Family & Kinship

إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص وَقَفَ بِمِنًى حِينَ قَضَى مَنَاسِكَهُ فِي حَجَّةِ الْوَدَاعِ فَقَالَ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اسْمَعُوا مَا أَقُولُ لَكُمْ فَاعْقِلُوهُ عَنِّي فَإِنِّي لَا أَدْرِي لَعَلِّي لَا أَلْقَاكُمْ فِي هَذَا الْمَوْقِفِ بَعْدَ عَامِنَا هَذَا ثُمَّ قَالَ أَيُّ يَوْمٍ أَعْظَمُ حُرْمَةً قَالُوا هَذَا الْيَوْمُ قَالَ فَأَيُّ شَهْرٍ أَعْظَمُ حُرْمَةً قَالُوا هَذَا الشَّهْرُ قَالَ فَأَيُّ بَلَدٍ أَعْظَمُ حُرْمَةً

A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Al Husayn Bin Saeed, from his brother Al Hassan, from Zur’at Bin Muhammad, from Sama’at, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said that Rasool-Allah azwj paused at Mina where he fulfilled his saww rituals during the farewell Hajj. So he s

يُخَيَّرُ أَهْلُ الْمَقْتُولِ فَأَيَّهُمْ شَاءُوا قَتَلُوا وَ يَرْجِعُ أَوْلِيَاؤُهُ عَلَى الْبَاقِينَ بِتِسْعَةِ أَعْشَارِ الدِّيَةِ[1].

Ali Bin Ibrahim from his father, and Muhammad Bin Yahya from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, both together from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hammad, from Al Halby, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws regarding ten (people) who participated in killing a man. He asws said: ‘The family of the killed one can choose whichever one they

إِنْ أَرَادَ أَوْلِيَاءُ الْمَقْتُولِ قَتْلَهُمَا أَدَّوْا دِيَةً كَامِلَةً وَ قَتَلُوهُمَا وَ تَكُونُ الدِّيَةُ بَيْنَ أَوْلِيَاءِ الْمَقْتُولَيْنِ فَإِنْ أَرَادُوا قَتْلَ أَحَدِهِمَا فَقَتَلُوهُ أَدَّى الْمَتْرُوكُ نِصْفَ الدِّيَةِ إِلَى أَهْلِ الْمَقْتُولِ وَ إِنْ لَمْ يُؤَدِّ دِيَةَ أَحَدِهِمَا وَ لَمْ يَقْتُلْ أَحَدَهُمَا قَبِلَ الدِّيَةَ صَاحِبُهُ مِنْ كِلَيْهِمَا.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Yunus, from Abdullah Bin Muskan, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws regarding two men who both killed one man. He asws said: ‘If the guardians of the killed one intend to kill both of them, or they have to pay the complete wergild (of one person), and kill them bo

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع‌[2] عَشَرَةٌ قَتَلُوا رَجُلًا فَقَالَ إِنْ شَاءَ أَوْلِيَاؤُهُ قَتَلُوهُمْ جَمِيعاً وَ غَرِمُوا تِسْعَ دِيَاتٍ وَ إِنْ شَاءُوا تَخَيَّرُوا رَجُلًا فَقَتَلُوهُ وَ أَدَّى التِّسْعَةُ الْبَاقُونَ‌ إِلَى أَهْلِ الْمَقْتُولِ الْأَخِيرِ عُشْرَ الدِّيَةِ كُلُّ رَجُلٍ مِنْهُمْ قَالَ ثُمَّ إِنَّ الْوَالِيَ بَعْدُ يَلِي أَدَبَهُمْ وَ حَبْسَهُمْ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ahmad Bin Al Hassan Al Maysami, from Aban, from Al Fuzayl Bin Yasaar who said, ‘I said to Abu Ja’far asws , ‘Ten kill one man?’ So he asws said: ‘If his guardian so desires to, he can kill them altogether, and pay nine wergilds, and if so desires to he can choose one man, so he ki

قَضَى أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع فِي أَرْبَعَةِ نَفَرٍ أَطْلَعُوا فِي زُبْيَةِ الْأَسَدِ فَخَرَّ أَحَدُهُمْ فَاسْتَمْسَكَ بِالثَّانِي وَ اسْتَمْسَكَ الثَّانِي بِالثَّالِثِ وَ اسْتَمْسَكَ الثَّالِثُ بِالرَّابِعِ حَتَّى أَسْقَطَ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضاً عَلَى الْأَسَدِ فَقَتَلَهُمُ الْأَسَدُ فَقَضَى بِالْأَوَّلِ فَرِيسَةَ الْأَسَدِ وَ غَرَّمَ أَهْلَهُ ثُلُثَ الدِّيَةِ لِأَهْلِ الثَّانِي وَ غَرَّمَ أَهْلَ الثَّانِي لِأَهْلِ الث

And in a report of Muhammad Bin Qays, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abu Ja’far asws having said: ‘Amir Al-Momineen asws judged regarding four persons who came over to a pit of the lion, so one of them fell, so he attached himself with the second, and the second one attached himself with the third, and the third attac

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

مَا هَذِهِ الْجَمَاعَةُ فَقَالُوا هَذَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ شِهَابٍ الزُّهْرِيُّ اخْتَلَطَ عَقْلُهُ فَلَيْسَ يَتَكَلَّمُ فَأَخْرَجَهُ أَهْلُهُ لَعَلَّهُ إِذَا رَأَى النَّاسَ أَنْ يَتَكَلَّمَ فَلَمَّا قَضَى عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ طَوَافَهُ خَرَجَ حَتَّى دَنَا مِنْهُ فَلَمَّا رَآهُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ شِهَابٍ عَرَفَهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ ع مَا لَكَ فَقَالَ وُلِّيتُ وِلَايَةً فَأَصَبْتُ دَماً فَقَتَلْتُ رَجُلً

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hisham Bin Salim, and Ibn Bukeyr and someone else who said, ‘Ali asws Bin Al-Husayn asws was in the circumambulation (of the Kaaba), so he asws looked at a group around the Masjid. So he asws said: ‘What is this group?’ So they said, ‘This is Muhammad Bin Shiha

فِي رَجُلٍ يَقْتُلُ الْمَرْأَةَ مُتَعَمِّداً فَأَرَادَ أَهْلُ الْمَرْأَةِ أَنْ يَقْتُلُوهُ قَالَ ذَلِكَ لَهُمْ إِذَا أَدَّوْا إِلَى أَهْلِهِ نِصْفَ الدِّيَةِ وَ إِنْ قَبِلُوا الدِّيَةَ فَلَهُمْ نِصْفُ دِيَةِ الرَّجُلِ وَ إِنْ قَتَلَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ الرَّجُلَ قُتِلَتْ بِهِ وَ لَيْسَ لَهُمْ إِلَّا نَفْسُهَا وَ قَالَ جِرَاحَاتُ الرِّجَالِ وَ النِّسَاءِ سَوَاءٌ سِنُّ الْمَرْأَةِ بِسِنِّ الرَّجُلِ وَ مُوضِحَةُ الْمَرْأَةِ ب

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from hi sfather, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hammad, from Al Halby, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said regarding a man who killed the woman deliberately. So the family of the woman intended to kill him. He asws said: ‘That is for them. When he gives half the wergild to her family, a

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنِ الْجِرَاحَاتِ فَقَالَ جِرَاحَةُ الْمَرْأَةِ مِثْلُ جِرَاحَةِ الرَّجُلِ حَتَّى تَبْلُغَ ثُلُثَ الدِّيَةِ فَإِذَا بَلَغَتْ ثُلُثَ الدِّيَةِ سَوَاءً أُضْعِفَتْ جِرَاحَةُ الرَّجُلِ ضِعْفَيْنِ عَلَى جِرَاحَةِ الْمَرْأَةِ وَ سِنُّ الرَّجُلِ وَ سِنُّ الْمَرْأَةِ سَوَاءٌ وَ قَالَ إِنْ قَتَلَ رَجُلٌ امْرَأَةً عَمْداً فَأَرَادَ أَهْلُ الْمَرْأَةِ أَنْ يَقْتُلُوا الرَّجُلَ رَدُّوا إِلَى أَهْ

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Ali Bin Abu Hamza, from Abu Baseer who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah asws about the injuries, so he asws said: ‘The injuries of the woman are like the injuries of the man until it reaches a third of the wergild. So when it reaches to be the same as

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ‌ فِي رَجُلٍ قَتَلَ امْرَأَةً مُتَعَمِّداً فَقَالَ إِنْ شَاءَ أَهْلُهَا أَنْ يَقْتُلُوهُ وَ يُؤَدُّوا إِلَى أَهْلِهِ نِصْفَ الدِّيَةِ وَ إِنْ شَاءُوا أَخَذُوا نِصْفَ الدِّيَةِ خَمْسَةَ آلَافِ دِرْهَمٍ وَ قَالَ فِي امْرَأَةٍ قَتَلَتْ زَوْجَهَا مُتَعَمِّداً فَقَالَ إِنْ شَاءَ أَهْلُهُ أَنْ يَقْتُلُوهُ قَتَلُوهَا وَ لَيْسَ يَجْنِي أَحَدٌ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ جِنَايَتِهِ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, and Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, both together from Ibn Mahboub, from Abdullah Bin Sinan who said, ‘I heard Abu Abdullah asws saying regarding a man who killed a woman deliberately. So he asws said: ‘If her family so desire to they can kill him, and pay half the wergild

قُلْتُ لَهُ رَجُلٌ قَتَلَ امْرَأَةً فَقَالَ إِنْ أَرَادَ أَهْلُ الْمَرْأَةِ أَنْ يَقْتُلُوهُ أَدَّوْا نِصْفَ دِيَتِهِ وَ قَتَلُوهُ وَ إِلَّا قَبِلُوا الدِّيَةَ.

Abu Ali Al Ashary, from Muhammad Bin Abdul Jabbar, from Safwan, from Is’haq Bin Ammar, from Abu Baseer, (It has been narrated) from one of the two (5 th or 6 th Imam asws ), said, ‘I said to him asws , ‘A man kills a woman’. So he asws said: ‘If the family of the woman intend to kill him, they have to pay half his werg

إِنْ قَتَلَ رَجُلٌ امْرَأَةً وَ أَرَادَ أَهْلُ الْمَرْأَةِ أَنْ يَقْتُلُوهُ أَدَّوْا نِصْفَ الدِّيَةِ إِلَى أَهْلِ الرَّجُلِ.

Abu Ali Al Ashary, from Muhammad Bin Abdul Jabbar, from Safwan Bin Yahya, from Ibn Muskan, from Abu Baseer, (It has been narrated) from one of the two (5 th or 6 th Imam asws ) having said: ‘If a man kills a woman and the family of the woman intend that they kill him, they should pay half the wergild to the family of t

إِذَا قَتَلَ الْمُسْلِمُ النَّصْرَانِيَّ فَأَرَادَ أَهْلُ النَّصْرَانِيِّ أَنْ يَقْتُلُوهُ قَتَلُوهُ وَ أَدَّوْا فَضْلَ مَا بَيْنَ الدِّيَتَيْنِ.

A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al Husayn Bin Saeed, from Fazalat Bin Ayoub, from Abu Al Magra, from Abu Baseer, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘When the Muslim kills the Christian, so the family of the Christian intend to kill him, they can kill him and pay the exc

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ع عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يَضْرِبُ الْمَرْأَةَ فَتَطْرَحُ النُّطْفَةَ فَقَالَ عَلَيْهِ عِشْرُونَ دِينَاراً فَقُلْتُ يَضْرِبُهَا فَتَطْرَحُ الْعَلَقَةَ فَقَالَ عَلَيْهِ أَرْبَعُونَ دِينَاراً قُلْتُ فَيَضْرِبُهَا فَتَطْرَحُ الْمُضْغَةَ قَالَ عَلَيْهِ سِتُّونَ دِينَاراً قُلْتُ فَيَضْرِبُهَا فَتَطْرَحُهُ وَ قَدْ صَارَ لَهُ عَظْمٌ فَقَالَ عَلَيْهِ الدِّيَةُ كَامِلَةً وَ بِهَذَا قَضَى أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Ibn Mahboub, from Abu Ayoub Al Khazaz, from Muhammad Bin Muslim who said, ‘I asked Abu Ja’far asws about the man who struck the woman, so she dropped the seed. So he asws said: ‘Upon him is twenty Dinars’. So I said, ‘He hits her and she drops the clot?’ So he a

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

لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ مَا أَصَابَتْ بِرِجْلِهَا وَ لَكِنْ عَلَيْهِ مَا أَصَابَتْ بِيَدِهَا لِأَنَّ رِجْلَهَا خَلْفَهُ إِنْ رَكِبَ وَ إِنْ كَانَ قَائِدَهَا فَإِنَّهُ يَمْلِكُ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ يَدَهَا يَضَعُهَا حَيْثُ يَشَاءُ قَالَ وَ سُئِلَ عَنْ بُخْتِيٍّ اغْتَلَمَ‌[1] فَخَرَجَ مِنَ الدَّارِ فَقَتَلَ رَجُلًا فَجَاءَ أَخُو الرَّجُلِ فَضَرَبَ الْفَحْلَ بِالسَّيْفِ فَعَقَرَهُ فَقَالَ صَاحِبُ الْبُخْتِيِّ ضَامِنٌ لِلدِّيَةِ وَ

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hammad, from Al Halby, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having been asked about the man who passes upon a road from the roads of the Muslim, so his animal hits a human being by its (hind) legs. So he asws said: ‘There is nothing upon him what it hi

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

ازْدَحَمَ النَّاسُ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ فِي إِمْرَةِ عَلِيٍّ ع بِالْكُوفَةِ فَقَتَلُوا رَجُلًا فَوَدَى دِيَتَهُ إِلَى أَهْلِهِ مِنْ بَيْتِ مَالِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Mahboub, from Abu Ayoub, from Muhammad Bin Muslim, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far asws having said: ‘(Whenever) the people thronged on the day of Friday during the emirate of Ali asws at Al-Kufa, so a man got killed, his wergild was paid to his family from the public t

قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع‌ لَيْسَ فِي الْهَائِشَاتِ عَقْلٌ‌[1] وَ لَا قِصَاصٌ وَ الْهَائِشَاتُ الْفَزْعَةُ تَقَعُ بِاللَّيْلِ وَ النَّهَارِ فَيُشَجُّ الرَّجُلُ فِيهَا أَوْ يَقَعُ قَتِيلٌ لَا يُدْرَى مَنْ قَتَلَهُ وَ شَجَّهُ وَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع فِي حَدِيثٍ آخَرَ يَرْفَعُهُ إِلَى أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع فَوَدَاهُ مِنْ بَيْتِ الْمَالِ.

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: ‘There is no compensation (to be paid) by relative with regards to the mischief, nor retaliation, and the mischievous terrifying, occurring by the night and the day,

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ع عَنْ رَجُلٍ قُتِلَ وَ لَهُ أَخٌ فِي دَارِ الْهِجْرَةِ وَ لَهُ أَخٌ فِي دَارِ الْبَدْوِ وَ لَمْ يُهَاجِرْ أَ رَأَيْتَ إِنْ عَفَا الْمُهَاجِرِيُّ وَ أَرَادَ الْبَدَوِيُّ أَنْ يَقْتُلَ أَ لَهُ ذَلِكَ لَيْسَ لِلْبَدَوِيِّ أَنْ يَقْتُلَ مُهَاجِرِيّاً حَتَّى يُهَاجِرَ قَالَ وَ إِذَا عَفَا الْمُهَاجِرِيُّ فَإِنَّ عَفْوَهُ جَائِزٌ قُلْتُ فَلِلْبَدَوِيِّ مِنَ الْمِيرَاثِ شَيْ‌ءٌ قَالَ أَمَّا الْمِيرَ

Ibn Mahboub, from Ali Bin Raib, from Zurara who said, ‘I asked Abu Ja’far asws about a man who was killed, and for him is a brother in the house of the migration, and for him is a brother in the house of the Bedouins who did not migrate. What is your asws view if the emigrant forgive and the Bedouin want that he be kil

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‌ فَمَنْ تَصَدَّقَ‌ بِهِ فَهُوَ كَفَّارَةٌ لَهُ‌[1] فَقَالَ يُكَفَّرُ عَنْهُ مِنْ ذُنُوبِهِ بِقَدْرِ مَا عَفَا وَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ- فَمَنْ عُفِيَ لَهُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ شَيْ‌ءٌ فَاتِّباعٌ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَ أَداءٌ إِلَيْهِ بِإِحْسانٍ‌[2] قَالَ يَنْبَغِي لِلَّذِي لَهُ الْحَقُّ أَنْ لَا يَعْسُرَ أَخَاهُ إِذَا كَانَ قَدْ صَالَحَهُ عَلَى دِيَةٍ وَ يَنْبَغ

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 , said, ‘I asked him asws about the Words of Allah azwj Mighty and Majestic [5:45] but he who foregoes it, it shall be an expiation for him . So he asws said: ‘It would expiate from

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ- فَمَنْ تَصَدَّقَ بِهِ فَهُوَ كَفَّارَةٌ لَهُ‌ قَالَ يُكَفَّرُ عَنْهُ مِنْ ذُنُوبِهِ بِقَدْرِ مَا عَفَا مِنْ جِرَاحٍ أَوْ غَيْرِهِ قَالَ وَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ- فَمَنْ عُفِيَ لَهُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ شَيْ‌ءٌ فَاتِّباعٌ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَ أَداءٌ إِلَيْهِ بِإِحْسانٍ‌ قَالَ هُوَ الرَّجُلُ يَقْبَلُ الدِّيَةَ فَيَنْبَغِي لِلطَّالِبِ أَنْ ي

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Ali Bin Abu Hamza, from Abu Baseer who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah asws about the Words of Allah azwj Mighty and Majestic [5:45] but he who foregoes it, it shall be an ‘ كَفَّارَةٌ ’ expiation for him . He asws said: ‘It would expiate from him his

هُوَ الرَّجُلُ يَقْبَلُ الدِّيَةَ فَأَمَرَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ الرَّجُلَ الَّذِي لَهُ الْحَقُّ أَنْ يَتَّبِعَهُ بِمَعْرُوفٍ وَ لَا يُعْسِرَهُ وَ أَمَرَ الَّذِي عَلَيْهِ الْحَقُّ أَنْ يُؤَدِّيَ إِلَيْهِ بِإِحْسَانٍ إِذَا أَيْسَرَ قُلْتُ أَ رَأَيْتَ قَوْلَهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ- فَمَنِ اعْتَدى‌ بَعْدَ ذلِكَ فَلَهُ عَذابٌ أَلِيمٌ‌ قَالَ هُوَ الرَّجُلُ يَقْبَلُ الدِّيَةَ أَوْ يُصَالِحُ ثُمَّ يَجِي‌ءُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فَيُمَثّ

Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Abu Nasr, from Abdul Kareem, from Sama’at, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws regarding the Words of Allah azwj Mighty and Majestic [2:178] but if any remission is made to any one by his (aggrieved) brother then prosecution (for the blood wit) should be made according to usage, and pay

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ رَجُلٍ مُسْلِمٍ قَتَلَ رَجُلًا مُسْلِماً عَمْداً فَلَمْ يَكُنْ لِلْمَقْتُولِ أَوْلِيَاءُ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ إِلَّا أَوْلِيَاءُ مِنْ أَهْلِ الذِّمَّةِ مِنْ قَرَابَتِهِ فَقَالَ عَلَى الْإِمَامِ أَنْ يَعْرِضَ عَلَى قَرَابَتِهِ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ الْإِسْلَامَ فَمَنْ أَسْلَمَ مِنْهُمْ فَهُوَ وَلِيُّهُ يَدْفَعَ الْقَاتِلَ إِلَيْهِ فَإِنْ شَاءَ قَتَلَ وَ إِنْ شَاءَ عَفَا وَ إِنْ شَاءَ

Muhammad Bin Yahya from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, and Ali Bin Ibrahim from his father, from Ibn Mahboub, from Abu Wallad who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah asws about a Muslim man who killed a Muslim man deliberately. So there did not happen to be for the killed one any guardians from the Muslims except for guardians from the A

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

لَيْسَ بَيْنَ أَهْلِ الذِّمَّةِ مُعَاقَلَةٌ فِيمَا يَجْنُونَ مِنْ قَتْلٍ أَوْ جِرَاحَةٍ إِنَّمَا يُؤْخَذُ ذَلِكَ مِنْ أَمْوَالِهِمْ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُمْ مَالٌ رَجَعَتِ الْجِنَايَةُ عَلَى إِمَامِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ لِأَنَّهُمْ يُؤَدُّونَ إِلَيْهِ الْجِزْيَةَ كَمَا يُؤَدِّي الْعَبْدُ الضَّرِيبَةَ إِلَى سَيِّدِهِ قَالَ وَ هُمْ مَمَالِيكُ الْإِمَامِ فَمَنْ أَسْلَمَ مِنْهُمْ فَهُوَ حُرٌّ.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, and Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, both together from Ibn Mahboub, from Abu Wallad, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘There is no (payment of the wergild) by the blood relatives between the people under the responsibility ( Ahl Al-Zimma ), regard

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

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ رَجُلٍ قَتَلَ رَجُلًا مُتَعَمِّداً ثُمَّ هَرَبَ الْقَاتِلُ فَلَمْ يُقْدَرْ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ إِنْ كَانَ لَهُ مَالٌ أُخِذَتِ الدِّيَةُ مِنْ مَالِهِ وَ إِلَّا فَمِنَ الْأَقْرَبِ فَالْأَقْرَبِ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ قَرَابَةٌ وَدَاهُ الْإِمَامُ فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَبْطُلُ دَمُ امْرِئٍ مُسْلِمٍ. وَ- فِي رِوَايَةٍ أُخْرَى‌ ثُمَّ لِلْوَالِي بَعْدُ حَبْسُهُ وَ أَدَبُهُ.

Humeyd Bin Ziyad, from Al Hazzan Bin Muhammad Bin Sama’at, from Ahmad Bin Al Hassan Al Maysami, from Aban Bin Usman, from Abu Baseer who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah asws about a man who killed a man deliberately, then the killer fled and they were not able over him (to catch him). He asws said: ‘If there was wealth for

قَضَى أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع أَنَّهُ لَا يُحْمَلُ عَلَى الْعَاقِلَةِ إِلَّا الْمُوضِحَةُ فَصَاعِداً وَ قَالَ مَا دُونَ السِّمْحَاقِ أَجْرُ الطَّبِيبِ سِوَى الدِّيَةِ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Fazzal, from Yunus Bin Yaqoub, from Abu Maryan, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far asws having said: ‘Amir Al-Momineen asws judged that there would be no burden upon the (wergild payable by) the blood relatives except for the bone exposing injury upwards’. And he asws said

لَا تَضْمَنُ الْعَاقِلَةُ عَمْداً وَ لَا إِقْرَاراً وَ لَا صُلْحاً. بَابٌ‌

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, form Ibn Mahboub, from Ali Bin Abu Hamza, from Abu Baseer, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far asws having said: ‘The blood relatives are not guarantors in deliberate (killing), nor confession, nor a reconciliation’.

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ أَرْبَعَةٍ شَهِدُوا عَلَى رَجُلٍ بِالزِّنَى فَلَمَّا قُتِلَ رَجَعَ أَحَدُهُمْ عَنْ شَهَادَتِهِ قَالَ فَقَالَ يُقْتَلُ الرَّابِعُ وَ يُؤَدِّي الثَّلَاثَةُ إِلَى أَهْلِهِ ثَلَاثَةَ أَرْبَاعِ الدِّيَةِ.

“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of four witnesses who testify against a man to have committed fornication and when he is executed, one of them retracts his testimony. He (the Imam) said, ‘The fourth one among them is executed and the other three must pay three-fourth of wergild to his family of the

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

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

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

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.’”

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

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ أَرْبَعَةٍ شَهِدُوا عَلَى رَجُلٍ بِالزِّنَى فَلَمَّا قُتِلَ رَجَعَ أَحَدُهُمْ عَنْ شَهَادَتِهِ قَالَ فَقَالَ يُقْتَلُ الرَّابِعُ وَ يُؤَدِّي الثَّلَاثَةُ إِلَى أَهْلِهِ ثَلَاثَةَ أَرْبَاعِ الدِّيَةِ.

5. Ibn Mahbub has narrated from Ibrahim ibn Nu’aym al-’Azdiy who has narrated the following: “I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah, ‘Alayhi al-Salam, about the case of four witnesses who testify against a man to have committed fornication and when he is executed, one of them retracts his testimony. He (the Imam) said, ‘The four

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي‌ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص قَضَى بِشَاهِدٍ وَ يَمِينٍ.

2. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Hammad ibn ‘Isa who has narrated the following: “I once heard abu ‘Abd Allah, Alayhi al-Salam, saying, ‘My father has narrated to me that the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, issued jud

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع- عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يَكُونُ لَهُ عِنْدَ الرَّجُلِ الْحَقُّ وَ لَهُ شَاهِدٌ وَاحِدٌ قَالَ فَقَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَقْضِي بِشَاهِدٍ وَاحِدٍ وَ يَمِينَ صَاحِبِ الْحَقِّ وَ ذَلِكَ فِي الدَّيْنِ.

3. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from Yunus from Zur’ah from Sama‘ah from abu Basir who has narrated the following: “I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah, Alayhi al-Salam, about the case of a man who has a certain claim on a man about which he has only one witness. He (the Imam) said, ‘The Messenger of All

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَقْضِي بِشَاهِدٍ وَاحِدٍ مَعَ يَمِينِ صَاحِبِ الْحَقِّ.

4. Abu Ali al-Ash ‘ariy has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Jabbar from Safwan ibn Yahya from Mansur ibn Hazim who has narrated the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah, Alayhi al-Salam, has said that the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, would i

دَخَلَ الْحَكَمُ بْنُ عُتَيْبَةَ وَ سَلَمَةُ بْنُ كُهَيْلٍ عَلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع فَسَأَلَاهُ عَنْ شَاهِدٍ وَ يَمِينٍ فَقَالَ قَضَى بِهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص وَ قَضَى بِهِ عَلِيٌّ ع عِنْدَكُمْ بِالْكُوفَةِ فَقَالا هَذَا خِلَافُ الْقُرْآنِ فَقَالَ وَ أَيْنَ وَجَدْتُمُوهُ خِلَافَ الْقُرْآنِ فَقَالا إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى يَقُولُ- وَ أَشْهِدُوا ذَوَيْ عَدْلٍ مِنْكُمْ‌[1] فَقَالَ لَهُمَا أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع فَقَوْ

“Once al-Hakam ibn ‘Utaybah and Salmah ibn Kuhayl visited abu Ja‘far, Alayhi al-Salam, and asked about the testimony of one witness and a oath. He (the Imam) said, ‘The Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, issued judgment on such basis as wel

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص أَجَازَ شَهَادَةَ النِّسَاءِ مَعَ يَمِينِ الطَّالِبِ فِي الدَّيْنِ يَحْلِفُ بِاللَّهِ إِنَّ حَقَّهُ لَحَقٌّ.

7. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from ibn abu ‘ Urn ay r from Hammad from al-Halabiy who has narrated the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah, Alayhi al-Salam, has said that the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, accepted the testimon

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يُجِيزُ فِي الدَّيْنِ شَهَادَةَ رَجُلٍ وَاحِدٍ وَ يَمِينَ صَاحِبِ الدَّيْنِ وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ يُجِيزُ فِي الْهِلَالِ إِلَّا شَاهِدَيْ عَدْلٍ.

8. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from Ali ibn al-Hakam from abu Ayyub al-Khazzaz from Muhammad ibn Muslim who has narrated the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah, Alayhi al-Salam, has said that the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their serv

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع الرَّجُلُ يَكُونُ فِي دَارِهِ ثُمَّ يَغِيبُ عَنْهَا ثَلَاثِينَ سَنَةً وَ يَدَعُ فِيهَا عِيَالَهُ ثُمَّ يَأْتِينَا هَلَاكُهُ وَ نَحْنُ لَا نَدْرِي مَا أَحْدَثَ فِي دَارِهِ وَ لَا نَدْرِي مَا حَدَثَ لَهُ مِنَ الْوَلَدِ إِلَّا أَنَّا لَا نَعْلَمُ نَحْنُ أَنَّهُ أَحْدَثَ فِي دَارِهِ شَيْئاً وَ لَا حَدَثَ لَهُ وَلَدٌ وَ لَا يُقْسَمُ هَذِهِ الدَّارُ بَيْنَ وَرَثَتِهِ الَّذِينَ تَرَكَ فِي الد

“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of a man who has a house and he remains absent from it for thirty years; but he leaves his family there, then news of his death comes. We do not know what may have happened in his house as well as to his children. We however, do not know of anything happening to his h

تَجُوزُ إِذَا كَانَ مَعَهُنَّ رَجُلٌ وَ كَانَ عَلِيٌّ ع يَقُولُ لَا أُجِيزُهَا فِي الطَّلَاقِ قُلْتُ تَجُوزُ شَهَادَةُ النِّسَاءِ مَعَ الرَّجُلِ فِي الدَّيْنِ قَالَ نَعَمْ وَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ شَهَادَةِ الْقَابِلَةِ فِي الْوِلَادَةِ قَالَ تَجُوزُ شَهَادَةُ الْوَاحِدَةِ وَ قَالَ تَجُوزُ شَهَادَةُ النِّسَاءِ [فِي الدَّيْنِ وَ] فِي الْمَنْفُوسِ وَ الْعُذْرَةِ وَ حَدَّثَنِي مَنْ سَمِعَهُ يُحَدِّثُ أَنَّ أَبَاهُ أَخْبَرَهُ

“Once abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), was asked, if testimony by women is acceptable in the case of marriage?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘It is acceptable if there is a man with them. Ali (a.s.), would say, “I do not accept the testimony by women in divorce.’” I then asked if testimony of women with a man is acceptable in matters of

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ شَهَادَةِ الْوَلَدِ لِوَالِدِهِ وَ الْوَالِدِ لِوَلَدِهِ وَ الْأَخِ لِأَخِيهِ قَالَ فَقَالَ تَجُوزُ.

“I once asked abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), about the testimony of a father for his son or a son’s testimony for his father and the testimony of a brother for his brother. He (the Imam) said, ’It is permissible.’”

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ شَهَادَةِ الْوَالِدِ لِوَلَدِهِ وَ الْوَلَدِ لِوَالِدِهِ وَ الْأَخِ لِأَخِيهِ فَقَالَ تَجُوزُ.

“I once asked abu ’Abd Allah (a.s.), about the testimony of a father for his son, the testimony of a son for his father and the testimony of a brother for his brother. He (the Imam) said, ‘It is permissible.’”