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Deviation from Law and Committing Crimes in Makkah

alkafi-6753Vol. 4, p. 227

أُتِيَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَقِيلَ لَهُ إِنَّ سَبُعاً مِنَ سِبَاعِ الطَّيْرِ عَلَى الْكَعْبَةِ لَيْسَ يَمُرُّ بِهِ شَيْ‌ءٌ مِنْ حَمَامِ الْحَرَمِ إِلَّا ضَرَبَهُ فَقَالَ انْصِبُوا لَهُ وَ اقْتُلُوهُ فَإِنَّهُ قَدْ أَلْحَدَ.

“Abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), came in the Masjid and it was said to him that a bird of prey is on al-Ka‘bah and it hits every pigeon that passes. He (the Imam) said, ‘Catch and kill it because it has committed deviation.’”

alkafi-6754Vol. 4, p. 227

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ- وَ مَنْ يُرِدْ فِيهِ‌ بِإِلْحادٍ بِظُلْمٍ‌[1] قَالَ كُلُّ ظُلْمٍ إِلْحَادٌ وَ ضَرْبُ الْخَادِمِ فِي غَيْرِ ذَنْبٍ مِنْ ذَلِكَ الْإِلْحَادِ.

‘One who is found therein in deviation and injustice. . . .’ (22:24) He (the Imam) said, ‘All forms of injustice is deviation, causing harms to a servant without sin is of such deviation.”’

alkafi-6755Vol. 4, p. 227

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ- وَ مَنْ يُرِدْ فِيهِ بِإِلْحادٍ بِظُلْمٍ نُذِقْهُ مِنْ عَذابٍ أَلِيمٍ‌ فَقَالَ كُلُّ ظُلْمٍ يَظْلِمُهُ الرَّجُلُ نَفْسُهُ بِمَكَّةَ مِنْ سَرِقَةٍ أَوْ ظُلْمِ أَحَدٍ أَوْ شَيْ‌ءٍ مِنَ الظُّلْمِ فَإِنِّي أَرَاهُ إِلْحَاداً وَ لِذَلِكَ كَانَ يُتَّقَى أَنْ يُسْكَنَ الْحَرَمُ.

“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the words of Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, ‘We will make one who is found there with deviation with injustice to taste painful punishment.’ (22:24) He (the Imam) said, ‘Every injustice that a man does to himself in Makkah, like stealing, injustice to others or any form

alkafi-6756Vol. 4, p. 227-228

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ رَجُلٍ قَتَلَ رَجُلًا فِي الْحِلِّ ثُمَّ دَخَلَ الْحَرَمَ فَقَالَ لَا يُقْتَلُ وَ لَا يُطْعَمُ وَ لَا يُسْقَى وَ لَا يُبَايَعُ وَ لَا يُؤْوَى حَتَّى يَخْرُجَ مِنَ الْحَرَمِ فَيُقَامَ عَلَيْهِ الْحَدُّقُلْتُ فَمَا تَقُولُ فِي رَجُلٍ قَتَلَ فِي الْحَرَمِ أَوْ سَرَقَ قَالَ يُقَامُ عَلَيْهِ الْحَدُّ فِي الْحَرَمِ صَاغِراً إِنَّهُ لَمْ يَرَ لِلْحَرَمِ حُرْمَةً وَ قَدْ قَالَ اللَّهُ تَع

“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about a man who has killed another man in non- sacred area but then entered the sacred area. He (the Imam) said, ‘He must not be killed, fed, given drink, dealt with for buying and selling or given protection and lodging until he comes out of the sacred area, so that he is brought t