The Book of Inheritance

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع- عَنْ رَجُلٍ قَطَعَ إِصْبَعَ امْرَأَةٍ قَالَ يُقْطَعُ إِصْبَعُهُ حَتَّى يَنْتَهِيَ إِلَى ثُلُثِ الدِّيَةِ فَإِذَا جَازَ الثُّلُثَ كَانَ فِي الرَّجُلِ الضِّعْفُ.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al Hassan Bin Ali, from Abdul Kareem, from Ibn Abu Yafour who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah asws about a man who cut a finger of a woman. He asws said: ‘His finger would be cut until it ends up to a third of the wergild. So when it exceeds the third, there would be double

سُئِلَ عَنْ غُلَامٍ لَمْ يُدْرِكْ وَ امْرَأَةٍ قَتَلَا رَجُلًا خَطَأً فَقَالَ إِنَّ خَطَأَ الْمَرْأَةِ وَ الْغُلَامِ عَمْدٌ فَإِنْ أَحَبَّ أَوْلِيَاءُ الْمَقْتُولِ أَنْ يَقْتُلُوهُمَا قَتَلُوهُمَا وَ يُؤَدُّوا إِلَى أَوْلِيَاءِ الْغُلَامِ خَمْسَةَ آلَافِ دِرْهَمٍ وَ إِنْ أَحَبُّوا أَنْ يَقْتُلُوا الْغُلَامَ قَتَلُوهُ وَ تَرُدُّ الْمَرْأَةُ إِلَى أَوْلِيَاءِ الْغُلَامِ رُبُعَ الدِّيَةِ وَ إِنْ أَحَبَّ أَوْلِيَاءُ الْم

Muhmmad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad and Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, both together from Al Hassan Bin Mahboub, from Hisham Bin Salim, from Abu Baseer, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far asws having been asked about a boy who had yet to mature and a woman, both killed a man in error. So he asws said: ‘Th

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنِ امْرَأَةٍ وَ عَبْدٍ قَتَلَا رَجُلًا خَطَأً فَقَالَ إِنَّ خَطَأَ الْمَرْأَةِ وَ الْعَبْدِ مِثْلُ الْعَمْدِ فَإِنْ أَحَبَّ أَوْلِيَاءُ الْمَقْتُولِ أَنْ يَقْتُلُوهُمَا قَتَلُوهُمَا فَإِنْ كَانَ قِيمَةُ الْعَبْدِ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ خَمْسَةِ آلَافِ دِرْهَمٍ فَلْيَرُدُّوا إِلَى سَيِّدِ الْعَبْدِ مَا يَفْضُلُ بَعْدَ الْخَمْسَةِ آلَافِ دِرْهَمٍ وَ إِنْ أَحَبُّوا أَنْ يَقْتُلُوا الْمَرْأَةَ وَ

Ibn Mahboub, from Abu Ayoub, from Zureys Al Kunasy who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah asws about a woman and a slave who both kill a man in error. So he asws said: ‘The error of the woman and the slave is like the deliberate. So if the guardians of the killed one like to kill both of them, they can kill both of them. So i

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ع- عَنْ أَعْمَى فَقَأَ عَيْنَ صَحِيحٍ [مُتَعَمِّداً] قَالَ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا عُبَيْدَةَ إِنَّ عَمْدَ الْأَعْمَى مِثْلُ الْخَطَإِ هَذَا فِيهِ الدِّيَةُ مِنْ مَالِهِ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ مَالٌ فَإِنَّ دِيَتَهُ عَلَى الْإِمَامِ وَ لَا يَبْطُلُ حَقُّ مُسْلِمٍ.

Ibn Mahboub, from Hisham Bin Salim, from Ammar Al Sabaty, from Abu Ubeyda who said, ‘I asked Abu Ja’far asws about a blind (man) who blinded an eye of a correct one deliberately. So he asws said: ‘O Abu Ubeyda! The deliberation of the blind is like the error. In this in the wergild from his own wealth. So if there does

قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع‌ فِي رَجُلٍ وَ غُلَامٍ اشْتَرَكَا فِي قَتْلِ رَجُلٍ فَقَتَلَاهُ فَقَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع إِذَا بَلَغَ الْغُلَامُ خَمْسَةَ أَشْبَارٍ اقْتُصَّ مِنْهُ وَ إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ بَلَغَ خَمْسَةَ أَشْبَارٍ قُضِيَ بِالدِّيَةِ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Al Nowfaly, from Al Sakuny, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said, ‘Amir Al-Momineen asws said regarding a man and a boy both having participated in killing a man, so they both killed him. So Amir Al-Momineen asws said: ‘When the boy reaches five open palm widt

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ قَتَلَ مَمْلُوكاً لَهُ قَالَ يُعْتِقُ رَقَبَةً وَ يَصُومُ‌ شَهْرَيْنِ مُتَتابِعَيْنِ‌ وَ يَتُوبُ إِلَى اللَّهِ. - عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنْ زُرْعَةَ عَنْ سَمَاعَةَ مِثْلَهُ.

A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Khalid, from Usman Bin Isa, from Sama’at, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws , said, ‘I asked him asws about a man who kills a slave of his. He asws said: ‘He emancipates a neck, and Fasts for two months consecutively, and repents to Allah azwj ’. Ali B

قَالَ فِي الرَّجُلِ يَقْتُلُ مَمْلُوكَهُ مُتَعَمِّداً قَالَ يُعْجِبُنِي أَنْ يُعْتِقَ رَقَبَةً وَ يَصُومَ‌ شَهْرَيْنِ مُتَتابِعَيْنِ‌ وَ يُطْعِمَ سِتِّينَ مِسْكِيناً ثُمَّ تَكُونَ التَّوْبَةُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ.

Ali, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hammad, from Al Halby, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said regarding the man who kills his slave deliberately. He asws said: ‘I asws would like it if he would emancipate a neck, and Fasts for two months consecutively, and feed sixty poor (persons), th

يُعْتِقُ رَقَبَةً وَ يَصُومُ‌ شَهْرَيْنِ مُتَتابِعَيْنِ‌ وَ يَتُوبُ إِلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Mahboub, from Abu Ayoub, from Humran, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far asws regarding the man who kills a slave of his. He asws said: ‘He has to emancipate a neck, and Fast for two months consecutively, and repents to Allah azwj Mighty and Majestic’.

مَنْ قَتَلَ عَبْدَهُ مُتَعَمِّداً فَعَلَيْهِ أَنْ يُعْتِقَ رَقَبَةً وَ أَنْ يُطْعِمَ سِتِّينَ مِسْكِيناً وَ يَصُومَ‌ شَهْرَيْنِ مُتَتابِعَيْنِ‌.

A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, 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: ‘The one who kills his slave deliberately, so upon him is that he should emancipate a neck, and that he should fee

إِنْ كَانَ الْمَمْلُوكُ لَهُ أُدِّبَ وَ حُبِسَ إِلَّا أَنْ يَكُونَ مَعْرُوفاً بِقَتْلِ الْمَمَالِيكِ فَيُقْتَلُ بِهِ.

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 kills his slave girl or slave man. He asws said: ‘If it was the owned sla

‌ 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

سُئِلَ عَنْ رَجُلٍ قَتَلَ مَمْلُوكَهُ قَالَ إِنْ كَانَ غَيْرَ مَعْرُوفٍ بِالْقَتْلِ ضُرِبَ ضَرْباً شَدِيداً وَ أُخِذَ مِنْهُ قِيمَةُ الْعَبْدِ وَ يُدْفَعُ إِلَى بَيْتِ مَالِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَ إِنْ كَانَ مُتَعَوِّداً لِلْقَتْلِ قُتِلَ بِهِ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ismail Bin Marrar, from Yunus, (It has been narrated) from them asws (one of the Imams asws ) having been asked about a man who killed a slave of his. He asws said: ‘If he was not well known with the killing (of the slaves), he would be struck with intense strikes, and the price o

قَضَى أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع فِي امْرَأَةٍ قَطَعَتْ ثَدْيَ وَلِيدَتِهَا أَنَّهَا حُرَّةٌ لَا سَبِيلَ لِمَوْلَاتِهَا عَلَيْهَا وَ قَضَى فِيمَنْ نَكَّلَ بِمَمْلُوكِهِ فَهُوَ حُرٌّ لَا سَبِيلَ لَهُ عَلَيْهِ سَائِبَةٌ يَذْهَبُ فَيَتَوَلَّى إِلَى مَنْ أَحَبَّ فَإِذَا ضَمِنَ جَرِيرَتَهُ فَهُوَ يَرِثُهُ‌[2].

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Mahboub, from Hisham Bin Salim, from Abu Baseer, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far asws having said: ‘Amir Al-Momineen asws judged regarding a woman who cut off a breast of her child-bearing slave girl: ‘She is free. There is no way for her mistress upon her’. And he asws

قُلْتُ لَهُ قَوْلُ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‌ كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْقِصاصُ فِي الْقَتْلى‌ الْحُرُّ بِالْحُرِّ وَ الْعَبْدُ بِالْعَبْدِ وَ الْأُنْثى‌ بِالْأُنْثى‌[1] قَالَ فَقَالَ لَا يُقْتَلُ حُرٌّ بِعَبْدٍ وَ لَكِنْ يُضْرَبُ ضَرْباً شَدِيداً وَ يُغَرَّمُ ثَمَنَهُ دِيَةَ الْعَبْدِ.

Abu Ali Al Ashary, from Muhammad Bin Abdul Jabbar, from Safwan, from Ibn Muskan, 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 , ‘The Words of Allah azwj Mighty and Majestic [2:178] O you who believe! The retaliation is Prescribed for you in the matter

قَالَ: يُقْتَلُ الْعَبْدُ بِالْحُرِّ وَ لَا يُقْتَلُ الْحُرُّ بِالْعَبْدِ وَ لَكِنْ يُغَرَّمُ ثَمَنَهُ وَ يُضْرَبُ ضَرْباً شَدِيداً حَتَّى لَا يَعُودَ.

A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Abu Abdullah, from Usman Bin Isa, from Sama’at, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘The Slave would be killed due to the free, and the free would not be killed due to the slave, but he would be fined his value, and he would be whipped with an intense wh

قَالَ: لَا يُقْتَلُ الْحُرُّ بِالْعَبْدِ وَ إِذَا قَتَلَ الْحُرُّ الْعَبْدَ غُرِّمَ ثَمَنَهُ وَ ضُرِبَ ضَرْباً شَدِيداً.

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: ‘The free would not be killed due to the slave. And when the free one kills the slave, he would be fined his value, and would be whipped with intense whipping’.

لَا يُقْتَلُ حُرٌّ بِعَبْدٍ وَ إِنْ قَتَلَهُ عَمْداً وَ لَكِنْ يُغَرَّمُ ثَمَنَهُ وَ يُضْرَبُ ضَرْباً شَدِيداً إِذَا قَتَلَهُ عَمْداً وَ قَالَ دِيَةُ الْمَمْلُوكِ ثَمَنُهُ.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Ali Bin Abu Hamza, from Abu Baseer, Abu Abdullah asws has said: ‘The free would not be killed due to a slave, even if he kills him deliberately, but he would be fined his price and would be whipped with an intense whipping when he kills him delibe

دِيَةُ الْعَبْدِ قِيمَتُهُ فَإِنْ كَانَ نَفِيساً فَأَفْضَلُ قِيمَتِهِ عَشَرَةُ آلَافِ دِرْهَمٍ وَ لَا يُجَاوَزُ بِهِ دِيَةَ الْحُرِّ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Yunus, from Ibn Muskan, Abu Abdullah asws has said: ‘Wergild of the slave is his value. So if he was precious, so the highest of his value would be a thousand Dirhams, and the wergild of the free would not be exceeded by it’.

إِذَا قَتَلَ الْعَبْدُ الْحُرَّ دُفِعَ إِلَى أَوْلِيَاءِ الْمَقْتُولِ فَإِنْ شَاءُوا قَتَلُوهُ وَ إِنْ شَاءُوا حَبَسُوهُ وَ إِنْ شَاءُوا اسْتَرَقُّوهُ وَ يَكُونُ عَبْداً لَهُمْ.

Yunus, from Aban Bin Taghlub, from the one who reported it, Abu Abdullah asws has said: ‘When the slave kills the free, he would be handed over to the guardians of the killed. So if they so desire to, they kill him, and if they so desire to, they imprison him, and if they so desire to, or leave him and he can be a slav

فِي الْعَبْدِ إِذَا قَتَلَ الْحُرَّ دُفِعَ إِلَى أَوْلِيَاءِ الْمَقْتُولِ فَإِنْ شَاءُوا قَتَلُوهُ وَ إِنْ شَاءُوا اسْتَرَقُّوهُ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from hammad Bin Isa, from Hareyz, from Zurara, (It has been narrated) from one of the two (5 th or 6 th Imam asws ) regarding the slave when he kills the free, he would be handed over to the guardians of the killed one, so if they so desire to, they kill him, and if they so desire to t

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

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع- عَنْ قَوْمٍ ادَّعَوْا عَلَى عَبْدٍ جِنَايَةً يُحِيطُ بِرَقَبَتِهِ فَأَقَرَّ الْعَبْدُ بِهَا قَالَ لَا يَجُوزُ إِقْرَارُ الْعَبْدِ عَلَى سَيِّدِهِ فَإِنْ أَقَامُوا الْبَيِّنَةَ عَلَى مَا ادَّعَوْا عَلَى الْعَبْدِ أُخِذَ الْعَبْدُ بِهَا أَوْ يَفْتَدِيَهِ مَوْلَاهُ‌[2].

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Mahboub, from Abu Muhammad Al Wabishy who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah asws about a group which claimed upon a slave for a crime which (the damage of which) was more than his value. So the slave accepted with it. He asws said; ‘The confession of the slave upon his ma

إِذَا قَتَلَ الْحُرُّ الْعَبْدَ غُرِّمَ قِيمَتَهُ وَ أُدِّبَ قِيلَ فَإِنْ كَانَتْ قِيمَتُهُ عِشْرِينَ أَلْفَ دِرْهَمٍ قَالَ لَا يُجَاوَزُ بِقِيمَةِ عَبْدٍ دِيَةَ الْأَحْرَارِ.

A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Ibn Mahboub, from Ibn Raib, from Al Halby, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘When the free kills the slave, he would be fined his value, and be disciplined, so even if his value was twenty thousand Dirhams’. He asws said: ‘It is not allowed

فِي عَبْدٍ جَرَحَ حُرّاً قَالَ إِنْ شَاءَ الْحُرُّ اقْتَصَّ مِنْهُ وَ إِنْ شَاءَ أَخَذَهُ إِنْ كَانَتِ الْجِرَاحَةُ تُحِيطُ بِرَقَبَتِهِ وَ إِنْ كَانَتْ لَا تُحِيطُ بِرَقَبَتِهِ افْتَدَاهُ مَوْلَاهُ فَإِنْ أَبَى مَوْلَاهُ أَنْ يَفْتَدِيَهُ كَانَ لِلْحُرِّ الْمَجْرُوحِ مِنَ الْعَبْدِ بِقَدْرِ دِيَةِ جِرَاحَتِهِ- وَ الْبَاقِي لِلْمَوْلَى يُبَاعُ الْعَبْدُ فَيَأْخُذُ الْمَجْرُوحُ حَقَّهُ وَ يُرَدُّ الْبَاقِي عَلَى الْمَ

And from him, and Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, both together from Ibn Mahboub, from Ali Bin Raib, from Al Fuzayl Bin Yasaar, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said regarding a salve having injured a free: ‘If the free one so desires to he can retaliate from it, and if he so desires to he can sei

عَلَيْهِ نِصْفُ عُشْرِ قِيمَتِهِ‌[1].

Ibn Mahboub, from Abdul Aziz Al Abdy, from Ubeyd Bin Zurara, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws regarding a man who fractured a bone of a slave. He asws said: ‘Upon him is half of the tenth of his price’.

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع- عَنْ عَبْدٍ قَطَعَ يَدَ رَجُلٍ حُرٍّ وَ لَهُ ثَلَاثُ أَصَابِعَ مِنْ يَدِهِ شَلَلٍ فَقَالَ وَ مَا قِيمَةُ الْعَبْدِ قُلْتُ اجْعَلْهَا مَا شِئْتَ قَالَ إِنْ كَانَ قِيمَةُ الْعَبْدِ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ دِيَةِ الْإِصْبَعَيْنِ الصَّحِيحَتَيْنِ وَ الثَّلَاثِ أَصَابِعِ الشَّلَلِ رَدَّ الَّذِي قُطِعَتْ يَدُهُ عَلَى مَوْلَى الْعَبْدِ مَا فَضَلَ مِنَ الْقِيمَةِ وَ أَخَذَ الْعَبْدَ وَ إِنْ شَاءَ أَخَذ

Ibn Mahboub, from Al Hassan Bin Salih who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah asws about a slave who cut-off the hand of a free man, and for him were three paralysed fingers from his hand. So he asws said: ‘And what is the value of the slave?’ I said, ‘Make it to be whatever you asws like’. He asws said: ‘If the value of the s

قَالَ: يَلْزَمُ مَوْلَى الْعَبْدِ قِصَاصُ جِرَاحَةِ عَبْدِهِ مِنْ قِيمَةِ دِيَتِهِ عَلَى حِسَابِ ذَلِكَ يَصِيرُ أَرْشَ الْجِرَاحَةِ وَ إِذَا جَرَحَ الْحُرُّ الْعَبْدَ فَقِيمَةُ جِرَاحَتِهِ مِنْ حِسَابِ قِيمَتِهِ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Yunus, from the one who reported it, said, ‘He asws said: ‘It necessitates a master of the slave (to accept) the retaliation of an injury of his slave from the value of his wergild upon the accounting which comes to compensate for the injury; and when the free injures the sl

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

أُمُّ الْوَلَدِ جِنَايَتُهَا فِي حُقُوقِ النَّاسِ عَلَى سَيِّدِهَا وَ مَا كَانَ مِنْ حُقُوقِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فِي الْحُدُودِ فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ فِي بَدَنِهَا قَالَ وَ يُقَاصُّ مِنْهَا لِلْمَمَالِيكِ وَ لَا قِصَاصَ بَيْنَ الْحُرِّ وَ الْعَبْدِ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Mahboub, from Nuaym Bin Ibrahim, from Misma’a Bin Abdul Malik, Abu Abdullah asws has said: ‘A (slave) mother of the child, her crimes regarding the rights of the people are upon her master, and whatever was from the Rights of Allah azwj Mighty and Majestic regarding the legal

قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع‌ فِي عَبْدٍ فَقَأَ عَيْنَ حُرٍّ وَ عَلَى الْعَبْدِ دَيْنٌ إِنَّ عَلَى الْعَبْدِ حَدّاً لِلْمَفْقُوءِ عَيْنُهُ وَ يَبْطُلُ دَيْنُ الْغُرَمَاءِ.

From him, from his father, from Al Nowfaly, from Al Sakuny, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘Amir Al-Momineen asws said regarding a slave who blinded an eye of a free, and upon the slave was a debt: ‘Upon the slave is a legal penalty ( Hadd ) for the blinding of his eye, and it would invalida

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع- عَنْ رَجُلٍ لَهُ مَمْلُوكَانِ قَتَلَ أَحَدُهُمَا صَاحِبَهُ أَ لَهُ أَنْ يُقِيدَهُ بِهِ دُونَ السُّلْطَانِ إِنْ أَحَبَّ ذَلِكَ قَالَ هُوَ مَالُهُ يَفْعَلُ بِهِ مَا يَشَاءُ إِنْ شَاءَ قَتَلَهُ وَ إِنْ شَاءَ عَفَا.

Abu Ali Al Ashary, from Muhammad Bin Abdul Jabbar, from Safwan, from Is’haq Bin Ammar who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah asws about a man for whom were two slaves. One of the two killed his companion, is it for him that he can retaliate with him besides the ruling authorities, if he so likes that?’ He asws said: ‘He was h

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

قَضَى أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع فِي أَنْفِ الْعَبْدِ أَوْ ذَكَرِهِ أَوْ شَيْ‌ءٍ يُحِيطُ بِثَمَنِهِ أَنَّهُ يُؤَدِّي إِلَى مَوْلَاهُ قِيمَةَ الْعَبْدِ وَ يَأْخُذُ الْعَبْدَ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Fazzal, from Yunus Bin Yaqoub, from Abu Maryam, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far asws having said: ‘Amir Al-Momineen asws judged regarding a nose of the slave, or his manhood, or something which overcame his value, and he has to pay to his master the value of the slave,

قَضَى أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع فِي مُكَاتَبٍ قُتِلَ قَالَ يُحْسَبُ مَا أُعْتِقَ مِنْهُ فَيُؤَدَّى دِيَةُ الْحُرِّ وَ مَا رَقَّ مِنْهُ فَدِيَةُ الْعَبْدِ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Yunus, 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 a contracted slave who was killed. He asws said: ‘It would be counted what (proportion) he was free from it, so he (the kill

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع- عَنْ مُكَاتَبٍ اشْتَرَطَ عَلَيْهِ مَوْلَاهُ حِينَ كَاتَبَهُ جَنَى إِلَى رَجُلٍ جِنَايَةً فَقَالَ إِنْ كَانَ أَدَّى مِنْ مُكَاتَبَتِهِ شَيْئاً أُغْرِمَ فِي جِنَايَتِهِ بِقَدْرِ مَا أَدَّى مِنْ مُكَاتَبَتِهِ لِلْحُرِّ فَإِنْ عَجَزَ عَنْ حَقِّ الْجِنَايَةِ شَيْئاً أُخِذَ ذَلِكَ مِنْ مَالِ الْمَوْلَى الَّذِي كَاتَبَهُ قُلْتُ فَإِنْ كَانَتِ الْجِنَايَةُ لِلْعَبْدِ قَالَ فَقَالَ عَلَى مِثْل

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad and Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, both together from Ibn Mahboub, from Abu Wallad Al Hannat who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah asws about a contracted slave, his master stipulated a condition upon him when he contracted him, he would pay to a man he commits a crime against.

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ع- عَنْ مُكَاتَبٍ قَتَلَ رَجُلًا خَطَأً قَالَ فَقَالَ إِنْ كَانَ مَوْلَاهُ حِينَ كَاتَبَهُ اشْتَرَطَ عَلَيْهِ إِنْ عَجَزَ فَهُوَ رَدٌّ فِي الرِّقِّ فَهُوَ بِمَنْزِلَةِ الْمَمْلُوكِ يُدْفَعُ إِلَى أَوْلِيَاءِ الْمَقْتُولِ فَإِنْ شَاءُوا قَتَلُوا وَ إِنْ شَاءُوا بَاعُوا وَ إِنْ كَانَ مَوْلَاهُ حِينَ كَاتَبَهُ لَمْ يَشْتَرِطْ عَلَيْهِ وَ قَدْ كَانَ أَدَّى مِنْ مُكَاتَبَتِهِ شَيْئاً فَإِنَّ عَلِيّ

Ibn Mahboub, from Abu Ayoub, from Muhammad Bin Muslim who said, ‘I asked Abu Ja’far asws about a contracted slave who killed a man in error. So he asws said: ‘If it was the case that his master had stipulated upon him when he contracted him, that if he was frustrated (from paying), so he would return it with regards to

فِي مُكَاتَبٍ قَتَلَ رَجُلًا خَطَأً قَالَ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ دِيَتِهِ بِقَدْرِ مَا أُعْتِقَ وَ عَلَى مَوْلَاهُ مَا بَقِيَ مِنْ قِيمَةِ الْمَمْلُوكِ فَإِنْ عَجَزَ الْمُكَاتَبُ فَلَا عَاقِلَةَ لَهُ إِنَّمَا ذَلِكَ عَلَى إِمَامِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ismail Bin Marrar, from Yunus, from Abdullah Bin Sinan, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said regarding a contracted slave who killed a man in error. He asws said: ‘Upon him from his wergild, is in proportion to what he is free, and upon his master is what rema

لَا يَجُوزُ أَنْ يُتَجَاوَزَ بِقِيمَةِ عَبْدٍ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ دِيَةِ حُرٍّ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Al Hassan Bin Mahboub, from Al Hassan Bin Salih, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws regarding a free man who kills a slave who value is twenty thousand Dirham. So he asws said: ‘It is not allowed that the value of a slave should be more than the wergild of a free’.

دِيَةُ الْيَهُودِيِّ وَ النَّصْرَانِيِّ وَ الْمَجُوسِيِّ ثَمَانُمِائَةِ دِرْهَمٍ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Yunus, from Ibn Muskam, Abu Abdullah asws has said: ‘Wergild of the Jew, and the Christian, and the Magian, is eight hundred Dirhams’.

إِذَا قَتَلَ الْمُسْلِمُ يَهُودِيّاً أَوْ نَصْرَانِيّاً أَوْ مَجُوسِيّاً فَأَرَادُوا أَنْ يُقِيدُوا رَدُّوا فَضْلَ دِيَةِ الْمُسْلِمِ وَ أَقَادُوهُ.

And from him, from Ibn Muskan, Abu Abdullah asws has said: ‘When the Muslim kills a Jew, or a Christian, or a Magian, so they intend that they retaliate, they have to return the excess wergild to the (guardians of the) Muslim, and retaliate him’.

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ شَدِيدٌ لَا يَحْتَمِلُهُ النَّاسُ وَ لَكِنْ يُعْطِي الذِّمِّيُّ دِيَةَ الْمُسْلِمِ ثُمَّ يُقْتَلُ بِهِ الْمُسْلِمُ.

And from him, from Zurara, from Sama’at, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws regarding a Muslim man who kills a man from the Zimmy people. So he asws said: ‘This is a harsh Hadeeth, the people cannot bear it, but the Zimmy has to give the wergild of the Muslim, then the Muslim would be killed due to it’.

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع- عَنْ دِمَاءِ الْمَجُوسِ وَ الْيَهُودِ وَ النَّصَارَى هَلْ عَلَيْهِمْ وَ عَلَى مَنْ قَتَلَهُمْ شَيْ‌ءٌ إِذَا غَشُّوا الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَ أَظْهَرُوا الْعَدَاوَةَ لَهُمْ قَالَ لَا إِلَّا أَنْ يَكُونَ مُتَعَوِّداً لِقَتْلِهِمْ قَالَ وَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الْمُسْلِمِ هَلْ يُقْتَلُ بِأَهْلِ الذِّمَّةِ وَ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ إِذَا قَتَلَهُمْ قَالَ لَا إِلَّا أَنْ يَكُونَ مُعْتَاداً لِذَلِكَ لَا يَد

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع- إِبْرَاهِيمُ يَزْعُمُ أَنَّ دِيَةَ الْيَهُودِيِّ وَ النَّصْرَانِيِّ وَ الْمَجُوسِيِّ سَوَاءٌ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ الْحَقَّ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Yunus, from Muhammad Bin Al Fuzayl, (It has been narrated) from Abu Al Hassan Al Reza asws – similat to it’. Abu Ali Al Ashary, from Muhammad Bin Abdul Jabbar, from Safwan Bin Yahya, from Mansour Bin Hazim, from Aban Bin Taghlub who said, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah asws , ‘Ibra

أَنَّ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع كَانَ يَقُولُ‌ يُقْتَصُّ لِلنَّصْرَانِيِّ وَ الْيَهُودِيِّ وَ الْمَجُوسِيِّ بَعْضُهُمْ مِنْ بَعْضٍ وَ يُقْتَلُ بَعْضُهُمْ بِبَعْضٍ إِذَا قَتَلُوا عَمْداً.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Al Nowfaly, from Al Sakuny, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws that Amir Al-Momineen asws was saying: ‘For the Christians, and the Jews, and the Magians, there would be retaliation from each other, and they would be killed for each other when they kill deliberately’.

اقْتُلْهُ بِهِ قِيلَ وَ إِنْ لَمْ يُسْلِمْ قَالَ يُدْفَعُ إِلَى أَوْلِيَاءِ الْمَقْتُولِ [فَإِنْ شَاءُوا قَتَلُوا وَ إِنْ شَاءُوا عَفَوْا وَ إِنْ شَاءُوا اسْتَرَقُّوا وَ إِنْ كَانَ مَعَهُ مَالٌ دُفِعَ إِلَى أَوْلِيَاءِ الْمَقْتُولِ‌] هُوَ وَ مَالُهُ.

A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, and Ali Bin Ibrahim from his father, bother together from Ibn Mahboub, from Ibn Raib, from Zureys Al Kunasy, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far asws regarding a Christian who killed a Muslim. So when he was seized, he became a Muslim. He asws said: ‘He would be kille

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

لَا يُقَادُ مُسْلِمٌ بِذِمِّيٍّ فِي الْقَتْلِ وَ لَا فِي الْجِرَاحَاتِ وَ لَكِنْ يُؤْخَذُ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِ جِنَايَتُهُ لِلذِّمِّيِّ عَلَى قَدْرِ دِيَةِ الذِّمِّيِّ ثَمَانِمِائَةِ دِرْهَمٍ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, and Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Mahboub, from Ibn Raib, from Muhammad Bin Qays, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far asws having said: ‘A Muslim would not be retaliated regarding the killing, nor with regards to the injuries, but (the compensation) for his c

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع- عَنْ رَجُلٍ مُسْلِمٍ فَقَأَ عَيْنَ نَصْرَانِيٍّ فَقَالَ إِنَّ دِيَةَ عَيْنِ النَّصْرَانِيِّ أَرْبَعُمِائَةِ دِرْهَمٍ.

Ibn Mahboub, from Ibn Raib, from Bureyd Al Ajaly who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah asws about a Muslim man who blinded an eye of a Christian. So he asws said: ‘The wergild of an eye of a Christian is four hundred Dirhams’.

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع- عَنْ دِيَةِ النَّصْرَانِيِّ وَ الْيَهُودِيِّ وَ الْمَجُوسِيِّ قَالَ دِيَتُهُمْ جَمِيعاً سَوَاءٌ ثَمَانُمِائَةِ دِرْهَمٍ ثَمَانُمِائَةِ دِرْهَمٍ.

Ibn Mahboub, from Abu Ayoun, and Ibn Bukeyr, from Lays Al Murady who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah asws about the wergild of the Christian, and the Jew, and the Magian. He asws said: ‘Their wergilds are all the same – eight hundred Dirhams, eight hundred Dirhams’.