The Book of Inheritance

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع- عَنِ الْمُسْلِمِ هَلْ يُقْتَلُ بِأَهْلِ الذِّمَّةِ قَالَ لَا إِلَّا أَنْ يَكُونَ مُعَوَّداً لِقَتْلِهِمْ فَيُقْتَلُ وَ هُوَ صَاغِرٌ.

Humeyd Bin Ziyad, from Al Hassan Bin Muhammad Bin Sama’at, from Ahmad Bin Al Hassan Al Maysami, from Aban, from Ismail Bin Al Fazl who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah asws about the Muslim, would he be killed due to the Zimmy people?’ He asws said: ‘No, except if he happens to be habitual of killing them, so he would be ki

‌ أَنَّ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع قَضَى فِي جَنِينِ الْيَهُودِيَّةِ وَ النَّصْرَانِيَّةِ وَ الْمَجُوسِيَّةِ عُشْرَ دِيَةِ أُمِّهِ‌[1]

A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Muhammad Bin Al Hassan Bin Shamoun, from Al Asamma, from Misma’a, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws that Amir Al-Momineen asws judged regarding foetuses of the Jews, and the Christians, and the Magians to be a tenth of the wergild of its mother’.

أَنَّهُ عَرَضَ عَلَى أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الرِّضَا ع كِتَابَ الدِّيَاتِ وَ كَانَ فِيهِ فِي ذَهَابِ السَّمْعِ كُلِّهِ أَلْفُ دِينَارٍ وَ الصَّوْتِ كُلِّهِ مِنَ الْغَنَنِ وَ الْبَحَحِ‌[1] أَلْفُ دِينَارٍ وَ شَلَلِ الْيَدَيْنِ كِلْتَيْهِمَا [وَ] الشَّلَلِ كُلِّهِ أَلْفُ دِينَارٍ وَ شَلَلِ الرِّجْلَيْنِ أَلْفُ دِينَارٍ وَ الشَّفَتَيْنِ إِذَا اسْتُؤْصِلَتَا أَلْفُ دِينَارٍ وَ الظَّهْرِ إِذَا حَدِبَ أَلْفُ دِينَارٍ وَ الذَّكَرِ

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Yunus and a number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Muhammad Bin Isa, (It has been narrated) from Yunus who presented to Abu Al-Hassan Al-Reza asws a book of the wergild, and there was in it for the loss of the hearing, all of it, a thousand Dinars, and (the loss

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الْيَدِ[2] فَقَالَ نِصْفُ الدِّيَةِ وَ فِي الْأُذُنِ نِصْفُ الدِّيَةِ إِذَا قَطَعَهَا مِنْ أَصْلِهَا.

Ali, from his father, from Ibn Fazzal, (It has been narrated) from Al-Reza asws , similar to it’. A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Khalid, from Usman Bin Isa, from Sama’at who said, ‘I asked about the hand, so he asws said: ‘Half the wergild, and regarding the ears, half the wergild when these ar

فِي الرَّجُلِ يُكْسَرُ ظَهْرُهُ قَالَ فِيهِ الدِّيَةُ كَامِلَةً وَ فِي الْعَيْنَيْنِ الدِّيَةُ وَ فِي إِحْدَاهُمَا نِصْفُ الدِّيَةِ وَ فِي الْأُذُنَيْنِ الدِّيَةُ وَ فِي إِحْدَاهُمَا نِصْفُ الدِّيَةِ وَ فِي الذَّكَرِ إِذَا قُطِعَتِ‌ الْحَشَفَةُ وَ مَا فَوْقُ الدِّيَةُ وَ فِي الْأَنْفِ إِذَا قُطِعَ الْمَارِنُ الدِّيَةُ وَ فِي الشَّفَتَيْنِ الدِّيَةُ.

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 regarding the man who broke his back. He asws said: ‘Regarding it is the complete wergild; and regarding the two eyes is the (complete) wergild, and regarding one of the two is hal

فِي الْأَنْفِ إِذَا اسْتُؤْصِلَ جَدْعُهُ الدِّيَةُ وَ فِي الْعَيْنِ‌[1] إِذَا فُقِئَتْ نِصْفُ الدِّيَةِ وَ فِي الْأُذُنِ إِذَا قُطِعَتْ نِصْفُ الدِّيَةِ وَ فِي الْيَدِ نِصْفُ الدِّيَةِ وَ فِي الذَّكَرِ إِذَا قُطِعَ مِنْ مَوْضِعِ الْحَشَفَةِ الدِّيَةُ.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Mahboub, from Abdullah Bin Sinan, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws regarding the nose when its stump is eradicated, is the (complete) wergild; and regarding the eye when it is blinded is half the wergild; and regarding the ear when it is cut, is half th

فِي الشَّفَةِ السُّفْلَى سِتَّةُ آلَافٍ وَ فِي الْعُلْيَا أَرْبَعَةُ آلَافٍ لِأَنَّ السُّفْلَى تُمْسِكُ الْمَاءَ.

Ibn Mahboub, from Abu Jameela, from Aban Bin Taghlub, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘Regarding the lower lip is six thousand, and regarding the upper lip is four thousand, because the lower (lip) retains the water’.

فِي الْيَدِ نِصْفُ الدِّيَةِ وَ فِي الْيَدَيْنِ جَمِيعاً الدِّيَةُ وَ فِي الرِّجْلَيْنِ كَذَلِكَ وَ فِي الذَّكَرِ إِذَا قُطِعَتِ الْحَشَفَةُ وَ مَا فَوْقَ ذَلِكَ الدِّيَةُ وَ فِي الْأَنْفِ إِذَا قُطِعَ الْمَارِنُ الدِّيَةُ وَ فِي الشَّفَتَيْنِ الدِّيَةُ وَ فِي الْعَيْنَيْنِ الدِّيَةُ وَ فِي إِحْدَاهُمَا نِصْفُ الدِّيَةِ.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Al Husayn Bin Saeed, and Muhammad Bin Khalid, from Al Qasim Bin Urwat, from Ibn Bukeyr, from Zurara, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘Regarding the hand is half the wergild; and regarding the two hands together is the (complete) wergil

فِي الرِّجْلِ الْوَاحِدَةِ نِصْفُ الدِّيَةِ وَ فِي الْأُذُنِ نِصْفُ الدِّيَةِ إِذَا قَطَعَهَا مِنْ أَصْلِهَا وَ إِذَا قَطَعَ طَرَفَهَا فَفِيهَا قِيمَةُ عَدْلٍ وَ فِي الْأَنْفِ إِذَا قُطِعَ الدِّيَةُ كَامِلَةً وَ فِي الظَّهْرِ إِذَا انْكَسَرَ حَتَّى لَا يُنْزِلَ صَاحِبُهُ الْمَاءَ الدِّيَةُ كَامِلَةً وَ فِي الذَّكَرِ إِذَا قُطِعَ الدِّيَةُ كَامِلَةً وَ فِي اللِّسَانِ إِذَا قُطِعَ الدِّيَةُ كَامِلَةً.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Yunus, from Zurara, from Sama’at, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws : ‘Regarding the one leg is half the wergild; and regarding the ear is half the wergild when it is cut off from its roots, and when it is cut from its surroundings, so regarding it is a just valu

قَضَى أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع فِي رَجُلٍ كُسِرَ صُلْبُهُ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يَجْلِسَ أَنَّ فِيهِ الدِّيَةَ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Mahboub, from Abu Suleyman Al Hammar, from Bureyd Al Ajaly, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far asws having said: ‘Amir Al-Momineen asws judged regarding a man who broke his back, so he was not able to sit, that regarding it is the (complete) wergild’.

إِذَا قُطِعَ الْأَنْفُ مِنَ الْمَارِنِ فَفِيهِ الدِّيَةُ تَامَّةً وَ فِي أَسْنَانِ الرَّجُلِ الدِّيَةُ تَامَّةً وَ فِي أُذُنَيْهِ الدِّيَةُ كَامِلَةً وَ الرِّجْلَانِ وَ الْعَيْنَانِ بِتِلْكَ الْمَنْزِلَةِ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Yunus, from Muhammad Bin Sinan, from Al A’ala Bin Al Fuzayl, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘When the nose is cut from the soft parts, so regarding it is the complete wergild; and regarding the teeth of the man is the complete wergild; and regardi

تَزَوَّجَ جَارٌ لِي امْرَأَةً فَلَمَّا أَرَادَ مُوَاقَعَتَهَا رَفَسَتْهُ بِرِجْلِهَا فَفُتِقَتْ بَيْضَتُهُ فَصَارَ آدَرَ[1] فَكَانَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ يَنْكِحُ وَ يُولَدُ لَهُ فَسَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ ذَلِكَ وَ عَنْ رَجُلٍ أَصَابَ سُرَّةَ رَجُلٍ‌[2] فَفَتَقَهَا فَقَالَ ع فِي كُلِّ فَتْقٍ ثُلُثُ الدِّيَةِ[3].

Ali Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Yunus, from Salih Bin Uqba, from Muawiya Bin Ammar who said, ‘A neighbour of mine married a woman. So when he intended to copulate with her, she kicked him with her leg and ruptured his testicles, so they became swollen. So after that he copulated with her and she gave birth to a child fo

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ رَجُلٍ كُسِرَ بُعْصُوصُهُ‌[4] فَلَمْ يَمْلِكِ اسْتَهُ فَمَا فِيهِ مِنَ الدِّيَةِ فَقَالَ الدِّيَةُ كَامِلَةً قَالَ وَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ وَقَعَ بِجَارِيَةٍ فَأَفْضَاهَا وَ كَانَتْ إِذَا نَزَلَتْ بِتِلْكَ الْمَنْزِلَةِ لَمْ تَلِدْ قَالَ الدِّيَةُ كَامِلَةً.

A number of our companions, 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 asked Abu Abdullah asws about a man who broke his tail bone (coccyx), so he lost control of his excretion, so what was with regards to it from the wergild

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ‌ قَضَى أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع فِي الرَّجُلِ يُضْرَبُ عَلَى عِجَانِهِ‌[5] فَلَا يَسْتَمْسِكُ غَائِطُهُ وَ لَا بَوْلُهُ إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ الدِّيَةَ كَامِلَةً.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Mahboub, from Is’haq Bin Ammar who said, ‘I heard Abu Abdullah asws saying: ‘Amir Al-Momineen asws judged regarding the man who was struck upon his lower area, so he could no longer withhold his faeces nor his urine - regarding that is the complete wergild’.

قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع‌ فِي ذَكَرِ الصَّبِيِّ الدِّيَةُ وَ فِي ذَكَرِ الْعِنِّينِ الدِّيَةُ[6].

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 male part of the child is the (complete) wergild, and regarding the male part of an impotent man is the (complete) wergild’.

فِي ذَكَرِ الْغُلَامِ الدِّيَةُ كَامِلَةً.

Ibn Mahboub, from Abu Ayoub, from Bureyd Al Ajaly, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far asws having said: ‘Regarding the manhood of the slave is the complete wergild’.

لَوْ أَنَّ رَجُلًا قَطَعَ فَرْجَ امْرَأَةٍ[7] لَأُغْرِمَنَّهُ لَهَا دِيَتَهَا فَإِنْ لَمْ يُؤَدِّ إِلَيْهَا الدِّيَةَ قَطَعْتُ لَهَا فَرْجَهُ إِنْ طَلَبَتْ ذَلِكَ.

Ibn Mahboub, from Abdul Rahman Bin Sayaba, Abu Abdullah asws has said: ‘If a man were to cut the female part of a woman, I asws would fine him her wergild. So if he were not to pay the wergild to her, I asws would cut off his male part if she were to seek that’.

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع مَا تَرَى فِي رَجُلٍ ضَرَبَ امْرَأَةً شَابَّةً عَلَى بَطْنِهَا فَعَقَرَ رَحِمَهَا فَأَفْسَدَ طَمْثَهَا وَ ذَكَرَتْ أَنَّهَا قَدِ ارْتَفَعَ طَمْثُهَا عَنْهَا لِذَلِكَ وَ قَدْ كَانَ طَمْثُهَا مُسْتَقِيماً قَالَ يُنْتَظَرُ بِهَا سَنَةً فَإِنْ رَجَعَ طَمْثُهَا إِلَى مَا كَانَ وَ إِلَّا اسْتُحْلِفَتْ وَ غُرِّمَ ضَارِبُهَا ثُلُثَ دِيَتِهَا لِفَسَادِ رَحِمِهَا وَ انْقِطَاعِ طَمْثِهَا[1].

Ibn Mahboub, from Hisham Bin Salim, from Abu baseer who said, ‘I said to Abu Ja’far asws , ‘What is your asws view regarding a man who struck a woman upon her belly, so her womb was misplaced and it spoilt her menstruation’; and I mentioned, ‘It stopped her menstruation from her due to that, and her menstruations had b

قَضَى أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع فِي رَجُلٍ قَطَعَ ثَدْيَ امْرَأَتِهِ قَالَ إِذَنْ أُغَرِّمَهُ لَهَا نِصْفَ الدِّيَةِ[2].

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 man who cut off a breast of his wife. He asws said: ‘Then he would be fined half a wergild for her’.

عَلَيْهِ الدِّيَةُ إِنْ كَانَ دَخَلَ بِهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ تَبْلُغَ تِسْعَ سِنِينَ قَالَ فَإِنْ كَانَ أَمْسَكَهَا وَ لَمْ يُطَلِّقْهَا[3] فَلَا شَيْ‌ءَ عَلَيْهِ وَ إِنْ كَانَ دَخَلَ بِهَا وَ لَهَا تِسْعُ سِنِينَ فَلَا شَيْ‌ءَ عَلَيْهِ‌[4] إِنْ شَاءَ أَمْسَكَ وَ إِنْ شَاءَ طَلَّقَ.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, and Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, both together from Ibn Mahboub, from Al Haris Bin Muhammad Bin Al Noman Sahib Al Taaq, from Bureyd Bin Muawiya, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far asws regarding a man who caused injuries to the genitals of his slave girl, meaning hi

قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‌ فِي الْقَلْبِ إِذَا رَعَدَ فَطَارَ الدِّيَةُ قَالَ وَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فِي‌ الصَّعَرِ الدِّيَةُ وَ الصَّعَرُ أَنْ يُثْنَى عُنُقُهُ فَيَصِيرَ فِي نَاحِيَةٍ[1].

A number of our copanions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Muhammad Bin Al Hassan Bin Shamoun from Abdullah Bin Abdul Rahman, from Misma’a Bin Abdul Malik, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘Amir Al-Momineen asws said: ‘Rasool-Allah saww said: ‘With regards to the heart when it is shaken so it is dam

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ‌ قَضَى أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع فِي الرَّجُلِ يُضْرَبُ عَلَى عِجَانِهِ فَلَا يَسْتَمْسِكُ غَائِطُهُ وَ لَا بَوْلُهُ أَنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ الدِّيَةَ كَامِلَةً[2].

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Mahboub, from Is’haq Bin Ammar who said, ‘I heard Abu Abdullah asws saying: ‘Amir Al-Momineen asws judged regarding the man who was struck upon his lower part, so he was no longer able to withhold his faeces nor his urine, that with regards to that is the complete wergild’.

سَأَلَهُ رَجُلٌ وَ أَنَا عِنْدَهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ ضَرَبَ رَجُلًا فَقُطِعَ بَوْلُهُ فَقَالَ إِنْ كَانَ الْبَوْلُ يَمُرُّ إِلَى اللَّيْلِ فَعَلَيْهِ الدِّيَةُ[3] لِأَنَّهُ قَدْ مَنَعَهُ الْمَعِيشَةَ وَ إِنْ كَانَ إِلَى آخِرِ النَّهَارِ[4] فَعَلَيْهِ الدِّيَةُ وَ إِنْ كَانَ إِلَى نِصْفِ النَّهَارِ فَعَلَيْهِ ثُلُثَا الدِّيَةِ وَ إِنْ كَانَ إِلَى ارْتِفَاعِ النَّهَارِ فَعَلَيْهِ ثُلُثُ الدِّيَةِ.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Muhammad Bin Al Husayn, from Muhammad Bin Ismail, from Salih Bin Uqba, from Is’haq Bin Ammar, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws , said, ‘A man asked him asws and I was in his asws presence, ‘A man struck a man, so his urine was intermittent. So he asws said: ‘If it was that the urin

مَا كَانَ فِي الْجَسَدِ مِنْهُ اثْنَانِ فَفِي الْوَاحِدِ نِصْفُ الدِّيَةِ مِثْلُ الْيَدَيْنِ وَ الْعَيْنَيْنِ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ رَجُلٌ فُقِئَتْ عَيْنُهُ قَالَ نِصْفُ الدِّيَةِ قُلْتُ فَرَجُلٌ قُطِعَتْ يَدُهُ قَالَ فِيهِ نِصْفُ الدِّيَةِ قُلْتُ فَرَجُلٌ ذَهَبَتْ إِحْدَى بَيْضَتَيْهِ قَالَ إِنْ كَانَتِ الْيَسَارَ فَفِيهَا الدِّيَةُ قُلْتُ وَ لِمَ أَ لَيْسَ قُلْتَ مَا كَانَ فِي الْجَسَدِ اثْنَانِ فَفِي كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ نِصْفُ

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Abu Nasr, from Abdullah Bin Sinan, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘There is nothing in the body which are two, so with regards to one of them is half the wergild, like the two hands, and the two eyes’. He (the narrator) said, ‘So

قَضَى أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع فِي اللِّحْيَةِ إِذَا حُلِقَتْ فَلَمْ تَنْبُتِ الدِّيَةَ كَامِلَةً فَإِذَا نَبَتَتْ فَثُلُثُ الدِّيَةِ.

A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Muhammad Bin Al Hassan Bin Shamoun, from Abdullah Bin Abdul Rahman, from Misma’a, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘Amir Al-Momineen asws judged regarding the beard when it is shaved-off, so it does not grow back, is the complete wergild. S

قُلْتُ الرَّجُلُ يَدْخُلُ الْحَمَّامَ فَيَصُبُّ عَلَيْهِ صَاحِبُ الْحَمَّامِ مَاءً حَارّاً فَيَمْتَعِطُ شَعْرُ رَأْسِهِ‌[1] فَلَا يَنْبُتُ فَقَالَ عَلَيْهِ الدِّيَةُ كَامِلَةً.

Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Ali Bin Khalid, from one of his men, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws , said, ‘I said, ‘The man enters the (public) baths, so the owner of the baths splashes hot water upon him, so the hair of his head withers away, so it does not grow back’. So he asws said: ‘Upon him is the complete

سُئِلَ عَنْ رَجُلٍ قَتَلَ رَجُلًا عَمْداً وَ كَانَ الْمَقْتُولُ أَقْطَعَ الْيَدِ الْيُمْنَى فَقَالَ إِنْ كَانَتْ يَدُهُ قُطِعَتْ فِي جِنَايَةٍ جَنَاهَا عَلَى نَفْسِهِ أَوْ كَانَ قُطِعَ فَأَخَذَ دِيَةَ يَدِهِ مِنَ الَّذِي قَطَعَهَا فَإِنْ أَرَادَ أَوْلِيَاؤُهُ أَنْ يَقْتُلُوا قَاتِلَهُ أَدَّوْا إِلَى أَوْلِيَاءِ قَاتِلِهِ دِيَةَ يَدِهِ الَّتِي قِيدَ مِنْهَا وَ إِنْ كَانَ أَخَذَ دِيَةَ يَدِهِ‌[2] وَ يَقْتُلُوهُ وَ إِنْ

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father and Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, both together, from Ibn Mahboub, from Hisham Bin salim, from sowrat Bin Kuleyb, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws , said, ‘He asws was asked about a man who killed a man deliberately, and the killed one was with the right hand

قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ الْأَوَّلُ ع لِعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ يَا أَبَا عَبَّاسٍ‌[1] أَنْشُدُكَ اللَّهَ هَلْ فِي حُكْمِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى اخْتِلَافٌ قَالَ فَقَالَ لَا قَالَ فَمَا تَرَى فِي رَجُلٍ ضَرَبَ رَجُلًا أَصَابِعَهُ بِالسَّيْفِ حَتَّى سَقَطَتْ فَذَهَبَتْ وَ أَتَى رَجُلٌ آخَرُ فَأَطَارَ كَفَّ يَدِهِ فَأُتِيَ بِهِ إِلَيْكَ وَ أَنْتَ قَاضٍ كَيْفَ أَنْتَ صَانِعٌ قَالَ أَقُولُ لِهَذَا الْقَاطِعِ أَعْطِهِ دِيَةَ ك

A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Al Hassan Bin Al Abbas Bin Al Hareysh, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far asws the 2 nd having said: ‘Abu Ja’far asws the 1 st said to Abdullah Bin Abbas: ‘O Ibn Abbas! I asws hereby adjure you with Allah azwj , is there a discrepancy in a Judgement of Allah azw

قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع‌ قَضَى أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع فِي رَجُلٍ أَعْوَرَ أُصِيبَتْ عَيْنُهُ الصَّحِيحَةُ فَفُقِئَتْ أَنْ تُفْقَأَ إِحْدَى عَيْنَيْ صَاحِبِهِ وَ يُعْقَلَ لَهُ نِصْفُ الدِّيَةِ وَ إِنْ شَاءَ أَخَذَ دِيَةً كَامِلَةً وَ يُعْفَى عَنْ عَيْنِ صَاحِبِهِ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, and Muhammad Bin Yahya,f rom Ahmad Bin Muhammad, both together from Ibn Abu Najran, from Aasim Bin Humeyd, from Muhammad Bin Qays who said, ‘Abu Ja’far asws said: ‘Amir Al-Momineen asws judged regarding a one-eyed man whose correct eye was hit, so it was blinded: ‘He can blind an eye o

فِي عَيْنِ الْأَعْوَرِ الدِّيَةُ.

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: ‘With regards to an eye of the one-eyed, is the (complete) wergild’.

فِي عَيْنِ الْأَعْوَرِ الدِّيَةُ كَامِلَةً.

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: ‘With regards to an eye of the one-eyed, is the complete wergild’.

فِي رَجُلٍ قَطَعَ يَدَ رَجُلٍ شَلَّاءَ قَالَ عَلَيْهِ ثُلُثُ الدِّيَةِ.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Mahboub, from Hammad Bin Ziyad, from Suleyman Bin Khalid – With regards to a man whose paralysed hand was cut by a man. He asws said: ‘Upon him (the cutter) is a third of the wergild’.

[أَنَّهُ قَالَ‌] فِي الْعَيْنِ الْعَوْرَاءِ تَكُونُ قَائِمَةً فَتُخْسَفُ فَقَالَ قَضَى فِيهَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع نِصْفَ الدِّيَةِ فِي الْعَيْنِ الصَّحِيحَةِ.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Musa Bin Al Hassan, from Muhammad Bin Abdul Hameed, from Abu Jameela, from Abdullah Bin Suleyman, from Abdullah Bin Abu Ja’far, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said regarding the eye of the one-eyed which was firm, then it blurred out. So he asws said: ‘Ali asws Bin Abu Tal

فِي لِسَانِ الْأَخْرَسِ وَ عَيْنِ الْأَعْمَى وَ ذَكَرِ الْخَصِيِّ وَ أُنْثَيَيْهِ ثُلُثُ الدِّيَةِ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Mahboub, from Abu Ayoub Al Khazaz, from Bureyd Bin Muawiya, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far asws having said: ‘With regards to a tongue of the mute, and an eye of the blind, and one of castrated manhood and his testicles, is a third of the wergild’.

سَأَلَهُ بَعْضُ آلِ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ رَجُلٍ قَطَعَ لِسَانَ رَجُلٍ أَخْرَسَ [قَالَ‌] فَقَالَ إِنْ كَانَ وَلَدَتْهُ أُمُّهُ وَ هُوَ أَخْرَسُ فَعَلَيْهِ ثُلُثُ الدِّيَةِ وَ إِنْ كَانَ لِسَانُهُ ذَهَبَ بِهِ وَجَعٌ أَوْ آفَةٌ بَعْدَ مَا كَانَ يَتَكَلَّمُ فَإِنَّ عَلَى الَّذِي قَطَعَ لِسَانَهُ ثُلُثَ دِيَةِ لِسَانِهِ‌[1] قَالَ وَ كَذَلِكَ الْقَضَاءُ فِي الْعَيْنَيْنِ وَ الْجَوَارِحِ قَالَ هَكَذَا وَجَدْنَاهُ فِي كِتَابِ عَلِ

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, and Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, both together from Ibn Mahboub, from Hisham Bin Salim, from Abu Baseer, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far asws , said, ‘One of the progeny of Zurara asked him asws about a man who cut the tongue of a mute man. So he asws said: ‘If i

عَلَيْهِ رُبُعُ دِيَةِ الْعَيْنِ.

Ali, from his father, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Abu Nasr, from Abu Jameela, from Mufazzal Bin Salih, from Abdullah Bin Suleyman, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws , regarding a man who blinded an eye of a man, (whose vision) had gone, and it (the eye) was firm’. He asws said: ‘Upon him is the quarter of t

إِنَّ عُثْمَانَ أَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ قَيْسٍ بِمَوْلًى لَهُ قَدْ لَطَمَ عَيْنَهُ فَأَنْزَلَ الْمَاءَ فِيهَا وَ هِيَ قَائِمَةٌ لَيْسَ يُبْصِرُ بِهَا شَيْئاً فَقَالَ لَهُ أُعْطِيكَ الدِّيَةَ فَأَبَى قَالَ فَأَرْسَلَ بِهِمَا إِلَى عَلِيٍّ ع وَ قَالَ احْكُمْ بَيْنَ هَذَيْنِ فَأَعْطَاهُ الدِّيَةَ فَأَبَى قَالَ فَلَمْ يَزَالُوا يُعْطُونَهُ حَتَّى أَعْطَوْهُ دِيَتَيْنِ قَالَ فَقَالَ لَيْسَ أُرِيدُ إِلَّا الْقِصَاصَ قَالَ فَدَ

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from IBn Fazzal, from Suleyman Al Dahhan, from Rafa’at, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘They came to Usman with a man from Qays along with a master of his who had slapped his eye, so the water kept dripping in it, and it was firm but he could not visualise a

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ‌ تُقْطَعُ يَدُ الرَّجُلِ وَ رِجْلَاهُ فِي الْقِصَاصِ.

Abu Ali Al Ashary, from Muhammad Bin Abdul Jabbar, from Safwan Bin Yahya, from Is’haq Bin Ammar, from Abu Baseer who said, ‘I heard Abu Abdullah asws saying: ‘The hand of the man and his leg would be cut regarding the retaliation’.

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع أَعْوَرُ فَقَأَ عَيْنَ صَحِيحٍ فَقَالَ تُفْقَأُ عَيْنُهُ قَالَ قُلْتُ يَبْقَى أَعْمَى قَالَ الْحَقُّ أَعْمَاهُ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Najran, from Aasim Bin Humeyd, from Muhammad Bin Qays who said, ‘I said to Abu Ja’far asws , ‘A one-eye man blinded an eye of a correct one’. So he asws said: ‘His eye would be blinded’. I said, ‘He would remain as blind’. He asws said: ‘It is the right (of the victim) who

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ع- عَنْ رَجُلٍ قَطَعَ يَدَيْنِ لِرَجُلَيْنِ الْيَمِينَيْنِ قَالَ فَقَالَ يَا حَبِيبُ تُقْطَعُ يَمِينُهُ لِلرَّجُلِ الَّذِي قَطَعَ يَمِينَهُ أَوَّلًا وَ تُقْطَعُ يَسَارُهُ لِلرَّجُلِ الَّذِي قَطَعَ‌ يَمِينَهُ آخِراً لِأَنَّهُ إِنَّمَا قَطَعَ يَدَ الرَّجُلِ الْأَخِيرِ وَ يَمِينُهُ قِصَاصٌ لِلرَّجُلِ الْأَوَّلِ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ إِنَّ عَلِيّاً ع إِنَّمَا كَانَ يَقْطَعُ الْيَدَ الْيُمْنَى وَ الرِّجْل

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Mahboub, from Hisham Bin Salim, from Habeeb Al Sajistany who said, ‘I asked Abu Ja’far asws about a man who cut two right hands of two men. O Habeeb! His right hand would be cut for the first man whose right hand he had cut, and his left would be cut for the last ma

قَضَى أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع فِيمَا كَانَ مِنْ جِرَاحَاتِ الْجَسَدِ أَنَّ فِيهَا الْقِصَاصَ أَوْ يَقْبَلَ الْمَجْرُوحُ دِيَةَ الْجِرَاحَةِ فَيُعْطَاهَا.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Mahboub, from Is’haq Bin Ammar, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘Amir Al-Momineen asws judged with regards to what was from the injuries of the body, that regarding these is the retaliation, or the injured one can accept the wergild for the injuries,

لَيْسَ فِي هَذَا قِصَاصٌ وَ لَكِنْ يُعْطَى الْأَرْشَ.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Hadeed, from Jameel Bin Darraj, from one of our companions, (It has been narrated) from one of the two (5 th or 6 th Imam asws ) regarding a man who broke a hand of a man, then the hand of the man was cured. He asws said: ‘There is no retaliation regarding this,

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ السِّنِّ وَ الذِّرَاعِ يُكْسَرَانِ عَمْداً أَ لَهُمَا أَرْشٌ أَوْ قَوَدٌ فَقَالَ قَوَدٌ قَالَ قُلْتُ فَإِنْ أَضْعَفُوا الدِّيَةَ فَقَالَ إِنْ أَرْضَوْهُ بِمَا شَاءَ فَهُوَ لَهُ‌[2].

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al Husayn Bin Saeed, from Al Nazar Bin Suweud, from Aasim Bin Humeyd, from Abu Baseer, (The narrator) says, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah asws about the teeth and the arms which are both broken deliberately, is there a compensation for these two, or retaliation?’ So he asws sai

فِي سِنِّ الصَّبِيِّ يَضْرِبُهَا الرَّجُلُ فَتَسْقُطُ ثُمَّ تَنْبُتُ قَالَ لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ قِصَاصٌ وَ عَلَيْهِ الْأَرْشُ قَالَ عَلِيٌّ وَ سُئِلَ جَمِيلٌ كَمِ الْأَرْشُ فِي سِنِّ الصَّبِيِّ وَ كَسْرِ الْيَدِ فَقَالَ شَيْ‌ءٌ يَسِيرٌ وَ لَمْ يَرَ فِيهِ شَيْئاً مَعْلُوماً[1].

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Abu Umeyr and Ali Bin Hadeed both together, from Jameel Bin Darraj, from one of his companions, (It has been narrated) from one of the two (5 th or 6 th Imam asws ) having said with regards to teeth of a child, the man having struck these, so they fall off, then the

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ أَعْوَرَ فَقَأَ عَيْنَ صَحِيحٍ مُتَعَمِّداً فَقَالَ تُفْقَأُ عَيْنُهُ قُلْتُ يَكُونُ أَعْمَى قَالَ فَقَالَ الْحَقُّ أَعْمَاهُ.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al Hassan Bin Saeed, from Fazalat, from Aban, from a man, (The narrator) says, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah asws about a one-eyed man who blinded an eye of the healthy one deliberately. So he asws said: ‘His eye would be blinded’. I said, ‘He would become (completely) blind’.

فِي رَجُلٍ ضَرَبَ رَجُلًا فِي رَأْسِهِ فَثَقُلَ لِسَانُهُ أَنَّهُ يُعْرَضُ عَلَيْهِ حُرُوفُ الْمُعْجَمِ كُلُّهَا ثُمَّ يُعْطَى الدِّيَةَ بِحِصَّةِ مَا لَمْ يُفْصِحْهُ مِنْهَا[2].

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Mahboub and Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahamd Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Mahboub, from Abu Ayoub, from Suleyman Bin Khalid, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘With regard to a man who struck a man in his head, so his tongue became heavy, there would be presen