The Rare Ahadith

فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‌ إِنَّما جَزاءُ الَّذِينَ يُحارِبُونَ اللَّهَ وَ رَسُولَهُ وَ يَسْعَوْنَ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَساداً أَنْ يُقَتَّلُوا الْآيَةَ هَذَا نَفْيُ الْمُحَارَبَةِ غَيْرُ هَذَا النَّفْيِ قَالَ يَحْكُمُ عَلَيْهِ الْحَاكِمُ بِقَدْرِ مَا عَمِلَ وَ يُنْفَى وَ يُحْمَلُ فِي الْبَحْرِ ثُمَّ يُقْذَفُ بِهِ لَوْ كَانَ النَّفْيُ مِنْ بَلَدٍ إِلَى بَلَدٍ كَأَنْ يَكُونَ إِخْرَاجُهُ مِنْ بَلَدٍ إِلَى بَلَدٍ آخَرَ

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Muhammad Bin Hafs, from Abdullah asws Bin Talha, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws regarding the Words of Allah azwj Mighty and Majestic [5:33] But rather, the Recompense of those who wage war against Allah and His Rasool and strive to make mischief in the land is only

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ قَاطِعِ الطَّرِيقِ وَ قُلْتُ إِنَّ النَّاسَ يَقُولُونَ إِنَّ الْإِمَامَ فِيهِ مُخَيَّرٌ أَيَّ شَيْ‌ءٍ شَاءَ صَنَعَ قَالَ لَيْسَ أَيَّ شَيْ‌ءٍ شَاءَ صَنَعَ وَ لَكِنَّهُ يَصْنَعُ بِهِمْ عَلَى قَدْرِ جِنَايَاتِهِمْ مَنْ قَطَعَ الطَّرِيقَ فَقَتَلَ وَ أَخَذَ الْمَالَ قُطِعَتْ يَدُهُ وَ رِجْلُهُ وَ صُلِبَ وَ مَنْ قَطَعَ الطَّرِيقَ فَقَتَلَ وَ لَمْ يَأْخُذِ الْمَالَ قُتِلَ وَ مَنْ قَطَعَ

Ali Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al Hassan Al Taymi, from Ali Bin Asbat, from Dawood Bin Abu Yazeed, from Ubeyda Bin Basheer Al Khash’amy who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah asws about the cutter of the way (bandit), and I said, ‘The people are saying that the Imam asws has a choice in it which thing he asws so desires to do

مَنْ شَهَرَ السِّلَاحَ فِي مِصْرٍ مِنَ الْأَمْصَارِ فَعَقَرَ اقْتُصَّ مِنْهُ وَ نُفِيَ مِنْ تِلْكَ الْبَلْدَةِ وَ مَنْ شَهَرَ السِّلَاحَ فِي غَيْرِ الْأَمْصَارِ وَ ضَرَبَ وَ عَقَرَ وَ أَخَذَ الْمَالَ وَ لَمْ يَقْتُلْ فَهُوَ مُحَارِبٌ فَجَزَاؤُهُ جَزَاءُ الْمُحَارِبِ وَ أَمْرُهُ إِلَى الْإِمَامِ إِنْ شَاءَ قَتَلَهُ وَ [إِنْ شَاءَ] صَلَبَهُ وَ إِنْ شَاءَ قَطَعَ يَدَهُ وَ رِجْلَهُ قَالَ وَ إِنْ ضَرَبَ وَ قَتَلَ وَ أَخَذ

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Mahboub, from Abu Ayoub, from Muhammad Bin Muslim, Abu Ja’far asws has said: ‘The one who brandishes the weapon in a city from the cities, so he injures, he would be retaliated due to it, and he would be exiled from that city. And the one who brandishes the weapon i

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الْمُحَارِبِ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ إِنَّ أَصْحَابَنَا يَقُولُونَ إِنَّ الْإِمَامَ مُخَيَّرٌ فِيهِ إِنْ شَاءَ قَطَعَ وَ إِنْ شَاءَ صَلَبَ وَ إِنْ شَاءَ قَتَلَ فَقَالَ لَا إِنَّ هَذِهِ أَشْيَاءُ مَحْدُودَةٌ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَإِذَا مَا هُوَ قَتَلَ وَ أَخَذَ قُتِلَ وَ صُلِبَ وَ إِذَا قَتَلَ وَ لَمْ يَأْخُذْ قُتِلَ وَ إِذَا أَخَذَ وَ لَمْ يَقْتُلْ قُطِعَ وَ إِذَا هُوَ فَرَّ وَ لَمْ يُقْدَرْ عَلَ

A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Abu Nasr, from Dawood Al Tai’y, from a man from our companions, (The narrator) says, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah asws about the combatant, so I said to him asws , ‘Our companions are saying that the Imam asws has a choice in it, if he asws so desire

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع رَجُلٌ دَعَوْنَاهُ إِلَى جُمْلَةِ مَا نَحْنُ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ جُمْلَةِ الْإِسْلَامِ فَأَقَرَّ بِهِ ثُمَّ شَرِبَ الْخَمْرَ وَ زَنَى وَ أَكَلَ الرِّبَا وَ لَمْ يَتَبَيَّنْ لَهُ شَيْ‌ءٌ مِنَ الْحَلَالِ وَ الْحَرَامِ أُقِيمَ عَلَيْهِ الْحَدُّ إِذَا جَهِلَهُ قَالَ لَا إِلَّا أَنْ تَقُومَ عَلَيْهِ بَيِّنَةٌ أَنَّهُ قَدْ كَانَ أَقَرَّ بِتَحْرِيمِهَا.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Muhammad Bin Isa Bin Ubeyd, from Yunus, from Abu Ayoub Al Khazzaz, from Muhammad Bin Muslim who said, ‘I said to Abu Ja’far asws , ‘We invited a man to the entirety of what we are upon, from the entirety of Al-Islam, so he accepted with it, then he drank the wine, and commited adultery, and consum

قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع‌ لَوْ وَجَدْتُ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْعَجَمِ أَقَرَّ بِجُمْلَةِ الْإِسْلَامِ لَمْ يَأْتِهِ شَيْ‌ءٌ مِنَ التَّفْسِيرِ زَنَى أَوْ سَرَقَ أَوْ شَرِبَ الْخَمْرَ لَمْ أُقِمْ عَلَيْهِ الْحَدَّ إِذَا جَهِلَهُ إِلَّا أَنْ تَقُومَ عَلَيْهِ بَيِّنَةٌ أَنَّهُ قَدْ أَقَرَّ بِذَلِكَ وَ عَرَفَهُ.

Ali, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from the one who reported it, from Abu Ubeyda who said, ‘Abu Ja’far asws said: ‘If I asws were to find a man from the non-Arabs who accepted with the entirety of Al-Islam, not been given anything from the explanation of adultery, or theft, or drinking the wine, I asws would not

لَمْ أَكُنْ أُقِيمُ عَلَيْهِ الْحَدَّ إِذَا كَانَ جَاهِلًا وَ لَكِنْ أُخْبِرُهُ بِذَلِكَ وَ أُعْلِمُهُ فَإِنْ عَادَ أَقَمْتُ عَلَيْهِ الْحَدَّ.

Ali, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Jameel, from one of his companion, (It has been narrated) from one of the two (5 th or 6 th Imam asws regarding a man who entered into Al-Islam, so he drank the wine, and he was ignorant. He asws said: ‘I asws would not happen to be the one who establishes the Penalty ( Ha

لَقَدْ قَضَى أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ص بِقَضِيَّةٍ مَا قَضَى بِهَا أَحَدٌ كَانَ قَبْلَهُ وَ كَانَتْ أَوَّلَ قَضِيَّةٍ قَضَى بِهَا بَعْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص وَ ذَلِكَ أَنَّهُ‌لَمَّا قُبِضَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص وَ أَفْضَى الْأَمْرُ إِلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ أُتِيَ بِرَجُلٍ قَدْ شَرِبَ الْخَمْرَ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَ شَرِبْتَ الْخَمْرَ فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ نَعَمْ فَقَالَ وَ لِمَ شَرِبْتَهَا وَ هِيَ مُحَرَّمَةٌ فَقَالَ إِنَّنِي

A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Abu Abdullah, from Amro Bin Usman, from Ali Bin Abu Hamza, from Abu Baseer, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘Amir Al-Momineen asws had judged with a judgement which no one else had judged with it before him, and he asws was the first one to have judg

كَانَ عَلِيٌّ ع يُقِيمُ عَلَيْهِ الْحُدُودَ ثُمَّ يَقْتُلُهُ وَ لَا يُخَالَفُ عَلِيٌّ ع‌[1].

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Al A’ala Bin Razeyn, from Muhammad Bin Muslim, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws regarding the man who was seized and upon him were (several) Penalties, one of these being the killing. So he asws said: ‘Ali asws used to establish upon

تُقَامُ عَلَيْهِ الْحُدُودُ ثُمَّ يُقْتَلُ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, form Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hammad Bin Usman, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws regarding the man who happens to have (several) Penalties due upon him, from these is the killing. He asws said: ‘The (other) Penalties would be established (first), then he would be killed’.

قَضَى أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع فِيمَنْ قَتَلَ وَ شَرِبَ خَمْراً وَ سَرَقَ فَأَقَامَ عَلَيْهِ الْحَدَّ فَجَلَدَهُ لِشُرْبِهِ الْخَمْرَ وَ قَطَعَ يَدَهُ فِي سَرِقَتِهِ وَ قَتَلَهُ بِقَتْلِهِ.

A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Al Husayn Bin Saeed, from his brother Al Hassan, from Zurara Bin Muhammad, from Sama’at, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘Amir Al-Momineen asws judged regarding the one who murdered, and drank wine, and stole, so he asws establ

يُبْدَأُ بِالْحُدُودِ الَّتِي هِيَ دُونَ الْقَتْلِ ثُمَّ يُقْتَلُ بَعْدُ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Mahboub, from Abdullah Bin Sinan and Ibn Bukeyr, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws regarding a man upon whom (several) Penalties had gathered, among these being the killing. He asws said: ‘He would be begun with the Penalties which are besides the killing, then he

إِذَا صَلَحَ وَ عُرِفَ مِنْهُ أَمْرٌ جَمِيلٌ لَمْ يُقَمْ عَلَيْهِ الْحَدُّ- قَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ قُلْتُ فَإِنْ كَانَ أَمْراً قَرِيباً لَمْ يُقَمْ قَالَ لَوْ كَانَ خَمْسَةَ أَشْهُرٍ أَوْ أَقَلَّ مِنْهُ وَ قَدْ ظَهَرَ أَمْرٌ جَمِيلٌ لَمْ يُقَمْ عَلَيْهِ الْحُدُودُ. وَ رُوِيَ ذَلِكَ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحَدِهِمَا ع.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Hadeed and Ibn Abu Umeyr, altogether from Jameel Bin Darraj, from a man, (It has been narrated) from one of the two (5 th or 6 th Imam asws ), regarding a man who steals, or drinks the wine, or commits adultery, so he was not know to be with that and he was not

إِنْ تَابَ فَمَا عَلَيْهِ شَيْ‌ءٌ وَ إِنْ وَقَعَ فِي يَدِ الْإِمَامِ أَقَامَ عَلَيْهِ الْحَدَّ وَ إِنْ عَلِمَ مَكَانَهُ بَعَثَ إِلَيْهِ.

Abu Ali Al Ashary, from Muhammad Bin Abdul Jabbar, from Safwan Bin Yahya, from one of his companions, from Abu Baseer, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws regarding a man upon whom the proof is established of his having commited adultery, then he flees before he is whipped. He asws said: ‘So if he repents, th

مَنْ أَخَذَ سَارِقاً فَعَفَا عَنْهُ فَذَاكَ لَهُ فَإِنْ رُفِعَ إِلَى الْإِمَامِ قَطَعَهُ فَإِنْ قَالَ الَّذِي سُرِقَ مِنْهُ أَنَا أَهَبُ لَهُ لَمْ يَدَعْهُ الْإِمَامُ حَتَّى يَقْطَعَهُ إِذَا رُفِعَ إِلَيْهِ وَ إِنَّمَا الْهِبَةُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُرْفَعَ إِلَى الْإِمَامِ وَ ذَلِكَ قَوْلُ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ- وَ الْحافِظُونَ لِحُدُودِ اللَّهِ‌[1] فَإِذَا انْتَهَى الْحَدُّ إِلَى الْإِمَامِ فَلَيْسَ لِأَحَدٍ أَنْ يَتْرُكَ

A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Khalid, from Usman Bin Isa, from Sama’at Bin Mahran, Abu Abdullah asws has said: ‘The one who seizes a thief, and he excuses him from it, so that is up to him. But, if it is raised to the Imam asws , he asws would cut him. So if the one who had been stolen from we

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يَأْخُذُ اللِّصَّ يَرْفَعُهُ أَوْ يَتْرُكُهُ فَقَالَ إِنَّ صَفْوَانَ بْنَ أُمَيَّةَ كَانَ مُضْطَجِعاً فِي الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ فَوَضَعَ رِدَاءَهُ وَ خَرَجَ يُهَرِيقُ الْمَاءَ فَوَجَدَ رِدَاءَهُ قَدْ سُرِقَ حِينَ رَجَعَ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ مَنْ ذَهَبَ بِرِدَائِي فَذَهَبَ يَطْلُبُهُ فَأَخَذَ صَاحِبَهُ فَرَفَعَهُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ص فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص اقْطَعُوا يَدَهُ فَقَالَ صَفْوَانُ أَ تَقْط

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hammad, from Al Halby, (The narrator) says, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah asws about the man who seized the thief, should he raise it (the matter to the Imam asws ) or should he leave him?’ So he asws said: ‘Sufyan Bin Amayya was lying down in the Sacred Masjid, so he

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يَأْخُذُ اللِّصَّ يَدَعُهُ أَفْضَلُ أَمْ يَرْفَعُهُ فَقَالَ إِنَّ صَفْوَانَ بْنَ أُمَيَّةَ كَانَ مُتَّكِئاً فِي الْمَسْجِدِ عَلَى رِدَائِهِ فَقَامَ يَبُولُ فَرَجَعَ وَ قَدْ ذُهِبَ بِهِ فَطَلَبَ صَاحِبَهُ فَوَجَدَهُ فَقَدَّمَهُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص فَقَالَ اقْطَعُوا يَدَهُ فَقَالَ صَفْوَانُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَنَا أَهَبُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص أَل

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Al Husayn Bin Abu Al A’ala who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah asws about the man who seized the thief. Is leaving him better or raising it (the matter to the Imam asws )?’ So he asws said: ‘Sufyan Bin Amayya was reclining upon his robe in the

لَا يُعْفَى عَنِ الْحُدُودِ الَّتِي لِلَّهِ دُونَ الْإِمَامِ فَأَمَّا مَا كَانَ مِنْ حَقِّ النَّاسِ فِي حَدٍّ فَلَا بَأْسَ أَنْ يُعْفَى عَنْهُ دُونَ الْإِمَامِ.

A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad and Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, altogether from Ibn Mahboub, from Ibn Raib, from Zureys Al Kunasy, Abu Ja’far asws has said: ‘None can excuse from the Penalties which are for the Sake of Allah azwj , besides the Imam asws . So as for what was from the rights of the

قُلْتُ لَهُ رَجُلٌ جَنَى عَلَيَّ أَعْفُو عَنْهُ أَوْ أَرْفَعُهُ إِلَى السُّلْطَانِ قَالَ هُوَ حَقُّكَ إِنْ عَفَوْتَ عَنْهُ فَحَسَنٌ وَ إِنْ رَفَعْتَهُ إِلَى الْإِمَامِ فَإِنَّمَا طَلَبْتَ حَقَّكَ وَ كَيْفَ لَكَ بِالْإِمَامِ.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Mahboub, from Al A’ala, from Muhammad Bin Muslim, (The narrator) says, ‘I said to Abu Ja’far asws , ‘A man commited a crime upon me. Shall I excuse him from it, or raise it to the authorities?’ He asws said: ‘It is your right. If you were to excuse from it, so it is

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يَقْذِفُ الرَّجُلَ بِالزِّنَى فَيَعْفُو عَنْهُ وَ يَجْعَلُهُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ فِي حِلٍّ ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ بَعْدُ يَبْدُو لَهُ فِي أَنْ يُقَدِّمَهُ حَتَّى يَجْلِدَهُ قَالَ فَقَالَ لَيْسَ لَهُ حَدٌّ بَعْدَ الْعَفْوِ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ أَ رَأَيْتَ إِنْ هُوَ قَالَ يَا ابْنَ الزَّانِيَةِ فَعَفَا عَنْهُ وَ تَرَكَ ذَلِكَ لِلَّهِ فَقَالَ إِنْ كَانَتْ أُمُّهُ حَيَّةً فَلَيْسَ لَهُ أَنْ يَعْفُو

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يَفْتَرِي عَلَى الرَّجُلِ فَيَعْفُو عَنْهُ ثُمَّ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَجْلِدَهُ بَعْدَ الْعَفْوِ قَالَ لَيْسَ لَهُ أَنْ يَجْلِدَهُ بَعْدَ الْعَفْوِ.

A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Al Husayn Bin Saeed, from his brother Al Hassan, from Zurara Bin Muhammad, from Sama’at Bin Mihran, (The nrrator) says, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah asws about the man who fabricated upon the man, so he excused him from it. Then he wanted him to be whipped afte

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع- لَوْ أَنَّ رَجُلًا قَالَ لِرَجُلٍ يَا ابْنَ الْفَاعِلَةِ يَعْنِي الزِّنَى وَ كَانَ لِلْمَقْذُوفِ أَخٌ لِأَبِيهِ وَ أُمِّهِ فَعَفَا أَحَدُهُمَا عَنِ الْقَاذِفِ وَ أَرَادَ أَحَدُهُمَا أَنْ يُقَدِّمَهُ إِلَى الْوَالِي وَ يَجْلِدَهُ أَ كَانَ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ أَ لَيْسَ أُمُّهُ هِيَ أُمَّ الَّذِي عَفَا قُلْتُ نَعَمْ ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنَّ الْعَفْوَ إِلَيْهِمَا جَمِيعاً إِذَا كَانَتْ أُمُّهُمَ

Ali Bin Ibrahim, form his father and Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, altogether from Al Hassan Bin Mahboub, from Hisham Bin Salim, from Ammar Al Sabaty who said, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah asws , ‘If a man says to a man, ‘O son of the ‘sexually active’, meaning the adultery, and for the slandered one

لَا حَدَّ لِمَنْ لَا حَدَّ عَلَيْهِ. وَ تَفْسِيرُ ذَلِكَ‌[1] لَوْ أَنَّ مَجْنُوناً قَذَفَ رَجُلًا لَمْ يَكُنْ عَلَيْهِ شَيْ‌ءٌ وَ لَوْ قَذَفَهُ رَجُلٌ لَمْ يَكُنْ عَلَيْهِ حَدٌّ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, form his father, from Ibn Mahboub, from Is’haq Bin Ammar, Abu Abdullah asws has said: ‘There is no Penalty (Hadd) for the one upon whom there is no Penalty ( Hadd )’.

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‌ يَقُولُ‌ لَا حَدَّ لِمَنْ لَا حَدَّ عَلَيْهِ يَعْنِي لَوْ أَنَّ مَجْنُوناً قَذَفَ رَجُلًا لَمْ أَرَ عَلَيْهِ شَيْئاً وَ لَوْ قَذَفَهُ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ لَهُ يَا زَانِ لَمْ يَكُنْ عَلَيْهِ حَدٌّ.

Ibn Mahboub, from Abu Ayoub, from Fuzeyl Bin Yasaar who said, ‘I heard Abu Abdullah asws saying: ‘There is no Penalty ( Hadd ) for the one upon whom there is no Penalty ( Hadd ), meaning, if an insane person were to slander a man, I asws do not see anything upon him, and if a man were to slander him, so he says to him,

كَانَ أُسَامَةُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ يَشْفَعُ فِي الشَّيْ‌ءِ الَّذِي لَا حَدَّ فِيهِ فَأُتِيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص بِإِنْسَانٍ قَدْ وَجَبَ عَلَيْهِ حَدٌّ فَشَفَعَ لَهُ أُسَامَةُ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص لَا يُشَفَّعُ فِي حَدٍّ.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Aban Bin Usman, from Salma, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘Asama Bin Zayd used to intercede regarding the thing in which there was no Penalty ( Hadd ) (applicable). So they came to Rasool-Allah saww with a person upon

كَانَ لِأُمِّ سَلَمَةَ زَوْجَةِ النَّبِيِّ ص أَمَةٌ فَسَرَقَتْ مِنْ قَوْمٍ فَأُتِيَ بِهَا النَّبِيُّ ص فَكَلَّمَتْهُ أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ فِيهَا فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص يَا أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ هَذَا حَدٌّ مِنْ حُدُودِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لَا يُضَيَّعُ فَقَطَعَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص.

A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, and Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, and Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, altogether from Ibn Mahboub, from Ibn Raib, from Muhammad Bin Qays, Abu Ja’far asws has said: ‘There was a mother for Umm Salma as , wife of the Prophet saww , so she stole fro

قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع‌ لَا يَشْفَعَنَّ أَحَدٌ فِي حَدٍّ إِذَا بَلَغَ الْإِمَامَ فَإِنَّهُ يَمْلِكُهُ‌[1] وَ اشْفَعْ فِيمَا لَمْ يَبْلُغِ الْإِمَامَ إِذَا رَأَيْتَ النَّدَمَ وَ اشْفَعْ عِنْدَ الْإِمَامِ فِي غَيْرِ الْحَدِّ مَعَ الرُّجُوعِ مِنَ الْمَشْفُوعِ لَهُ وَ لَا تَشْفَعْ فِي حَقِّ امْرِئٍ مُسْلِمٍ وَ لَا غَيْرِهِ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِ.

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 interceding for anyone regarding a Penalty ( Hadd ) when it (the matter) reaches the Imam asws , for he asws controls it, and intercession is in what do

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص لِأُسَامَةَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ يَا أُسَامَةُ لَا تَشْفَعْ فِي حَدٍّ.

A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Ibn Abu Najran, from Musanna Al Hanaat, Abu Abdullah asws has said: ‘Rasool-Allah saww said to Asama Bin Zayd: ‘You cannot intercede regarding a Penalty ( Hadd )’.

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‌ لَا كَفَالَةَ فِي حَدٍّ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Al Nowfaly, from Al Sakuny, Abu Abdullah asws has said: ‘Rasool-Allah saww said: ‘There is no bail regarding a Penalty ( Hadd )’.

سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ‌ إِنَّ الْحَدَّ لَا يُورَثُ كَمَا تُورَثُ الدِّيَةُ وَ الْمَالُ وَ الْعَقَارُ وَ لَكِنْ مَنْ قَامَ بِهِ مِنَ الْوَرَثَةِ فَطَلَبَهُ فَهُوَ وَلِيُّهُ وَ مَنْ تَرَكَهُ فَلَمْ يَطْلُبْهُ فَلَا حَقَّ لَهُ وَ ذَلِكَ مِثْلُ رَجُلٍ قَذَفَ رَجُلًا[1] وَ لِلْمَقْذُوفِ أَخٌ فَإِنْ عَفَا عَنْهُ أَحَدُهُمَا كَانَ لِلْآخَرِ أَنْ يَطْلُبَهُ بِحَقِّهِ لِأَنَّهَا أُمُّهُمَا جَمِيعاً وَ الْعَفْوُ لَهُمَا جَمِيعاً.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Ibn Mahboub, from Hisham Bin Salim, from Ammar Al Sabaty, (The narrator) says, ‘I heard Abu Abdullah asws saying that the Penalty ( Hadd ) is not inheritance just as the wergil is inherited, and the wealth, and the real estate. But the one from the inheritors st

الْحَدُّ لَا يُورَثُ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Al Nowfaly, from Al Sakuny, Abu Abdullah asws has said: ‘The Penalty ( Hadd ) is not inherited’.

أَتَى رَجُلٌ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع بِرَجُلٍ فَقَالَ هَذَا قَدْ قَذَفَنِي وَ لَمْ تَكُنْ لَهُ بَيِّنَةٌ فَقَالَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ اسْتَحْلِفْهُ فَقَالَ لَا يَمِينَ فِي حَدٍّ وَ لَا قِصَاصَ فِي عَظْمٍ.

A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin ziyad, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Abu Nasr, from one of our companions, Abu Abdullah asws has said: ‘A man came to Amir Al-Momineen asws with a man, so he said, ‘This one has slandered me’, and there did not happen to be any proof for him. So he said, ‘O Amir Al-Momineen asws

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ع عَنِ الْمُرْتَدِّ فَقَالَ مَنْ رَغِبَ عَنِ الْإِسْلَامِ وَ كَفَرَ بِمَا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ ص بَعْدَ إِسْلَامِهِ فَلَا تَوْبَةَ لَهُ وَ قَدْ وَجَبَ قَتْلُهُ وَ بَانَتْ مِنْهُ امْرَأَتُهُ وَ يُقْسَمُ مَا تَرَكَ عَلَى وُلْدِهِ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father and a number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziiyad, altogether from Ibn Mahboub, from Al A’ala Bin Razeyn, from Muhammad Bin Muslim who said, ‘I asked Abu Ja’far asws about the apostate, so he asws said: ‘The one who aspires away from Al-Islam and rejects with what Allah azwj Revealed

طَئُوا يَا عِبَادَ اللَّهِ فَوُطِئَ حَتَّى مَاتَ.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Musa Bin Bakr, from Al Fuzayl Bin Yasaar, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws that a man from the Muslims became a Christian, so they came with him to Amir Al-Momineen asws . So he asws told him to repent, but he refused him asws . So he

فِي الْمُرْتَدِّ يُسْتَتَابُ فَإِنْ تَابَ وَ إِلَّا قُتِلَ وَ الْمَرْأَةِ إِذَا ارْتَدَّتْ عَنِ الْإِسْلَامِ اسْتُتِيبَتْ فَإِنْ تَابَتْ وَ رَجَعَتْ وَ إِلَّا خُلِّدَتْ فِي السِّجْنِ وَ ضُيِّقَ عَلَيْهَا فِي حَبْسِهَا.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Mahboub, from someone else from our companions, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far asws and Abu Abdullah asws regarding the apostate: ‘He would be asked to repent. So if he repents (fine), or else he would be killed, and the wife, when she reneges from Al-Islam, would (als

لَا يُتْرَكُ وَ ذَلِكَ إِذَا كَانَ أَحَدُ أَبَوَيْهِ نَصْرَانِيّاً.

A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Al Husayn Bin Saeed, from Al nazar Bin Suweyd, from Al Qasim Bin Suleyman, from Ubeyd Bin Zurara, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws regarding the child who chose the Polytheism, and he is among his two parents. He asws said: ‘He would not be

يُسْتَتَابُ فَإِنْ تَابَ وَ إِلَّا قُتِلَ قِيلَ لِجَمِيلٍ فَمَا تَقُولُ إِنْ تَابَ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ عَنِ الْإِسْلَامِ قَالَ يُسْتَتَابُ قِيلَ فَمَا تَقُولُ إِنْ تَابَ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ قَالَ لَمْ أَسْمَعْ فِي هَذَا شَيْئاً وَ لَكِنَّهُ عِنْدِي بِمَنْزِلَةِ الزَّانِي الَّذِي يُقَامُ عَلَيْهِ الْحَدُّ مَرَّتَيْنِ ثُمَّ يُقْتَلُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ:" وَ قَالَ رَوَى أَصْحَابُنَا": أَنَّ الزَّانِيَ يُقْتَلُ فِي الْمَرَّةِ الثَّالِثَةِ.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Ali Bin Hadeed, from Jameel Bin Darraj, and others, (It has been narrated) from one of the two (5 th or 6 th Imam asws ) regarding a man who retracted from Al-Islam. He asws said: ‘He would be told to repent, so if he does repent (fine), or else killed’.

‌ أَنَّ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع أُتِيَ بِزِنْدِيقٍ فَضَرَبَ عِلَاوَتَهُ‌[1]

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, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws that they came to Amir Al-Momineen asws with an atheist, so he asws struck his neck’.

لَا يُتْرَكُ وَ لَكِنْ يُضْرَبُ عَلَى الْإِسْلَامِ.

Humeyd Bin Ziyad, from Al Hassan Bin Muhammad Bin Sama’at, from someone else from his companions, from Aban Bin Usman, from one of his companions, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws regarding the child, when he becomes a youth, so he chooses the Christianity, and one of his parents is a Christian, or they ar

أَتَى قَوْمٌ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع فَقَالُوا السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا رَبَّنَا فَاسْتَتَابَهُمْ فَلَمْ يَتُوبُوا فَحَفَرَ لَهُمْ حَفِيرَةً وَ أَوْقَدَ فِيهَا نَاراً وَ حَفَرَ حَفِيرَةً أُخْرَى إِلَى جَانِبِهَا وَ أَفْضَى بَيْنَهُمَا فَلَمَّا لَمْ يَتُوبُوا أَلْقَاهُمْ فِي الْحَفِيرَةِ وَ أَوْقَدَ فِي الْحَفِيرَةِ الْأُخْرَى حَتَّى مَاتُوا.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hisham Bin Salim, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘A group of people came to Amir Al-Momineen asws , so they said, ‘السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا رَبَّنَا’ ‘Peace be upon you asws , O our Lord!’ So he asws told them to repent, bu

أُتِيَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ص بِرَجُلٍ مِنْ بَنِي ثَعْلَبَةَ قَدْ تَنَصَّرَ بَعْدَ إِسْلَامِهِ فَشَهِدُوا عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع مَا يَقُولُ هَؤُلَاءِ الشُّهُودُ قَالَ صَدَقُوا وَ أَنَا أَرْجِعُ إِلَى الْإِسْلَامِ فَقَالَ أَمَا إِنَّكَ لَوْ كَذَّبْتَ الشُّهُودَ لَضَرَبْتُ عُنُقَكَ وَ قَدْ قَبِلْتُ مِنْكَ وَ لَا تَعُدْ فَإِنَّكَ إِنْ رَجَعْتَ لَمْ أَقْبَلْ مِنْكَ رُجُوعاً بَعْدَهُ.

Abu Ali Al Ashary, from Muhammad Bin Salim, from Ahmad Bin Al Nazar, from Amro Bin Shimr, from Jabir, Abu Abdullah asws has said: ‘They came to Amir Al-Momineen asws with a man from the Clan of Sa’alba who had become Christian after his Islam, so they testified against him. So, Amir Al-Momineen asws said: ‘What are the

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ مُسْلِمٍ تَنَصَّرَ قَالَ يُقْتَلُ وَ لَا يُسْتَتَابُ قُلْتُ فَنَصْرَانِيٌّ أَسْلَمَ ثُمَّ ارْتَدَّ عَنِ الْإِسْلَامِ قَالَ يُسْتَتَابُ فَإِنْ رَجَعَ وَ إِلَّا قُتِلَ‌[2].

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Al Amraky Bin Ali Al Neysabouri, (It has been narrated) from Ali son of Ja’far asws , from his brother asws Abu Al-Hassan asws , said, ‘I asked him asws about a Muslim who became a Christian. He asws said: ‘He would be killed, and would not be told to repent’. I said, ‘So if a Christian became

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ‌ كُلُّ مُسْلِمٍ بَيْنَ مُسْلِمَيْنِ ارْتَدَّ عَنِ الْإِسْلَامِ وَ جَحَدَ مُحَمَّداً ص نُبُوَّتَهُ وَ كَذَّبَهُ فَإِنَّ دَمَهُ مُبَاحٌ لِكُلِّ مَنْ سَمِعَ ذَلِكَ مِنْهُ وَ امْرَأَتَهُ بَائِنَةٌ مِنْهُ يَوْمَ ارْتَدَّ فَلَا تَقْرَبْهُ وَ يُقْسَمُ مَالُهُ عَلَى وَرَثَتِهِ وَ تَعْتَدُّ امْرَأَتُهُ [بَعْدُ] عِدَّةَ الْمُتَوَفَّى عَنْهَا زَوْجُهَا وَ عَلَى الْإِمَامِ أَنْ يَقْتُلَهُ

A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad and Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father and Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, altogether from Ibn Mahboub, from Hisham Bin Salim, from Ammar Al Sabaty who said, ‘I heard Abu Abdullah asws saying: ‘Every Muslim, in between two Muslims reneges from Al-Islam (becomes

مَنْ أُخِذَ فِي شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ وَ قَدْ أَفْطَرَ فَرُفِعَ إِلَى الْإِمَامِ يُقْتَلُ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Yunus, from Abu Baseer, Abu Abdullah asws has said: ‘The one who is seized in a Month of Ramazan and he had broken his Fast, so it is raised to the Imam asws , he asws would kill him during the third (offence)’.

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع إِنَّ بَزِيعاً يَزْعُمُ أَنَّهُ نَبِيٌّ فَقَالَ إِنْ سَمِعْتَهُ يَقُولُ ذَلِكَ فَاقْتُلْهُ قَالَ فَجَلَسْتُ لَهُ غَيْرَ مَرَّةٍ فَلَمْ يُمْكِنِّي ذَلِكَ.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Fazal, from Hammad Bin Usman, from Ibn Abu Yafour who said, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah asws that, Baziya alleges that he is a Prophet. So he asws said: ‘If you were to hear him saying that, you should kill him’. He said, ‘So I sat with (awaiting) for him many a time, b

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع أَ رَأَيْتَ لَوْ أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ص فَقَالَ وَ اللَّهِ مَا أَدْرِي أَ نَبِيٌّ أَنْتَ أَمْ لَا كَانَ يَقْبَلُ مِنْهُ قَالَ لَا وَ لَكِنْ كَانَ يَقْتُلُهُ إِنَّهُ لَوْ قَبِلَ ذَلِكَ مِنْهُ مَا أَسْلَمَ مُنَافِقٌ أَبَداً.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Abul Rahman Al Abzary Al Kunasy, from Al Haris Bin Al Mugheira who said, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah asws , ‘What is your asws view if a man came to the Prophet saww , so he said, ‘By Allah azwj ! I do not know whether you saww are a Prophet saww or not, would he saww have accep

أُتِيَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع بِزِنْدِيقٍ فَضَرَبَ عِلَاوَتَهُ فَقِيلَ لَهُ إِنَّ لَهُ مَالًا كَثِيراً فَلِمَنْ يُجْعَلُ مَالُهُ قَالَ لِوُلْدِهِ وَ لِوَرَثَتِهِ وَ لِزَوْجَتِهِ.

A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Muhammad Bin Al Hassan Bin Shamoun, from Abdullah Bin Abdul Rahman, from Misma’a Bin Abdul Mallik, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘They came to Amir Al-Momineen asws with an atheist, so he asws struck his neck. So it was said to him asws

أَنَّ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ص كَانَ يَحْكُمُ فِي زِنْدِيقٍ إِذَا شَهِدَ عَلَيْهِ رَجُلَانِ عَدْلَانِ مَرْضِيَّانِ وَ شَهِدَ لَهُ أَلْفٌ بِالْبَرَاءَةِ جَازَتْ شَهَادَةُ الرَّجُلَيْنِ وَ أَبْطَلَ شَهَادَةَ الْأَلْفِ لِأَنَّهُ دِينٌ مَكْتُومٌ.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that ’Amir al-Mu’minin, Ali, Alayhi al-Salam, in the case of an atheist would issue a judgment. If two just and acceptable people testified against him and one thousand in his favor, he (the Imam) would accept the testimony of two people. He (the Imam) would reject the testimony of one

قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع‌ الْمُرْتَدُّ تُعْزَلُ عَنْهُ امْرَأَتُهُ وَ لَا تُؤْكَلُ ذَبِيحَتُهُ وَ يُسْتَتَابُ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ فَإِنْ تَابَ وَ إِلَّا قُتِلَ يَوْمَ الرَّابِعِ.

And by this chain, said, ‘Amir Al-Momineen asws said: ‘(As for the) apostate, his wife should isolate herself from him, and she should not eat meat slaughtered by him, and he would be given three days to repent, so if he does repent (fine), or else he would be killed on the fourth day’.

أَتَى قَوْمٌ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع فَقَالُوا السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا رَبَّنَا فَاسْتَتَابَهُمْ فَلَمْ يَتُوبُوا فَحَفَرَ لَهُمْ حَفِيرَةً وَ أَوْقَدَ فِيهَا نَاراً وَ حَفَرَ حَفِيرَةً أُخْرَى إِلَى جَانِبِهَا وَ أَفْضَى مَا بَيْنَهُمَا فَلَمَّا لَمْ يَتُوبُوا أَلْقَاهُمْ فِي الْحَفِيرَةِ وَ أَوْقَدَ فِي الْحَفِيرَةِ الْأُخْرَى [نَاراً] حَتَّى مَاتُوا.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hisham Bin Salim, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘A group of people came to Amir Al-Momineen, so they said, ‘Peace be upon you asws , ‘السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا رَبَّنَا’ O our Lord! So he told them to repent, but they did not repent.