهُمْ مَنْ أُخْرِجَ فَمَاتَ فَتَشَاجَرُوا فِي ذَلِكَ حَتَّى أَخَذُوا السُّيُوفَ فَقَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِن

A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Muhammad Bin Al Hassan Bin Shamoun, from Abdullah Bin Abdul Rahman Al Asamma, from Misma’a Bin Abdul Malik, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws that a group of people dug a pit for the lion at Al-Yemen. So the lion fell into it, and the people thronged (cr

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ قَتَلَ رَجُلًا عَمْداً فَرُفِعَ إِلَى الْوَالِي فَدَفَعَهُ الْوَالِي إِلَى أَوْلِيَاءِ الْمَقْتُولِ لِيَقْتُلُوهُ فَوَثَبَ عَلَيْهِمْ قَوْمٌ فَخَلَّصُوا الْقَاتِلَ مِنْ أَيْدِي الْأَوْلِيَاءِ فَقَالَ أَرَى أَنْ يُحْبَسَ الَّذِينَ خَلَّصُوا الْقَاتِلَ مِنْ أَيْدِي الْأَوْلِيَاءِ حَتَّى يَأْتُوا بِالْقَاتِلِ قِيلَ فَإِنْ مَاتَ الْقَاتِلُ وَ هُمْ فِي السِّجْنِ قَالَ فَإِنْ مَاتَ فَعَلَيْهِمُ الدِّ

Muhammad Bin Yahya from Ahmad Bin Muhammad and Ali Bin Ibrahim from his father, both together from Ibn Mahboub, from Abu Ayoub, from Hareyz, (The narrator) says: ‘I asked Abu Abdullah asws about a man who killed a man deliberately. So it was raised to the governor. So the governor handed him over to the guardians of th

قَضَى أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع فِي رَجُلَيْنِ أَمْسَكَ أَحَدُهُمَا وَ قَتَلَ الْآخَرُ قَالَ يُقْتَلُ الْقَاتِلُ وَ يُحْبَسُ الْآخَرُ حَتَّى يَمُوتَ غَمّاً كَمَا كَانَ حَبَسَهُ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى مَاتَ غَمّاً.

Ali Bin Ibrahim from his father, and Muhammad Bin Yahya from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, both together from Ibn Umeyr, from Hammad Bin Usman, from Al Halby, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘Amir Al-Momineen asws judged regarding two men, one of whom restrained, and the other one killed. He asws said:

قَضَى أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع فِي رَجُلٍ شَدَّ عَلَى رَجُلٍ لِيَقْتُلَهُ وَ الرَّجُلُ فَارٌّ مِنْهُ فَاسْتَقْبَلَهُ رَجُلٌ آخَرُ فَأَمْسَكَهُ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى جَاءَ الرَّجُلُ فَقَتَلَهُ فَقَتَلَ الرَّجُلَ الَّذِي قَتَلَهُ وَ قَضَى عَلَى الْآخَرِ الَّذِي أَمْسَكَهُ عَلَيْهِ أَنْ يُطْرَحَ فِي السِّجْنِ أَبَداً حَتَّى يَمُوتَ فِيهِ لِأَنَّهُ أَمْسَكَهُ عَلَى الْمَوْتِ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Yunus, from Zur’at, from Sama’at who said, ‘Amir Al-Momineen asws judged regarding a man who was intense upon a man in order to kill him, and the man fled from him, so another man came across him, so he restrained him until the other man came over, so he killed him. So he as

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع- عَنْ رَجُلٍ وَقَعَ عَلَى رَجُلٍ مِنْ فَوْقِ الْبَيْتِ فَمَاتَ أَحَدُهُمَا فَقَالَ لَيْسَ عَلَى الْأَعْلَى شَيْ‌ءٌ وَ عَلَى الْأَسْفَلِ شَيْ‌ءٌ.

Al Husayn Bin Muhammad, from Moala Bin Muhammad, from Al Washa, from Aban Bin Usman, from Ubeyd Bin Zurara who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah asws about a man who fell upon a man from the top of the house, so one of the two died. So he asws said: ‘There is not upon the higher one, anything, and there is not upon the lower

كُنْتُ عَامِلًا لِبَنِي أُمَيَّةَ فَقَتَلْتُ رَجُلًا فَسَأَلْتُ عَلِيَّ بْنَ الْحُسَيْنِ ع بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ كَيْفَ أَصْنَعُ بِهِ فَقَالَ الدِّيَةَ اعْرِضْهَا عَلَى قَوْمِهِ قَالَ فَعَرَضْتُ فَأَبَوْا وَ جَهَدْتُ فَأَبَوْا فَأَخْبَرْتُ عَلِيَّ بْنَ الْحُسَيْنِ ع بِذَلِكَ فَقَالَ اذْهَبْ مَعَكَ بِنَفَرٍ مِنْ قَوْمِكَ‌ فَأَشْهِدْ عَلَيْهِمْ قَالَ فَفَعَلْتُ فَأَبَوْا فَشَهِدُوا عَلَيْهِمْ فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَى عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْح

A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Abu Abdullah, from Abu Al Khazraj, from Fuzayl Bin Usman Al Awr, from Al Zahry who said, ‘I was an office bearer for the Clan of Umayya, so I killed a man. So I asked Ali asws Bin Al-Husayn asws after that, how I should deal with it, so he asws said: ‘Present the wergild to hi

‌ أَنَّ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع رُفِعَ إِلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ عَذَّبَ عَبْدَهُ حَتَّى مَاتَ فَضَرَبَهُ مِائَةً نَكَالًا وَ حَبَسَهُ سَنَةً وَ أَغْرَمَهُ قِيمَةَ الْعَبْدِ فَتَصَدَّقَ بِهَا عَنْهُ

A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Muhammad Bin Al Hassan Bin Shamoun, from Abdullah Bin Abdul Rahman Al Asamma, from Misma’a Bin Abdul Malik, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws that Amir Al-Momineen asws , a matter was raised to him of a man who punished his slave until he died. So he asw

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ع- عَنْ مُدَبَّرٍ قَتَلَ رَجُلًا عَمْداً فَقَالَ يُقْتَلُ بِهِ قَالَ قُلْتُ فَإِنْ قَتَلَهُ خَطَأً قَالَ فَقَالَ يُدْفَعُ إِلَى أَوْلِيَاءِ الْمَقْتُولِ فَيَكُونُ لَهُمْ رِقّاً إِنْ شَاءُوا بَاعُوهُ وَ إِنْ شَاءُوا اسْتَرَقُّوهُ وَ لَيْسَ لَهُمْ أَنْ يَقْتُلُوهُ قَالَ ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا أَبَا مُحَمَّدٍ إِنَّ الْمُدَبَّرَ مَمْلُوكٌ.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Mahboub, from Hisham Bin Salim, from Abu Baseer who said, ‘I asked Abu Ja’far asws about the ‘ Mudabbir ’ (slave promised freedom upon the death of his master), who killed a man deliberately. So he asws said: ‘He would be killed due to it’. I said, ‘So if he killed

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع مُدَبَّرٌ قَتَلَ رَجُلًا خَطَأً مَنْ يَضْمَنُ عَنْهُ قَالَ يُصَالِحُ عَنْهُ مَوْلَاهُ فَإِنْ أَبَى دُفِعَ إِلَى أَوْلِيَاءِ الْمَقْتُولِ يَخْدُمُهُمْ حَتَّى يَمُوتَ الَّذِي دَبَّرَهُ ثُمَّ يَرْجِعُ حُرّاً لَا سَبِيلَ عَلَيْهِ وَ فِي رِوَايَةٍ أُخْرَى وَ يُسْتَسْعَى فِي قِيمَتِهِ‌[1].

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Jameel who said, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah asws , ‘A ‘ Mudabbir ’ (Slave promised freedom upon the death of his master), who killed a man in error, who is responsible from him?’ He asws said: ‘His master has to reconcile from him. But, if they refuse, he would be

إِنْ شَاءَ مَوْلَاهُ أَنْ يُؤَدِّيَ إِلَيْهِمُ الدِّيَةَ وَ إِلَّا دَفَعَهُ إِلَيْهِمْ يَخْدُمُهُمْ فَإِذَا مَاتَ مَوْلَاهُ يَعْنِي الَّذِي أَعْتَقَهُ رَجَعَ حُرّاً وَ فِي رِوَايَةِ يُونُسَ لَا شَيْ‌ءَ عَلَيْهِ.

A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Abu Nasr, from Jameel, and Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Yunus, from Muhammad Bin Humran, (It has been narrated) both together from Abu Abdullah asws regarding a Mudabbir (slave promised freedom upon the death of his master), wh

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ ع عَنْ مُدَبَّرٍ قَتَلَ رَجُلًا خَطَأً قَالَ أَيَّ شَيْ‌ءٍ رُوِّيتُمْ فِي هَذَا قَالَ قُلْتُ رُوِّينَا عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع أَنَّهُ قَالَ يُتَلُّ بِرُمَّتِهِ‌[1] إِلَى أَوْلِيَاءِ الْمَقْتُولِ فَإِذَا مَاتَ الَّذِي دَبَّرَهُ أُعْتِقَ قَالَ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ فَيَبْطُلُ دَمُ امْرِئٍ مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ هَكَذَا رُوِّينَا قَالَ قَدْ غَلِطْتُمْ عَلَى أَبِي يُتَلُّ بِرُمَّتِهِ إِلَى أَوْلِ

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ismail Bin Marrar, from Yunus, from Al Khattab Bin Salama, from Hisham Bin Ahmad who said, ‘I asked Abu Al-Hassan asws about a Mudabbir (slave promised freedom upon the death of his master), who killed a man in error. He asws said: ‘Which thing are you all reporting with regards t

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ع- عَنْ رَجُلٍ ضَرَبَ رَجُلًا بِعَمُودِ فُسْطَاطٍ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ ضَرْبَةً وَاحِدَةً فَأَجَافَهُ حَتَّى وَصَلَتِ الضَّرْبَةُ إِلَى الدِّمَاغِ فَذَهَبَ عَقْلُهُ فَقَالَ إِنْ كَانَ الْمَضْرُوبُ لَا يَعْقِلُ مِنْهَا الصَّلَاةَ وَ لَا يَعْقِلُ مَا قَالَ وَ لَا مَا قِيلَ لَهُ فَإِنَّهُ يُنْتَظَرُ بِهِ سَنَةً فَإِنْ مَاتَ فِيمَا بَيْنَهُ وَ بَيْنَ السَّنَةِ أُقِيدَ بِهِ ضَارِبُهُ وَ إِنْ لَمْ يَمُتْ

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, and Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, both together, from Ibn Mahboub, from Jameel Bin Salih, from Abu Ubeyda Al Haza’a who said, ‘I asked Abu Ja’far asws about a man who struck a man with a pole of a tent, upon his head, with one strike. So it pierced him to the extent that

جَعَلَ دِيَةَ الْجَنِينِ مِائَةَ دِينَارٍ وَ جَعَلَ مَنِيَّ الرَّجُلِ إِلَى أَنْ يَكُونَ جَنِيناً خَمْسَةَ أَجْزَاءٍ فَإِذَا كَانَ جَنِيناً قَبْلَ أَنْ تَلِجَهُ الرُّوحُ مِائَةَ دِينَارٍ وَ ذَلِكَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ خَلَقَ‌ الْإِنْسانَ مِنْ سُلالَةٍ وَ هِيَ النُّطْفَةُ فَهَذَا جُزْءٌ ثُمَّ عَلَقَةً فَهُوَ جُزْءَانِ- ثُمَّ مُضْغَةً فَهُوَ ثَلَاثَةُ أَجْزَاءٍ ثُمَّ عَظْماً فَهُوَ أَرْبَعَةُ أَجْزَاءٍ ثُمَّ يُ

And by this chain, from Amir Al-Momineen asws having said: ‘The wergild of the foetus is made to be one hundred Dinars, and the sperm of the man up to the stage it happens to be a foetus is of five segments. So if it was a foetus before the spirit enters into it, is one hundred Dinars, and that is that Allah azwj Might

إِنْ ضَرَبَ رَجُلٌ بَطْنَ امْرَأَةٍ حُبْلَى فَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِي بَطْنِهَا مَيِّتاً فَإِنَّ عَلَيْهِ غُرَّةَ عَبْدٍ أَوْ أَمَةٍ يَدْفَعُهَا إِلَيْهَا.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, form Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Ali Bin Abu Hamza, from Abu Baseer, Abu Abdullah asws has said: ‘If a man were to strike the belly of a woman, so she miscarries whatever was in her belly as dead, so upon him would be the fine of providing a male or a female servant, and

إِنْ كَانَ مَاتَ فِي بَطْنِهَا بَعْدَ مَا ضَرَبَهَا فَعَلَيْهِ نِصْفُ عُشْرِ قِيمَةِ أُمِّهِ وَ إِنْ كَانَ ضَرَبَهَا فَأَلْقَتْهُ حَيّاً فَمَاتَ فَإِنَّ عَلَيْهِ عُشْرَ قِيمَةِ أُمِّهِ.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, and Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, both together, from Ibn Mahboub, from Nuaym Bin Ibrahim, from Abu Sayyar, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws regarding a man who killed a foetus of a slave girl in her belly, (which was) for a people (not belong to him). So he

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

سَأَلْتُ عَلِيَّ بْنَ الْحُسَيْنِ ع عَنْ رَجُلٍ ضَرَبَ امْرَأَةً حَامِلًا بِرِجْلِهِ فَطَرَحَتْ مَا فِي بَطْنِهَا مَيِّتاً فَقَالَ إِنْ كَانَ نُطْفَةً فَإِنَّ عَلَيْهِ عِشْرِينَ دِينَاراً قُلْتُ فَمَا حَدُّ النُّطْفَةِ فَقَالَ هِيَ الَّتِي إِذَا وَقَعَتْ فِي الرَّحِمِ فَاسْتَقَرَّتْ فِيهِ أَرْبَعِينَ يَوْماً قَالَ وَ إِنْ طَرَحَتْهُ وَ هُوَ عَلَقَةٌ فَإِنَّ عَلَيْهِ أَرْبَعِينَ دِينَاراً قُلْتُ فَمَا حَدُّ الْعَلَقَة

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Mahboun, from Abdullah Bin Ghalib, from his father, from Saeed Bin Al Musayyab who said, ‘I asked Ali Bin Al-Husayn asws about a man who struck a pregnant woman by his leg, so she dropped what was in her belly, as dead’. So he asws said: ‘So if it was seed, so upon is twenty D

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

قَطْعُ رَأْسِ الْمَيِّتِ أَشَدُّ مِنْ قَطْعِ رَأْسِ الْحَيِ‌[2].

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Jameel, from someone else from our companions, Abu Abdullah asws has said: ‘Cutting-off of the head of the deceased is harsher than cutting a head of the living’.

قُلْتُ رَجُلٌ قَطَعَ رَأْسَ مَيِّتٍ فَقَالَ حُرْمَةُ الْمَيِّتِ كَحُرْمَةِ الْحَيِّ.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad, from Muhammad Bin Sinan, from the one who informed him, Abu Abdullah asws , said, ‘I said, ‘A man cuts-off the head of a deceased’. So he asws said: ‘The sanctity of the dead is like the sanctity of the living’.

سُئِلَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ رَجُلٍ قَطَعَ رَأْسَ رَجُلٍ مَيِّتٍ فَقَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ حَرَّمَ مِنْهُ مَيِّتاً كَمَا حَرَّمَ مِنْهُ حَيّاً فَمَنْ فَعَلَ بِمَيِّتٍ فِعْلًا يَكُونُ فِي مِثْلِهِ اجْتِيَاحُ نَفْسِ الْحَيِّ فَعَلَيْهِ الدِّيَةُ فَسَأَلْتُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ ع فَقَالَ صَدَقَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع هَكَذَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص قُلْتُ فَمَنْ قَطَعَ رَأْسَ مَيِّتٍ أَوْ شَقَّ ب

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Muhammad Bin Hafs, from Al Husayn Bin Khalid who said, ‘Abu Abdullah asws was asked about a man who cut off the head of a dead man. So he asws said: ‘Allah azwj Mighty and Majestic has Sanctified from it for a dead just as He azwj has Sanctified from it for a living. So the one wh

فِي رَجُلٍ حَمَلَ مَتَاعاً عَلَى رَأْسِهِ فَأَصَابَ إِنْسَاناً فَمَاتَ أَوِ انْكَسَرَ مِنْهُ فَقَالَ هُوَ ضَامِنٌ‌[2].

A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Ibn Abu Nasr, from Dawood Bin Sirhan, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws regarding a man who carried provisions upon his head, so they struck a human being and he died, or something broke from him. So he asws said: ‘He is responsible’.

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

فِي رَجُلٍ كَانَ جَالِساً مَعَ قَوْمٍ فَمَاتَ وَ هُوَ مَعَهُمْ أَوْ رَجُلٍ وُجِدَ فِي قَبِيلَةٍ أَوْ عَلَى بَابِ دَارِ قَوْمٍ فَادُّعِيَ عَلَيْهِمْ قَالَ لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِمْ شَيْ‌ءٌ وَ لَا يَبْطُلُ دَمُهُ‌[3].

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Aban, from Muhammad Bin Muslim, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said regarding a man who was seated with a group of people, so he died and he was with them, or a man was found (dead) among his tribe, or upon a door of a people

إِنْ وُجِدَ قَتِيلٌ بِأَرْضِ فَلَاةٍ أُدِّيَتْ دِيَتُهُ مِنْ بَيْتِ الْمَالِ فَإِنَّ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع كَانَ يَقُولُ لَا يَبْطُلُ دَمُ امْرِئٍ مُسْلِمٍ.

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: ‘A dead body was found in the wilderness, is wergild is paid from the public treasury, for Amir Al-Momineen asws was saying: ‘Blood of a Muslim person w

أُتِيَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ بِرَجُلٍ قَدْ قَتَلَ أَخَا رَجُلٍ فَدَفَعَهُ إِلَيْهِ وَ أَمَرَهُ بِقَتْلِهِ فَضَرَبَهُ الرَّجُلُ حَتَّى رَأَى أَنَّهُ قَدْ قَتَلَهُ فَحُمِلَ إِلَى مَنْزِلِهِ فَوَجَدُوا بِهِ رَمَقاً فَعَالَجُوهُ فَبَرَأَ فَلَمَّا خَرَجَ أَخَذَهُ أَخُو الْمَقْتُولِ الْأَوَّلِ فَقَالَ أَنْتَ قَاتِلُ أَخِي وَ لِي أَنْ أَقْتُلَكَ فَقَالَ قَدْ قَتَلْتَنِي مَرَّةً فَانْطَلَقَ بِهِ إِلَى عُمَرَ فَأَمَرَهُ بِق

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 hi

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنِ الْقَسَامَةِ هَلْ جَرَتْ فِيهَا سُنَّةٌ قَالَ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ خَرَجَ رَجُلَانِ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ يُصِيبَانِ مِنَ الثِّمَارِ فَتَفَرَّقَا فَوُجِدَ أَحَدُهُمَا مَيِّتاً فَقَالَ أَصْحَابُهُ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص إِنَّمَا قَتَلَ صَاحِبَنَا الْيَهُودُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص تُحَلَّفُ الْيَهُودُ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَيْفَ نُحَلِّفُ الْيَهُودَ عَلَى أَخِينَا وَ هُمْ قَوْمٌ كُفّ

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Yunus, from Abdullah Bin Sinan who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah asws about the compurgation (sworn endorsements), did the Sunnah flow with regards to it?’ So he asws said: ‘Yes. Two men from the Helpers went out to collect fruits. So they separated, and one of the two was fou

إِنْ قَالَ الرَّابِعُ وَهَمْتُ ضُرِبَ الْحَدَّ وَ غُرِّمَ الدِّيَةَ وَ إِنْ قَالَ تَعَمَّدْتُ قُتِلَ‌[1].

“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 Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘If the fourth cites doubt, he is subjected to penalty, but if he says it was intentional then he is put to

قَضَى أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع فِي فَرَسَيْنِ اصْطَدَمَا فَمَاتَ أَحَدُهُمَا فَضَمَّنَ الْبَاقِيَ دِيَةَ الْمَيِّتِ.

Ahmad Bin Muhammad Al Kufy, from Ibrahim Bin Al Hassan, from Muhammad Bin Khalaf, from Musa Bin Ibrahim Al Marouzy, (It has been narrated) from Abu Al-Hassan Musa asws having said: ‘Amir Al-Momineen asws judged regarding two horses collided, so one of the two dies. So the responsibility is upon the (owner of the) remai

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

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

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?’