The Inheritance of a Killer

أَنَّ ثَلَاثَةَ نَفَرٍ رُفِعُوا إِلَى أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع وَاحِدٌ مِنْهُمْ أَمْسَكَ رَجُلًا وَ أَقْبَلَ آخَرُ فَقَتَلَهُ وَ الْآخَرُ يَرَاهُمْ فَقَضَى فِي الرُّؤْيَةِ أَنْ تُسْمَلَ عَيْنَاهُ‌[2] وَ فِي الَّذِي أَمْسَكَ أَنْ يُسْجَنَ حَتَّى يَمُوتَ كَمَا أَمْسَكَهُ وَ قَضَى فِي الَّذِي قَتَلَ أَنْ يُقْتَلَ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Al Nowfaly, from Al Sakuny, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws that (the matter of) three persons was raised to Amir Al-Momineen asws , one of them had restrained a man, and the other faced him so he killed him, and the other one watched them. He asws judged regarding t

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ رَجُلٍ وَقَعَ عَلَى رَجُلٍ فَقَتَلَهُ فَقَالَ لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ شَيْ‌ءٌ[3].

A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Ibn Mahboub, from Ibn Raib, from Ubeyd Bin Zurara who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah asws about a man who falls upon a man, so he kills him, so he asws said: ‘There is nothing upon him’.

الدِّيَةُ عَلَى الَّذِي وَقَعَ عَلَى الرَّجُلِ فَقَتَلَهُ لِأَوْلِيَاءِ الْمَقْتُولِ قَالَ وَ يَرْجِعُ الْمَدْفُوعُ بِالدِّيَةِ عَلَى الَّذِي دَفَعَهُ قَالَ وَ إِنْ أَصَابَ الْمَدْفُوعَ شَيْ‌ءٌ فَهُوَ عَلَى الدَّافِعِ أَيْضاً.

Ibn Mahboub, from Ibn Raib and Abdullah Bin Sinan, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws regarding a man who pushed a man upon another man, so he got killed (by) him. So he asws said: ‘The wergild is upon the one who fell upon the man who got killed, for the guardians of the killed one’. He asws said: ‘And the

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

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ رَجُلٍ وُجِدَ مَقْتُولًا فَجَاءَ رَجُلَانِ إِلَى وَلِيِّهِ فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا أَنَا قَتَلْتُهُ عَمْداً وَ قَالَ الْآخَرُ أَنَا قَتَلْتُهُ خَطَأً فَقَالَ إِنْ هُوَ أَخَذَ بِقَوْلِ صَاحِبِ الْعَمْدِ فَلَيْسَ لَهُ عَلَى صَاحِبِ الْخَطَإِ سَبِيلٌ وَ إِنْ أَخَذَ بِقَوْلِ صَاحِبِ الْخَطَإِ فَلَيْسَ لَهُ عَلَى صَاحِبِ الْعَمْدِ سَبِيلٌ.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, form Al Hassan Bin Mahboub, from Al Hassan Bin Salih who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah asws about a man who was found killed, so two men came over to his guardian, so one of the two said, ‘I killed him deliberately’, and the other one said, ‘I killed him in error’. So he asws

أُتِيَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع بِرَجُلٍ وُجِدَ فِي خَرِبَةٍ وَ بِيَدِهِ سِكِّينٌ مُلَطَّخٌ بِالدَّمِ وَ إِذَا رَجُلٌ مَذْبُوحٌ يَتَشَحَّطُ فِي دَمِهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع مَا تَقُولُ قَالَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَنَا قَتَلْتُهُ قَالَ اذْهَبُوا بِهِ فَاقْتُلُوهُ بِهِ فَلَمَّا ذَهَبُوا بِهِ لِيَقْتُلُوهُ بِهِ أَقْبَلَ رَجُلٌ مُسْرِعاً فَقَالَ لَا تَعْجَلُوا وَ رُدُّوهُ إِلَى أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِين

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from one of our companions, Abu Abdullah asws has said: ‘They came to Amir Al-Momineen asws with a man (who was found in) some ruins, and in his hand was a knife soaked in blood, and there was a slaughtered man soaked in his blood. So Amir Al-Momineen asws said to him: ‘What are you sa

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ قَتَلَ فَحُمِلَ إِلَى الْوَالِي وَ جَاءَهُ قَوْمٌ فَشَهِدُوا عَلَيْهِ الشُّهُودُ أَنَّهُ قَتَلَهُ عَمْداً فَدَفَعَ الْوَالِي الْقَاتِلَ إِلَى أَوْلِيَاءِ الْمَقْتُولِ لِيُقَادَ بِهِ فَلَمْ يَرْتِمُوا[2] حَتَّى أَتَاهُمْ رَجُلٌ فَأَقَرَّ عِنْدَ الْوَالِي أَنَّهُ قَتَلَ صَاحِبَهُمْ عَمْداً وَ أَنَّ هَذَا الرَّجُلَ الَّذِي شَهِدَ عَلَيْهِ الشُّهُودُ بَرِي‌ءٌ مِنْ قَتْلِ صَاحِبِكُمْ فُلَانٍ فَلَا ت

Muhammad Bin Yahya from Ahmad Bin Muhammad and Ali Bin Ibrahim from his father, both together from Ibn Mahboub, from Hisham Bin Salim, from Zurara, (The narrator) says, ‘I asked Abu Ja’far asws about a man who killed, so they carried him to the governor, and a group came so the witnesses testified against him that they

أَيُّمَا رَجُلٍ قَتَلَهُ الْحَدُّ فِي الْقِصَاصِ فَلَا دِيَةَ لَهُ وَ قَالَ أَيُّمَا رَجُلٍ عَدَا عَلَى رَجُلٍ لِيَضْرِبَهُ فَدَفَعَهُ عَنْ نَفْسِهِ فَجَرَحَهُ أَوْ قَتَلَهُ فَلَا شَيْ‌ءَ عَلَيْهِ وَ قَالَ أَيُّمَا رَجُلٍ اطَّلَعَ عَلَى قَوْمٍ فِي دَارِهِمْ لِيَنْظُرَ إِلَى عَوْرَاتِهِمْ فَرَمَوْهُ فَفَقَئُوا عَيْنَيْهِ أَوْ جَرَحُوهُ فَلَا دِيَةَ لَهُ وَ قَالَ مَنْ بَدَأَ فَاعْتَدَى فَاعْتُدِيَ عَلَيْهِ فَلَا قَوَدَ

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hammad, from Al Halby, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘Whichever man killed by the legal penalty ( Hadd ) regarding the retaliation, so there is no wergild for him’. And he asws said: ‘Whichever man attacks upon a man, so he defends

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ‌ فِي رَجُلٍ أَرَادَ امْرَأَةً عَلَى نَفْسِهَا حَرَاماً فَرَمَتْهُ بِحَجَرٍ فَأَصَابَ مِنْهُ مَقْتَلًا قَالَ لَيْسَ عَلَيْهَا شَيْ‌ءٌ فِيمَا بَيْنَهَا وَ بَيْنَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ إِنْ قُدِّمَتْ إِلَى إِمَامٍ عَادِلٍ أَهْدَرَ دَمَهُ‌[2].

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, and a number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, both together from Al Hassan Bin Mahboub, from Abdullah Bin Sinan who said, ‘I heard Abu Abdullah asws saying regarding a man who intended upon a woman unlawfully, so she pelts him with a rock, and he is hit from it and is

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع- عَنْ رَجُلٍ قَتَلَهُ الْقِصَاصُ هَلْ لَهُ دِيَةٌ قَالَ لَوْ كَانَ ذَلِكَ لَمْ يُقْتَصَّ مِنْ أَحَدٍ وَ مَنْ قَتَلَهُ الْحَدُّ فَلَا دِيَةَ لَهُ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Yunus, from Mufazzal Bin Salih, from Zayd Al Shahaam who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah asws about a man killed by ‘الْقِصَاصُ’ the retaliation, is there a wergild for him?’ He asws said: ‘If it was like that, no one would be retaliated from, and the one who is

قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‌ إِذَا أَرَادَ رَجُلٌ أَنْ يَضْرِبَ رَجُلًا ظُلْماً فَاتَّقَاهُ الرَّجُلُ أَوْ دَفَعَهُ عَنْ نَفْسِهِ فَأَصَابَهُ ضَرَرٌ فَلَا شَيْ‌ءَ عَلَيْهِ.

From him, from Muhammad Bin Sinan, from Al A’ala Bin Al Fuzyal who said, ‘Abu Abdullah asws said: ‘When a man intends to strike a man unjustly, so the man fights or defends himself and causes him harm, so there is nothing upon him’.

إِذَا اطَّلَعَ رَجُلٌ عَلَى قَوْمٍ يُشْرِفُ عَلَيْهِمْ أَوْ يَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِمْ مِنْ خَلَلِ شَيْ‌ءٍ لَهُمْ فَرَمَوْهُ فَأَصَابُوهُ فَقَتَلُوهُ أَوْ فَقَئُوا عَيْنَهُ فَلَيْسَ عَلَيْهِمْ غُرْمٌ وَ قَالَ إِنَّ رَجُلًا اطَّلَعَ مِنْ خَلَلِ حُجْرَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص فَجَاءَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص بِمِشْقَصٍ لِيَفْقَأَ عَيْنَهُ‌[3] فَوَجَدَهُ قَدِ انْطَلَقَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص أَيْ خَبِيثُ أَمَا وَ اللَّهِ لَوْ ثَبَتَّ

And from him, from Muhammad Bin Sinan, from Al A’la Bin Al Fuzayl, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘When a man emerges upon a people to overlook upon them, or look at them from a crack of something of them, so they pelt him and it hits him, so he is either killed or blinds his eye, so there i

فِي رَجُلٍ ضَرَبَ رَجُلًا ظُلْماً- فَرَدَّهُ الرَّجُلُ عَنْ نَفْسِهِ فَأَصَابَهُ شَيْ‌ءٌ أَنَّهُ قَالَ لَا شَيْ‌ءَ عَلَيْهِ.

Yunus, from Aban Bin Usman, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws regarding a man who struck a man unjustly, so the man repulsed him from himself, so he was hit by something. He asws said: ‘There is nothing upon him’.

كَانَ صِبْيَانٌ فِي زَمَنِ عَلِيٍّ ع يَلْعَبُونَ بِأَخْطَارِهِمْ‌[1] فَرَمَى أَحَدُهُمُ الْآخَرَ بِخَطَرِهِ فَدَقَّ رَبَاعِيَةَ صَاحِبِهِ فَرُفِعَ ذَلِكَ إِلَى أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع فَأَقَامَ الرَّامِي الْبَيِّنَةَ بِأَنَّهُ قَالَ حَذَارِ حَذَارِ فَدَرَأَ عَنْهُ الْقِصَاصَ ثُمَّ قَالَ قَدْ أَعْذَرَ مَنْ حَذَّرَ قَالَ وَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ قَتَلَهُ الْقِصَاصُ هَلْ لَهُ دِيَةٌ فَقَالَ لَوْ كَانَ ذَلِكَ لَمْ يَقْ

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Muhammad Bin Ismail Bin Bazie, from Muhammad Bin Al Fuzayl, from Abu Al Sabbah Al Kinani, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘There were two young boys in the era of Ali asws who were playing with their toys, so one of them pelted the one with hi

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ‌ اطَّلَعَ رَجُلٌ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ص مِنَ الْجَرِيدِ[2]- فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ص لَوْ أَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ تَثْبُتُ لِي لَقُمْتُ إِلَيْكَ بِالْمِشْقَصِ حَتَّى أَفْقَأَ بِهِ عَيْنَكَ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ أَ ذَاكَ لَنَا فَقَالَ وَيْحَكَ أَوْ وَيْلَكَ أَقُولُ لَكَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص فَعَلَ تَقُولُ ذَلِكَ لَنَا.

Abu Ali Al Ashary, from Muhammad Bin Abdul Jabbar, from Safwan, from Ibn Bukeyr, from Ubeyd Bin Zurara who said, ‘I heard Abu Abdullah asws saying: ‘A man peeked at the Prophet saww from the reeds, so the Prophet saww said to him: ‘If I saww knew you would be standing still for me saww , I saww would have come to you w

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ‌ مَنْ بَدَأَ فَاعْتَدَى فَاعْتُدِيَ عَلَيْهِ فَلَا قَوَدَ لَهُ.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al Husayn Bin Saeed, from Al Nazar Bin Suweyd, from Hisham Bin Salim, from Suleyman Bin Khalid who said, ‘I heard Abu Abdullah asws saying; ‘The one who initiates (a killing), so he attacks and get counter-attacked, so there is no retaliation for him’.

كَانَ عَلِيٌّ ع يَقُولُ‌ مَنْ ضَرَبْنَاهُ حَدّاً مِنْ حُدُودِ اللَّهِ فَمَاتَ فَلَا دِيَةَ لَهُ عَلَيْنَا وَ مَنْ ضَرَبْنَاهُ حَدّاً فِي شَيْ‌ءٍ مِنْ حُقُوقِ النَّاسِ فَمَاتَ فَإِنَّ دِيَتَهُ عَلَيْنَا.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Mahboub, from Al Hassan Bin Salih Al Sowry, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘Ali asws was saying: ‘The one we asws hit the legal penalty ( Hadd ) upon and he dies, so there is no wergild for him upon us asws , and the one we asws hit the l

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ‌ بَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فِي حُجُرَاتِهِ‌ مَعَ بَعْضِ أَزْوَاجِهِ وَ مَعَهُ مَغَازِلُ لَهُ يَقْلِبُهَا إِذْ بَصُرَ بِعَيْنَيْنِ تَطَّلِعَانِ فَقَالَ لَوْ أَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ تَثْبُتُ لِي لَقُمْتُ حَتَّى أَبْخَسَكَ‌[1] فَقُلْتُ نَفْعَلُ نَحْنُ مِثْلَ هَذَا إِنْ فُعِلَ مِثْلُهُ بِنَا قَالَ إِنْ خَفِيَ لَكَ فَافْعَلْهُ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Hammad Bin Isa, from Al Husayn Bin Al Mukhtar, from Ubeyd Bin Zurara who said, ‘I heard Abu Abdullah asws saying: ‘While Rasool-Allah saww was in his saww chamber with one of his saww wives, and with him asws was a spindle of his saww which he saww was turning, when he saww saw tw

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

قُلْتُ‌ رَجُلٌ تَزَوَّجَ امْرَأَةً فَلَمَّا كَانَ لَيْلَةُ الْبِنَاءِ عَمَدَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ إِلَى رَجُلٍ صَدِيقٍ لَهَا فَأَدْخَلَتْهُ الْحَجَلَةَ فَلَمَّا دَخَلَ الرَّجُلُ يُبَاضِعُ أَهْلَهُ ثَارَ الصَّدِيقُ فَاقْتَتَلَا فِي الْبَيْتِ فَقَتَلَ الزَّوْجُ الصَّدِيقَ وَ قَامَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ فَضَرَبَتِ الزَّوْجَ ضَرْبَةً فَقَتَلَتْهُ بِالصَّدِيقِ فَقَالَ تَضْمَنُ الْمَرْأَةُ دِيَةَ الصَّدِيقِ وَ تُقْتَلُ بِالزَّوْجِ.

And from him, he said, ‘I said, ‘A man married a woman. So when it was the night of the consummation, the woman brought a male friend of hers so she entered him into (one of) the rooms. So when the man entered in order to copulate with his wife, the friend leapt and they both fought in the house. So the husband killed

سُئِلَ عَنْ رَجُلٍ أَتَى رَجُلًا وَ هُوَ رَاقِدٌ فَلَمَّا صَارَ عَلَى ظَهْرِهِ أَيْقَنَ بِهِ- فَبَعَجَهُ بَعْجَةً فَقَتَلَهُ فَقَالَ لَا دِيَةَ لَهُ وَ لَا قَوَدَ[1].

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Amro Bin Usman, from Al Husayn Bin Khalid, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws ,said, ‘He asws was asked about a man who came to a man while he was asleep. So when he came to be upon his back, he woke up due to it, so he poked him with a knife, so he killed him’. So he a

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ أَعْنَفَ عَلَى امْرَأَتِهِ أَوِ امْرَأَةٍ أَعْنَفَتْ عَلَى زَوْجِهَا فَقَتَلَ أَحَدُهُمَا الْآخَرَ قَالَ لَا شَيْ‌ءَ عَلَيْهِمَا إِذَا كَانَا مَأْمُونَيْنِ فَإِنِ اتُّهِمَا أَلْزَمَهُمَا الْيَمِينَ بِاللَّهِ أَنَّهُمَا لَمْ يُرِيدَا الْقَتْلَ.

Ali, from his father, from Salih Bin Saeed, from Yunus, from one of our companions, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws , said, ‘I asked him asws about a man who was harsh upon his wife, or a woman who was harsh upon her husband. So one of the two killed the other. He asws said: ‘There is nothing upon both of

اعْلَمْ أَنَّ مَنْ دَخَلَ دَارَ غَيْرِهِ فَقَدْ أَهْدَرَ دَمَهُ وَ لَا يَجِبُ عَلَيْهِ شَيْ‌ءٌ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Al Mukhtar Bin Muhammad Bin Al Mukhtar, and Muhammad Bin Al Hassan, from Abdullah Bin Al Hassan Al Alawy, both together from Al Fatah Bin Yazeed Al Jurjany, (It has been narrated) from Abu Al-Hassan asws regarding a man who entered a house of another in order to steal, or the immorality, so the ow

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ع- عَنْ رَجُلٍ قَتَلَ رَجُلًا مَجْنُوناً فَقَالَ إِنْ كَانَ الْمَجْنُونُ أَرَادَهُ فَدَفَعَهُ عَنْ نَفْسِهِ فَقَتَلَهُ فَلَا شَيْ‌ءَ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ قَوَدٍ وَ لَا دِيَةٍ وَ يُعْطَى وَرَثَتُهُ دِيَتَهُ مِنْ بَيْتِ مَالِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ قَالَ وَ إِنْ كَانَ قَتَلَهُ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَكُونَ الْمَجْنُونُ أَرَادَهُ فَلَا قَوَدَ لِمَنْ لَا يُقَادُ مِنْهُ فَأَرَى أَنَّ عَلَى قَاتِلِهِ الدِّيَةَ مِنْ مَا

A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad and Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, both together from Ibn Mahboub, from Ali Bin Raib, from Abu Baseer who said, ‘I asked Abu Ja’far asws about a man who killed an insane man. So he asws said: ‘If it was that the insane intended (to kill) him, so he defended himself, so

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَوْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع‌ أَصْلَحَكَ اللَّهُ رَجُلٌ حَمَلَ عَلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ مَجْنُونٌ فَضَرَبَهُ‌ الْمَجْنُونُ ضَرْبَةً فَتَنَاوَلَ الرَّجُلُ السَّيْفَ مِنَ الْمَجْنُونِ فَضَرَبَهُ فَقَتَلَهُ فَقَالَ أَرَى أَنْ لَا يُقْتَلَ بِهِ وَ لَا يُغْرَمَ دِيَتَهُ وَ تَكُونُ دِيَتُهُ عَلَى الْإِمَامِ وَ لَا يَبْطُلُ دَمُهُ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Mahboub, from Ibn Raib, from Abu Al Wardi who said, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah asws , or Abu Ja’far asws , ‘May Allah azwj Keep you asws well! An insane man attacks a man, so the insane one strikes with a strike, so the man grabs the sword from the insane, so he strikes him and k

سُئِلَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع عَنْ رَجُلٍ قَتَلَ رَجُلًا عَمْداً فَلَمْ يُقَمْ عَلَيْهِ الْحَدُّ وَ لَمْ تَصِحَّ الشَّهَادَةُ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى خُولِطَ وَ ذَهَبَ عَقْلُهُ ثُمَّ إِنَّ قَوْماً آخَرِينَ شَهِدُوا عَلَيْهِ بَعْدَ مَا خُولِطَ أَنَّهُ قَتَلَهُ فَقَالَ إِنْ شَهِدُوا عَلَيْهِ أَنَّهُ قَتَلَهُ حِينَ قَتَلَهُ وَ هُوَ صَحِيحٌ لَيْسَ بِهِ عِلَّةٌ مِنْ فَسَادِ عَقْلِهِ قُتِلَ بِهِ وَ إِنْ يَشْهَدُوا عَلَيْهِ بِذَلِكَ وَ ك

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, and Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, both together from Ibn Mahboub, from Hazir Al Sayrafi, from Bureyd Bin Muawiya Al Ajaly who said, ‘Abu Ja’far asws was asked about a man who killed a man deliberately. So the legal penalty ( Hadd ) had not been established upon him, and

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع رَجُلٌ قَتَلَ رَجُلًا مُتَعَمِّداً مَا تَوْبَتُهُ قَالَ يُمَكِّنُ مِنْ نَفْسِهِ قُلْتُ يَخَافُ أَنْ يَقْتُلُوهُ قَالَ فَلْيُعْطِهِمُ الدِّيَةَ قُلْتُ يَخَافُ أَنْ يَعْلَمُوا بِذَلِكَ قَالَ فَلْيَنْظُرْ إِلَى الدِّيَةِ فَلْيَجْعَلْهَا صُرَراً ثُمَّ لْيَنْظُرْ مَوَاقِيتَ الصَّلَاةِ فَلْيُلْقِهَا فِي دَارِهِمْ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Husayn Bin Ahmad Al Minqary, from Isa Al Zaif who said, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah asws , ‘A man kills a man deliberately, what is his repentance?’ He asws said: ‘Make himself available (to the guardians of the killed one)’. I said, ‘He fears that they would kill

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

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

إِذَا قَدَرْتَ عَلَى اللِّصِّ فَابْدُرْهُ وَ أَنَا شَرِيكُكَ فِي دَمِهِ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Abu Nasr, from one of our companions, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘When you are able over the burglar, so surprise him, and I asws would be a participant in his blood’.

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ع- عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يُقَاتِلُ عَنْ مَالِهِ فَقَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص قَالَ مَنْ قُتِلَ دُونَ مَالِهِ فَهُوَ بِمَنْزِلَةِ شَهِيدٍ فَقُلْنَا لَهُ أَ فَيُقَاتِلُ أَفْضَلُ فَقَالَ إِنْ لَمْ تُقَاتِلْ فَلَا بَأْسَ أَمَّا أَنَا فَلَوْ كُنْتُ لَتَرَكْتُهُ وَ لَمْ أُقَاتِلْ.

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 Ja’far asws about the man who fights about his wealth. So he asws said: ‘Rasool-Allah saww said: ‘The one who fights for (to protect) his wealth, so he is at the status of a martyr’. So we

سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ وَ قَدْ تَجَارَيْنَا ذِكْرَ الصَّعَالِيكِ‌[1] فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَامِرٍ حَدَّثَنِي هَذَا وَ أَوْمَأَ إِلَى أَحْمَدَ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ‌ أَنَّهُ كَتَبَ إِلَى أَبِي مُحَمَّدٍ ع يَسْأَلُ عَنْهُمْ فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ اقْتُلْهُمْ.

Ali Bin Muhammad, from one of our companions, from Abdullah Bin Aamir who said, ‘I heard him saying, and there had flowed among us a mentioned of the vagabonds, so Abdullah Bin Amir said, ‘This one narrated to me’ – and he gestured towards Ahmad Bin Is’haq that he wrote to Abu Muhammad asws , asking him asws about it,

أَنَّهُ كَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ يَسْأَلُهُ عَنِ الْأَكْرَادِ فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ لَا تُنَبِّهُوهُمْ إِلَّا بِحَدِّ السَّيْفِ.

And from him, from Ahmad Bin Abu Abdullah, and someone else, He having wrote to him asws asking him asws about the Kurds, so he asws wrote back: ‘Do not awaken them except by a limit of the sword’.

قُلْتُ لَهُ اللِّصُّ يَدْخُلُ عَلَيَّ فِي بَيْتِي يُرِيدُ نَفْسِي وَ مَالِي فَقَالَ فَاقْتُلْهُ فَأُشْهِدُ اللَّهَ وَ مَنْ سَمِعَ أَنَّ دَمَهُ فِي عُنُقِي قَالَ قُلْتُ أَصْلَحَكَ اللَّهُ فَأَيْنَ عَلَامَةُ هَذَا الْأَمْرِ فَقَالَ أَ تَرَى بِالصُّبْحِ مِنْ خَفَاءٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ لَا قَالَ فَإِنَّ أَمْرَنَا إِذَا كَانَ كَانَ أَبْيَنَ مِنْ فَلَقِ الصُّبْحِ قَالَ ثُمَّ قَالَ مُزَاوَلَةُ جَبَلٍ بِظُفُرٍ أَهْوَنُ مِنْ مُزَاو

Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Muhammad Bin Ahmad Al Qalanasy, from Ahmad Bin Al Fazl, from Abdullah Bin Jabala, from Fazara, from Ans, or Haysam Bin Al Bara’a, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far asws , said, ‘I said to him asws , ‘The burglar entered upon me in my house intending (killing) me and (taking) my wealth’. So

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

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

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ع عَنْ رَجُلٍ قَتَلَ أُمَّهُ قَالَ يُقْتَلُ بِهَا صَاغِراً وَ لَا أَظُنُّ قَتْلَهُ كَفَّارَةً لَهُ وَ لَا يَرِثُهَا.

A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Ibn Mahboub, from Ibn Raib, from Abu Umeyda who said, ‘I asked Abu Ja’far asws about a man who killed his mother. He asws said: ‘He would be killed due to it, belittled, and I asws do not think killing him would be an expiation for him, and he would not inherit her’

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

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

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يَقْتُلُ ابْنَهُ أَ يُقْتَلُ بِهِ قَالَ لَا.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘If one kills his father, he is executed for him; but if his father kills him the father is not executed for his son’s murder, however he cannot inherit from him.’” [Note: The next few passages of the Arabic text are the words of Fadl ibn Shadhan and are not translated.]

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

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

إِذَا قَتَلَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ رَجُلًا قُتِلَتْ بِهِ وَ إِذَا قَتَلَ الرَّجُلُ الْمَرْأَةَ فَإِنْ أَرَادَ الْقَوَدَ أَدَّوْا فَضْلَ دِيَةِ الرَّجُلِ وَ أَقَادُوهُ بِهَا وَ إِنْ لَمْ يَفْعَلُوا قَبِلُوا مِنَ الْقَاتِلِ الدِّيَةَ دِيَةَ الْمَرْأَةِ كَامِلَةً وَ دِيَةُ الْمَرْأَةِ نِصْفُ دِيَةِ الرَّجُلِ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Yunus, from Abdullah Bin Muskan, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘When a woman kills a man, she would be executed due to it, and when the man kills the woman, so if the retaliation is intended, they (her heirs) have to pay the remainder of the werg

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

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

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

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‌ مَا تَقُولُ فِي رَجُلٍ قَطَعَ إِصْبَعاً مِنْ أَصَابِعِ الْمَرْأَةِ كَمْ فِيهَا قَالَ عَشْرٌ مِنَ الْإِبِلِ قُلْتُ قَطَعَ اثْنَيْنِ قَالَ عِشْرُونَ قُلْتُ قَطَعَ ثَلَاثاً قَالَ ثَلَاثُونَ قُلْتُ قَطَعَ أَرْبَعاً قَالَ عِشْرُونَ قُلْتُ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ يَقْطَعُ ثَلَاثاً فَيَكُونُ عَلَيْهِ ثَلَاثُونَ وَ يَقْطَعُ أَرْبَعاً فَيَكُونُ عَلَيْهِ عِشْرُونَ إِنَ‌ هَذَا كَانَ يَبْلُغُنَا وَ نَح

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, and Muhammad Bin Ismail, from Al Fazl Bin Shazaan, both together from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Abdul Rahman Bin Al Hajjaj, from Aban Bin Taghlub who said, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah asws , ‘What are you asws saying regarding a man who cut-off a finger from the fingers of a woman, how much (com

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع- عَنِ الْمَرْأَةِ بَيْنَهَا وَ بَيْنَ الرَّجُلِ قِصَاصٌ قَالَ نَعَمْ فِي الْجِرَاحَاتِ حَتَّى تَبْلُغَ الثُّلُثَ سَوَاءٌ فَإِذَا بَلَغَتِ الثُّلُثَ ارْتَفَعَ الرَّجُلُ وَ سَفَلَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Jameel Bin Darraj who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah asws about the woman between her and the man was retaliation. He asws said: ‘Yes, with regards to the injuries until it reaches the third (of the wergild), it is the same. So when it reaches the third, the man i

سُئِلَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع- عَنْ جِرَاحَاتِ الرِّجَالِ وَ النِّسَاءِ فِي الدِّيَاتِ وَ الْقِصَاصِ فَقَالَ الرِّجَالُ وَ النِّسَاءُ فِي الْقِصَاصِ سَوَاءٌ السِّنُّ بِالسِّنِّ وَ الشَّجَّةُ بِالشَّجَّةِ وَ الْإِصْبَعُ بِالْإِصْبَعِ سَوَاءً حَتَّى تَبْلُغَ الْجِرَاحَاتُ ثُلُثَ الدِّيَةِ فَإِذَا جَاوَزَتِ الثُّلُثَ صُيِّرَتْ دِيَةُ الرَّجُلِ فِي الْجِرَاحَاتِ ثُلُثَيِ الدِّيَةِ وَ دِيَةُ النِّسَاءِ ثُلُثَ الدِّيَةِ.

A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Ibn Mahboub, from Ibn Raib, from Al Halby who said, ‘Abu Abdullah asws was asked about injuries of the men and the women regarding the wergild and the retaliation, so he asws said: ‘The men and the women regarding the retaliation are equal, the tooth with the tooth,

أُتِيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص بِرَجُلٍ قَدْ ضَرَبَ امْرَأَةً حَامِلًا بِعَمُودِ الْفُسْطَاطِ فَقَتَلَهَا فَخَيَّرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص أَوْلِيَاءَهَا أَنْ يَأْخُذُوا الدِّيَةَ خَمْسَةَ آلَافِ دِرْهَمٍ وَ غُرَّةٌ وَصِيفٌ أَوْ وَصِيفَةٌ لِلَّذِي فِي بَطْنِهَا أَوْ يَدْفَعُوا إِلَى أَوْلِيَاءِ الْقَاتِلِ خَمْسَةَ آلَافِ [دِرْهَمٍ‌] وَ يَقْتُلُوهُ.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al Hassan Bin Mahboub, from Abu Wallad, from Abu Maryam Al Ansary, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far asws having said: ‘They came to Rasool-Allah saww with a man who has struck a pregnant woman with a pole of a tent, so he killed her. So Rasool-Allah saww gave a ch

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

جِرَاحَاتُ الْمَرْأَةِ وَ الرَّجُلِ سَوَاءٌ إِلَى أَنْ تَبْلُغَ ثُلُثَ الدِّيَةِ فَإِذَا جَازَ ذَلِكَ تَضَاعَفَتْ جِرَاحَةُ الرَّجُلِ عَلَى جِرَاحَةِ الْمَرْأَةِ ضِعْفَيْنِ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Usman Bin Isa, from Sama’at, from Abu Baseer, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘The injuries of the woman and the man are equal until it reaches a one-third of the wergild. So when it exceeds that, it is added for the injuries of the man, over the injurie