The Rare Ahadith

الْعَبْدُ إِذَا أَبَقَ مِنْ مَوَالِيهِ ثُمَّ سَرَقَ لَمْ يُقْطَعْ وَ هُوَ آبِقٌ لِأَنَّهُ مُرْتَدٌّ عَنِ الْإِسْلَامِ وَ لَكِنْ يُدْعَى إِلَى الرُّجُوعِ إِلَى مَوَالِيهِ وَ الدُّخُولِ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ فَإِنْ أَبَى أَنْ يَرْجِعَ إِلَى مَوَالِيهِ قُطِعَتْ يَدُهُ بِالسَّرِقَةِ ثُمَّ قُتِلَ وَ الْمُرْتَدُّ إِذَا سَرَقَ بِمَنْزِلَتِهِ.

A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad and Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, altogether from Ibn Mahboub, from Ibn Raib, from Abu Ubeyda, Abu Abdullah asws has said: ‘The slave, when he is a fugitive from his master, then steals, he would not be cut, and he is a fugitive, because he is a renegade fr

سُئِلَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع عَنْ رَجُلٍ شَهِدَ عَلَيْهِ شُهُودٌ أَنَّهُ أَفْطَرَ مِنْ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ فَقَالَ يُسْأَلُ هَلْ عَلَيْكَ فِي إِفْطَارِكَ إِثْمٌ فَإِنْ قَالَ لَا فَإِنَّ عَلَى الْإِمَامِ أَنْ يَقْتُلَهُ وَ إِنْ هُوَ قَالَ نَعَمْ فَإِنَّ عَلَى الْإِمَامِ أَنْ يَنْهَكَهُ ضَرْباً[1].

Ibn Mahboub, from Hisham Bin Salim, from Bureyd Al Ajaly who said, ‘Abu Ja’far asws was asked about a man against whom witnesses testified that he had broken a Fast from the Month of Ramazan for three days. He asws said: ‘He would be asked, ‘Is there a sin upon you with regards to your breaking the Fast?’ So if he says

يَقْتُلُهُ الْأَدْنَى فَالْأَدْنَى قَبْلَ أَنْ يَرْفَعَهُ إِلَى الْإِمَامِ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hisham Bin Salim, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having been asked about the one who insults Rasool-Allah saww . So he asws said: ‘He should be killed for the lowest (of insults), as a minimum, before he is brought to the Imam asws ’.

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع إِنَّ بَزِيعاً يَزْعُمُ أَنَّهُ نَبِيٌّ قَالَ فَإِنْ سَمِعْتَهُ يَقُولُ ذَلِكَ فَاقْتُلْهُ قَالَ فَجَلَسْتُ غَيْرَ مَرَّةٍ فَلَمْ يُمْكِنِّي ذَلِكَ‌[2].

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Fazzal, from Hammad Bin usman, from Ibn Abu Yafour who said, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah asws that Bazi’a is claiming that he is a Prophet. He asws said: ‘So if you were to hear him saying that, so kill him’. He (the narrator) said, ‘I sat awaiting more than once, but I

إِنَّ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع لَمَّا فَرَغَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْبَصْرَةِ أَتَاهُ سَبْعُونَ رَجُلًا مِنَ الزُّطِّ[3] فَسَلَّمُوا عَلَيْهِ وَ كَلَّمُوهُ بِلِسَانِهِمْ فَرَدَّ عَلَيْهِمْ بِلِسَانِهِمْ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُمْ إِنِّي لَسْتُ كَمَا قُلْتُمْ أَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ مَخْلُوقٌ فَأَبَوْا عَلَيْهِ وَ قَالُوا أَنْتَ هُوَ فَقَالَ لَهُمْ لَئِنْ لَمْ تَنْتَهُوا وَ تَرْجِعُوا عَمَّا قُلْتُمْ فِيَّ وَ تَتُوبُوا إِلَى اللَّهِ عَزّ

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Ibn Mahboub, from Salih Bin Sahl, from Kirdayn, (It has been narrated) from a man from Abu Abdullah asws and Abu Ja’far asws having said that when Amir Al-Momineen asws was free from the people of Al-Basra (Battle of the Camel), seventy men from Al-Zat came over

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‌ سَاحِرُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ يُقْتَلُ وَ سَاحِرُ الْكُفَّارِ لَا يُقْتَلُ قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَ لِمَ لَا يُقْتَلُ سَاحِرُ الْكُفَّارِ قَالَ لِأَنَّ الْكُفْرَ أَعْظَمُ مِنَ السِّحْرِ وَ لِأَنَّ السِّحْرَ وَ الشِّرْكَ مَقْرُونَانِ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Al Nowfaly, from Al Sakuny, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah saww said: ‘The Muslim sorcerer would be killed, and the Infidel sorcerer would not be killed’. It was said, ‘O Rasool-Allah saww ! And why would the Infidel sorcerer not be killed

السَّاحِرُ يُضْرَبُ بِالسَّيْفِ ضَرْبَةً وَاحِدَةً عَلَى [أُمِ‌] رَأْسِهِ.

Muhammad Bin Yahya and Muhammad Bin Al Husayn and Habeeb Bin Al Hassan, from Muhammad Bin Abdul Hameed Al Attar, from Bashar, from Zayd Al Shahham, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘The sorcerer would be struck with one strike of the sword on top of his head’.

إِنَّ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع أَمَرَ قَنْبَرَ أَنْ يَضْرِبَ رَجُلًا حَدّاً فَغَلُظَ قَنْبَرٌ فَزَادَهُ ثَلَاثَةَ أَسْوَاطٍ فَأَقَادَهُ عَلِيٌّ ع مِنْ قَنْبَرٍ ثَلَاثَةَ أَسْوَاطٍ.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Mahboub, from Al Hassan Bin Salih Al Sowry, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far asws having said that Amir Al-Momineen asws ordered Qanbar that he should whip a man, a Penalty ( Hadd ). So Qanbar was harsh, and increased by three lashes. So Ali asws caused retali

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‌ إِنَّ أَبْغَضَ النَّاسِ إِلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ رَجُلٌ جَرَّدَ ظَهْرَ مُسْلِمٍ بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Al Nowfaly, from Al Sakuny, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah saww said: ‘The most hateful of the people to Allah azwj Mighty and Majestic is a man who bares the back of a Muslim without a right (to do so)’.

نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص عَنِ الْأَدَبِ عِنْدَ الْغَضَبِ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ali Bin Asbat, from one of our companions who said, ‘Rasool-Allah saww forbade from the disciplining during the anger’.

لَا يَزَالُ الْعَبْدُ يَسْرِقُ حَتَّى‌ إِذَا اسْتَوْفَى ثَمَنَ يَدِهِ أَظْهَرَهَا اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Muhammad Bin Ahmad, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Ahmad Bin Umar Al Hallal, from Yasir, from one of the slaves, From Abu Al-Hassan asws having said: ‘If a servant does not stop from stealing even after he is satisfied with his wages, Allah azwj Exposes it against him’.

لَا يَحِلُّ لَكَ أَنْ تَضْرِبَهُ إِنْ وَافَقَكَ فَأَمْسِكْهُ وَ إِلَّا فَخَلِّ عَنْهُ.

A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, in the questions of Ismail Bin Isa, (It has been narrated) from Al-Akheer regarding an owned (slave) who disobeys his master, is it Permissible to whip him or not?’ So he asws said: ‘It is not Permissible for you that you should whip him, if he is compatible with you

مَنْ أَقَرَّ عِنْدَ تَجْرِيدٍ أَوْ تَخْوِيفٍ أَوْ حَبْسٍ أَوْ تَهْدِيدٍ فَلَا حَدَّ عَلَيْهِ.

Ali Bin Muhammad Bin Bandar, from Ahmad Bin Abu Abdullah, form his father, from Abu Al Bakhtary, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws that Amir Al-Momineen asws said, ‘The one who confesses during the stripping, or frightening, or imprisonment, or imposition of a Penalty ( Hadd ), so there is no Penalty ( Hadd

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ امْرَأَةٍ ذَاتِ بَعْلٍ زَنَتْ فَحَبِلَتْ فَلَمَّا وَلَدَتْ قَتَلَتْ وَلَدَهَا سِرّاً قَالَ تُجْلَدُ مِائَةَ [جَلْدَةٍ] لِقَتْلِهَا وَلَدَهَا وَ تُرْجَمُ لِأَنَّهَا مُحْصَنَةٌ قَالَ وَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ امْرَأَةٍ غَيْرِ ذَاتِ بَعْلٍ زَنَتْ فَحَبِلَتْ فَقَتَلَتْ وَلَدَهَا سِرّاً قَالَ تُجْلَدُ مِائَةً لِأَنَّهَا زَنَتْ وَ تُجْلَدُ مِائَةً لِأَنَّهَا قَتَلَتْ وَلَدَهَا.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Muhammad Bin Al Husayn, from Muhammad Bin Aslam Al Jabaly, form Aasim Bin Humeyd, from Muhammad Bin Qays, (The narrator) says, ‘I asked Abu Ja’far asws about a woman who was with a husband, committed adultery, so she became pregnant. So when she gave birth, she killer her child secretly. He asw

مَنْ أَقَرَّ بِوَلَدٍ ثُمَّ نَفَاهُ جُلِدَ الْحَدَّ وَ أُلْزِمَ الْوَلَدَ.

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 said: ‘The one who confesses with (ownership of) a child, then denies it, would be whipped the Penalty ( Hadd ), and the child would be enforced upon him’.

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ يَسْرِقُ فَتُقْطَعُ يَدُهُ بِإِقَامَةِ الْبَيِّنَةِ عَلَيْهِ وَ لَمْ يَرُدَّ مَا سَرَقَ كَيْفَ يُصْنَعُ بِهِ فِي مَالِ الرَّجُلِ الَّذِي سَرَقَ مِنْهُ أَ وَ لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ رَدُّهُ وَ إِنِ ادَّعَى أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ عِنْدَهُ قَلِيلٌ وَ لَا كَثِيرٌ وَ عُلِمَ ذَلِكَ مِنْهُ قَالَ يُسْتَسْعَى حَتَّى يُؤَدِّيَ آخِرَ دِرْهَمٍ سَرَقَهُ.

Ali, from his father, from Salih Bin Saeed, (It has been narrated) from one of the two (5 th or 6 th Imam asws ), said, ‘I asked him asws about a man who stole, so his hand was cut by the establishment of the proof against him, but he did not return what he had stolen. So how should one deal with the property of the ma

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع أَخْبِرْنِي عَنِ الْقَوَّادِ مَا حَدُّهُ قَالَ لَا حَدَّ عَلَى الْقَوَّادِ أَ لَيْسَ إِنَّمَا يُعْطَى الْأَجْرَ عَلَى أَنْ يَقُودَ قُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ إِنَّمَا يَجْمَعُ بَيْنَ الذَّكَرِ وَ الْأُنْثَى حَرَاماً قَالَ ذَاكَ الْمُؤَلِّفُ بَيْنَ الذَّكَرِ وَ الْأُنْثَى حَرَاماً فَقُلْتُ هُوَ ذَاكَ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ قَالَ يُضْرَبُ ثَلَاثَةَ أَرْبَاعِ حَدِّ الزَّانِي خَمْسَةً وَ سَبْعِينَ

Ali, from his father, from Muhammad Bin Suleyman, from Abdullah Bin Sinan who said, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah asws , ‘Inform me about the pimp, what is his Penalty ( Hadd )?’ He asws said: ‘There is no Penalty ( Hadd ) upon the pimp. Is it not, rather, he is given the wages upon what he procures?’ I said, ‘May I be sacri

قُلْتُ لَهُ الرَّجُلُ يَنْتَفِي مِنْ وَلَدِهِ وَ قَدْ أَقَرَّ بِهِ فَقَالَ إِنْ كَانَ الْوَلَدُ مِنْ حُرَّةٍ جُلِدَ الْحَدَّ خَمْسِينَ سَوْطاً حَدَّ الْمَمْلُوكِ وَ إِنْ كَانَ مِنْ أَمَةٍ فَلَا شَيْ‌ءَ عَلَيْهِ.

Muhammad Bin yahya, from Muhammad Bin Ahmad, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Muhammad Bin Sinan, from Al A’la Bin Al Fuzayl, (The narrator) says, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah asws , ‘The man denies from his child, and he had previously acknowledge with it. So he asws said: ‘If the child was from a free woman, he would be whippe

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع الزِّنَى أَشَرُّ أَوْ شُرْبُ الْخَمْرِ وَ كَيْفَ صَارَ فِي الْخَمْرِ ثَمَانِينَ وَ فِي الزِّنَى مِائَةً فَقَالَ يَا إِسْحَاقُ الْحَدُّ وَاحِدٌ وَ لَكِنْ زِيدَ هَذَا لِتَضْيِيعِهِ النُّطْفَةَ وَ لِوَضْعِهِ إِيَّاهَا فِي غَيْرِ مَوْضِعِهَا الَّذِي أَمَرَهُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ بِهِ.

Muhammad Bin Ahmad, from Abu Abdullah Al Razy, from Al Hassan Bin Ali Bin Abu Hamza, from Abu Abdullah Al Momin, from Is’haq Bin Ammar who said, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah asws , ‘Is the adulterer more evil or drinker of the wine? And how did eighty lashes come to be with regards to the wine, and a hundred regarding adult

اضْرِبِ الرَّجُلَ حَدّاً فِي السِّرِّ[1] وَ اضْرِبِ الْمَرْأَةَ حَدّاً فِي الْعَلَانِيَةِ.

Muhammad Bin Ahmad, from one of his companions, from Ibrahim Bin Muhammad Al Saqafy, from Ibrahim Bin Yahya Al Sowry, from Haysam Bin Basheer, from Abu Basheer, from Abu Rawh that, ‘A woman resembled herself with a slave girl for a man, and that was at night. So he fell upon her, and he took her for his slave girl. So

لَا يُقَامُ الْحَدُّ عَلَى الْمُسْتَحَاضَةِ حَتَّى يَنْقَطِعَ الدَّمُ عَنْهَا.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Al Nowfaly, from Al Sakuny, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘The Penalty would not be established upon the menstruating woman until the (flow of) blood is cut off from her’.

سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ‌ الْوَاجِبُ عَلَى الْإِمَامِ إِذَا نَظَرَ إِلَى رَجُلٍ يَزْنِي أَوْ يَشْرَبُ الْخَمْرَ أَنْ يُقِيمَ عَلَيْهِ الْحَدَّ وَ لَا يَحْتَاجُ إِلَى بَيِّنَةٍ مَعَ نَظَرِهِ لِأَنَّهُ أَمِينُ اللَّهِ‌ فِي خَلْقِهِ وَ إِذَا نَظَرَ إِلَى رَجُلٍ يَسْرِقُ فَالْوَاجِبُ عَلَيْهِ أَنْ يَزْبُرَهُ‌[1] وَ يَنْهَاهُ وَ يَمْضِيَ وَ يَدَعَهُ قُلْتُ كَيْفَ ذَاكَ قَالَ لِأَنَّ الْحَقَّ إِذَا كَانَ لِلَّهِ فَالْوَاجِبُ عَل

Ali Bin Muhammad, from Muhammad Bin Ahmad Al Mahmoudy, from his father, from Yunus, from Al Husayn Bin Khalid, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws , said, ‘I heard him asws saying: ‘It is Obligatory upon the Imam asws when he asws finds a man committing adultery, or drinking the wine, that he asws should esta

كَانَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع يُوَلِّي الشُّهُودَ الْحُدُودَ.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, raising it, said, ‘Amir Al-Momineen asws used to give the authority to the witnesses for (execution of) the Penalties’.

مَنْ ضَرَبَ مَمْلُوكاً حَدّاً مِنَ الْحُدُودِ مِنْ غَيْرِ حَدٍّ أَوْجَبَهُ الْمَمْلُوكُ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِضَارِبِهِ كَفَّارَةٌ إِلَّا عِتْقُهُ.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Mahboub, from Hisham Bin Salim, from Abu Baseer, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far asws having said: ‘The one who whips an owned (slave), a Penalty ( Hadd ) from the Penalties, without a Penalty ( Hadd ) having been Obligated upon himself, there would not be an

جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ص فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّنِي سَأَلْتُ رَجُلًا بِوَجْهِ اللَّهِ فَضَرَبَنِي خَمْسَةَ أَسْوَاطٍ فَضَرَبَهُ النَّبِيُّ ص خَمْسَةَ أَسْوَاطٍ أُخْرَى وَ قَالَ سَلْ بِوَجْهِكَ اللَّئِيمِ.

Humeyd Bin Ziyad, from Al Hassan Bin Muhammad Bin Sama’at, from Ahmad Bin Al Hassan Al Maysami, from Aban Bin Usman, from Ibn Abu Yafour, Abu Abdullah asws has said: ‘A man came to the Prophet saww , so he said, ‘O Rasool-Allah saww ! I asked a man by the Face of Allah azwj , so he whipped me five lashes’. So the Proph

قَالَ: إِنَّ رَجُلًا قَالَ لِرَجُلٍ عَلَى عَهْدِ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع إِنِّي احْتَلَمْتُ بِأُمِّكَ فَرَفَعَهُ إِلَى أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع قَالَ إِنَّ هَذَا افْتَرَى عَلَى أُمِّي فَقَالَ لَهُ وَ مَا قَالَ لَكَ قَالَ زَعَمَ أَنَّهُ احْتَلَمَ بِأُمِّي فَقَالَ لَهُ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع فِي الْعَدْلِ إِنْ شِئْتَ أَقَمْتُهُ لَكَ فِي الشَّمْسِ فَاجْلِدْ ظِلَّهُ فَإِنَّ الْحُلُمَ مِثْلُ الظِّلِّ وَ لَكِنْ سَنَضْرِ

A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Usman Bin Isa, from Sama’at who said, ‘A man said to a man, during the era of Amir Al-Momineen asws , ‘I bed-wetted with your mother (in mind)’. So it was raised to Amir Al-Momineen asws . He said, ‘This one has fabricated upon my mother’. So he asws said to him

إِنَّ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع رَأَى قَاصّاً فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَضَرَبَهُ بِالدِّرَّةِ وَ طَرَدَهُ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hisham Bin Salim, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said that: ‘Amir Al-Momineen asws saw a story-teller in the Masjid, so he asws hit him with the whip and expelled him’.

أَنَّ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع كَانَ لَا يَرَى الْحَبْسَ إِلَّا فِي ثَلَاثٍ رَجُلٍ أَكَلَ مَالَ الْيَتِيمِ أَوْ غَصَبَهُ أَوْ رَجُلٍ اؤْتُمِنَ عَلَى أَمَانَةٍ فَذَهَبَ بِهَا.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Abdul Rahman Bin Al Hajjaj, raising it, (It has been narrated) that Amir Al-Momineen asws would never imprison anyone except regarding three – a man who consumed the property of the orphan, or usurped it (property), or a man who was enstrusted upon a trust, so

مَرَرْتُ بِحَبَشِيٍّ وَ هُوَ يَسْتَسْقِي بِالْمَدِينَةِ وَ إِذَا هُوَ أَقْطَعُ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ مَنْ قَطَعَكَ فَقَالَ قَطَعَنِي خَيْرُ النَّاسِ إِنَّا أُخِذْنَا فِي سَرِقَةٍ وَ نَحْنُ ثَمَانِيَةُ نَفَرٍ فَذُهِبَ بِنَا إِلَى عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع فَأَقْرَرْنَا بِالسَّرِقَةِ فَقَالَ لَنَا تَعْرِفُونَ أَنَّهَا حَرَامٌ قُلْنَا نَعَمْ فَأَمَرَ بِنَا فَقُطِعَتْ أَصَابِعُنَا مِنَ الرَّاحَةِ وَ خُلِّيَتِ الْإِبْهَامُ ثُم

Al Husayn Bin Muhammad, from Mola Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Mardas, from Sa’adan Bin Muslim, from one of our companions, from Al Haris Bin Haseyra who said, ‘I passed my an Ethiopian man, and he used to supply water at Al-Medina, and he had been cut. So I said to him, ‘Who cut you?’ So he said, ‘It was the best of the

قَضَى أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع فِي رَجُلٍ جَاءَ بِهِ رَجُلَانِ وَ قَالا إِنَّ هَذَا سَرَقَ دِرْعاً فَجَعَلَ الرَّجُلُ يُنَاشِدُهُ لَمَّا نَظَرَ فِي الْبَيِّنَةِ وَ جَعَلَ يَقُولُ وَ اللَّهِ لَوْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص مَا قَطَعَ يَدِي أَبَداً قَالَ وَ لِمَ قَالَ يُخْبِرُهُ رَبُّهُ أَنِّي بَرِي‌ءٌ فَيُبَرِّئُنِي بِبَرَاءَتِي فَلَمَّا رَأَى مُنَاشَدَتَهُ إِيَّاهُ دَعَا الشَّاهِدَيْنِ وَ قَالَ اتَّقِيَا اللَّهَ وَ لَا

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Najran, 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 man who was brought by two men who both said, ‘This one stole an armour’. When the man saw the proof he started adjurin

قَضَى أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع فِي رَجُلَيْنِ سَرَقَا مِنْ مَالِ اللَّهِ أَحَدُهُمَا عَبْدٌ لِمَالِ اللَّهِ وَ الْآخَرُ مِنْ عُرْضِ النَّاسِ فَقَالَ أَمَّا هَذَا فَمِنْ مَالِ اللَّهِ لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ شَيْ‌ءٌ مِنْ مَالِ اللَّهِ أَكَلَ بَعْضُهُ بَعْضاً وَ أَمَّا الْآخَرُ فَقَدَّمَهُ فَقَطَعَ يَدَهُ ثُمَّ أَمَرَ أَنْ يُطْعَمَ السَّمْنَ وَ اللَّحْمَ حَتَّى بَرَأَتْ مِنْهُ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Al Washa, 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 two men who had stolen from the wealth of Allah azwj . One of the two was a slave of the wealth of Allah azwj , and the other o

إِنَّ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع أُتِيَ بِرَجُلٍ عَبِثَ بِذَكَرِهِ فَضَرَبَ يَدَهُ حَتَّى احْمَرَّتْ ثُمَّ زَوَّجَهُ مِنْ بَيْتِ الْمَالِ.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Muhammad Bin Sinan, from Talha Bin Zayd, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said that they came with a man to Amir Al-Momineen asws , who had tampered with his manhood. So he asws hit his hand until it was red. Then he asws got him married from the pub

أُتِيَ عُمَرُ بِخَمْسَةِ نَفَرٍ أُخِذُوا فِي الزِّنَى فَأَمَرَ أَنْ يُقَامَ عَلَى كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمُ الْحَدُّ وَ كَانَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع حَاضِراً فَقَالَ يَا عُمَرُ لَيْسَ هَذَا حُكْمَهُمْ قَالَ فَأَقِمْ أَنْتَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْحُكْمَ فَقَدَّمَ وَاحِداً مِنْهُمْ فَضَرَبَ عُنُقَهُ وَ قَدَّمَ الثَّانِيَ فَرَجَمَهُ وَ قَدَّمَ الثَّالِثَ فَضَرَبَهُ الْحَدَّ وَ قَدَّمَ الرَّابِعَ فَضَرَبَهُ نِصْفَ الْحَدِّ وَ قَدّ

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Muhammad Bin Al Waleed, from Muhammad Bin Al Furaat, from Al Asbagh Bin Nubata, raising it, said, ‘They came to Umar with five people who had committed adultery. So he ordered that the Penalty ( Hadd ) be established upon each one of them, and Amir Al-Momineen asws was present. So

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَوْ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ع- عَنْ رَجُلٍ أُقِيمَ عَلَيْهِ الْحَدُّ فِي الدُّنْيَا أَ يُعَاقَبُ فِي الْآخِرَةِ فَقَالَ اللَّهُ أَكْرَمُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Ibn Bukeyr, from Zurara, from Humran who said, (It has been narrated) ‘I asked Abu Abdullah asws or Abu Ja’far asws about a man, upon whom the Penalty ( Hadd ) was established in the world, would he be Punished in the Hereafter?’ So he asws said: ‘Allah azwj is

مَنْ أَحْدَثَ فِي الْكَعْبَةِ حَدَثاً قُتِلَ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from one of our companions, from Abu Al Sabbah Al Kinany, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘The one who excretes in the Kaaba with an excretion, would be killed’.

أُتِيَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع بِرَجُلٍ نَصْرَانِيٍّ كَانَ أَسْلَمَ وَ مَعَهُ خِنْزِيرٌ قَدْ شَوَاهُ وَ أَدْرَجَهُ بِرَيْحَانٍ قَالَ مَا حَمَلَكَ عَلَى هَذَا قَالَ الرَّجُلُ مَرِضْتُ فَقَرِمْتُ إِلَى اللَّحْمِ‌[1] فَقَالَ أَيْنَ أَنْتَ مِنْ لَحْمِ الْمَعْزِ وَ كَانَ خَلَفاً مِنْهُ ثُمَ‌ قَالَ لَوْ أَنَّكَ أَكَلْتَهُ لَأَقَمْتُ عَلَيْكَ الْحَدَّ وَ لَكِنْ سَأَضْرِبُكَ ضَرْباً فَلَا تَعُدْ فَضَرَبَهُ حَتَّى شَغَرَ بِب

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Al Hajjal, from Ali Bin Muhammad Bin Abdul Rahman, from Al Nowfaly, from Al Sakuny, Abu Abdullah asws has said: ‘They came to Amir Al-Momineen asws with a Christian man who had become a Muslim, and with him was a pig which he had roasted, and seasoned it with basil. He asws said:

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ ع يَقُولُ‌ شَتَمَ رَجُلٌ عَلَى عَهْدِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ ع رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص فَأُتِيَ بِهِ عَامِلَ الْمَدِينَةِ فَجَمَعَ النَّاسَ فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع وَ هُوَ قَرِيبُ الْعَهْدِ بِالْعِلَّةِ وَ عَلَيْهِ رِدَاءٌ لَهُ مُوَرَّدٌ فَأَجْلَسَهُ فِي صَدْرِ الْمَجْلِسِ وَ اسْتَأْذَنَهُ فِي الِاتِّكَاءِ وَ قَالَ لَهُمْ مَا تَرَوْنَ فَقَالَ لَهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ وَ

Al Husayn Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Muhammad, from Al Hassan Bin Ali Al Washa who said, ‘I heard Abu Al-Hassan asws saying: ‘In the era of Ja’far asws Bin Muhammad asws , a man insulted Rasool-Allah saww . So they came with him to the governor of Al-Medina, and the people gathered. And it was near to the time of his a

أُتِيَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع بِقَوْمٍ لُصُوصٍ قَدْ سَرَقُوا فَقَطَعَ أَيْدِيَهُمْ مِنْ نِصْفِ الْكَفِّ وَ تَرَكَ الْإِبْهَامَ وَ لَمْ يَقْطَعْهَا وَ أَمَرَهُمْ أَنْ يَدْخُلُوا دَارَ الضِّيَافَةِ وَ أَمَرَ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ أَنْ تُعَالَجَ فَأَطْعَمَهُمُ السَّمْنَ وَ الْعَسَلَ وَ اللَّحْمَ حَتَّى بَرَءُوا فَدَعَاهُمْ وَ قَالَ يَا هَؤُلَاءِ إِنَّ أَيْدِيَكُمْ قَدْ سَبَقَتْ إِلَى النَّارِ فَإِنْ تُبْتُمْ وَ عَلِمَ اللَّهُ

A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Muhammad Bin Suleyman Al Daylami, from Haroun Bin Al Jahm, from Muhammad Bin Muslim, Abu Ja’far asws has said: ‘They came to Amir Al-Momineen asws with a group who had stolen. So he asws cut their hands from half the palm, and left the thumb and did not cut it, and

كُنْتُ وَاقِفاً عَلَى رَأْسِ أَبِي حِينَ أَتَاهُ رَسُولُ زِيَادِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ الْحَارِثِيِّ عَامِلِ الْمَدِينَةِ قَالَ يَقُولُ لَكَ الْأَمِيرُ انْهَضْ إِلَيَّ فَاعْتَلَّ بِعِلَّةٍ فَعَادَ إِلَيْهِ الرَّسُولُ فَقَالَ لَهُ قَدْ أَمَرْتُ أَنْ يُفْتَحَ لَكَ بَابُ الْمَقْصُورَةِ فَهُوَ أَقْرَبُ لِخُطْوَتِكَ قَالَ فَنَهَضَ أَبِي وَ اعْتَمَدَ عَلَيَّ وَ دَخَلَ عَلَى الْوَالِي وَ قَدْ جَمَعَ فُقَهَاءَ الْمَدِينَةِ ك

A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Ali Bin Asbaat, (It has been narrated) from Ali son of Ja’far asws who said, ‘My brother asws Musa asws said: ‘I asws was standing next to the head of my asws father asws , when a messenger of Ziyad Bin Ubeydulla, the governor of Al-Medina came over. He said, ‘The c

إِنَّ رَجُلًا مِنْ هُذَيْلٍ كَانَ يَسُبُّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ النَّبِيَّ ص فَقَالَ مَنْ لِهَذَا فَقَامَ رَجُلَانِ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ فَقَالا نَحْنُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَانْطَلَقَا حَتَّى أَتَيَا عَرَبَةَ[1] فَسَأَلَا عَنْهُ فَإِذَا هُوَ يَتَلَقَّى غَنَمَهُ فَلَحِقَاهُ بَيْنَ أَهْلِهِ وَ غَنَمِهِ فَلَمْ يُسَلِّمَا عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ مَنْ أَنْتُمَا وَ مَا اسْمُكُمَا فَقَالا لَهُ أَنْتَ فُلَانُ بْنُ فُلَانٍ

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Hammad Bin Isa, from Rabie, from Muhammad Bin Muslim, Abu Ja’far asws has said: ‘A man from Huzayl insulted Rasool-Allah saww . So that reached the Prophet saww , so he saww said: ‘Who is for this one?’ So two men from the Helpers stood up, so they both said, ‘Us, O Rasool-Allah s

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع رُبَّمَا ضَرَبْتُ الْغُلَامَ فِي بَعْضِ مَا يَحْرُمُ فَقَالَ وَ كَمْ تَضْرِبُهُ فَقُلْتُ رُبَّمَا ضَرَبْتُهُ مِائَةً فَقَالَ مِائَةً مِائَةً فَأَعَادَ ذَلِكَ مَرَّتَيْنِ ثُمَّ قَالَ حَدَّ الزِّنَى اتَّقِ اللَّهَ فَقُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ فَكَمْ يَنْبَغِي لِي أَنْ أَضْرِبَهُ فَقَالَ وَاحِداً فَقُلْتُ وَ اللَّهِ لَوْ عَلِمَ أَنِّي لَا أَضْرِبُهُ إِلَّا وَاحِداً مَا تَرَكَ لِي شَيْئاً إِل

A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Usman Bin Isa, from Is’haq Bin Ammar who said, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah asws , ‘Sometimes I hit the slave regarding something which is Prohibited’. So he asws said: ‘And how much do you hit him?’ So I said, ‘Sometimes I hit him one hundred (hits)’. So he asws sai

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع فِي أَدَبِ الصَّبِيِّ وَ الْمَمْلُوكِ فَقَالَ خَمْسَةٌ أَوْ سِتَّةٌ وَ ارْفُقْ.

Al Husayn Bin Muhammad, from Moala Bin Muhammad, from Al Hassan Bin Ali, from Hammad Bin Usman who said, ‘I spoke to Abu Abdullah asws regarding disiplining of the child and the owned (slave), so he asws said: ‘Five, or six, and be kind’.

قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع‌ إِذَا كَانَ الرَّجُلُ كَلَامُهُ كَلَامَ النِّسَاءِ وَ مِشْيَتُهُ مِشْيَةَ النِّسَاءِ وَ يُمَكِّنُ مِنْ نَفْسِهِ فَيُنْكَحُ كَمَا تُنْكَحُ الْمَرْأَةُ فَارْجُمُوهُ وَ لَا تَسْتَحْيُوهُ‌[1].

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: ‘If the man was speaking the speech of the women, and his walking was the walking of the women, and he is abling (men) upon himself, so he is being copulated with li

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‌ مَنْ بَلَغَ حَدّاً فِي غَيْرِ حَدٍّ فَهُوَ مِنَ الْمُعْتَدِينَ.

And by this chain, said, ‘Rasool-Allah saww said: ‘The one who reaches a Penalty ( Hadd ) regarding (something) in which there is no Penalty ( Hadd ) (applicable), so he is from the exceeders’.

أَنَّ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع أَلْقَى صِبْيَانُ الْكُتَّابِ أَلْوَاحَهُمْ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ لِيَخِيرَ بَيْنَهُمْ فَقَالَ أَمَا إِنَّهَا حُكُومَةٌ وَ الْجَوْرُ فِيهَا كَالْجَوْرِ فِي الْحُكْمِ أَبْلِغُوا مُعَلِّمَكُمْ إِنْ ضَرَبَكُمْ فَوْقَ ثَلَاثِ ضَرَبَاتٍ فِي الْأَدَبِ اقْتُصَّ مِنْهُ.

And by this chain, ‘Amir Al-Momineen asws - two children threw their books and their tablets in front of him asws in order for him asws to choose between them. So he asws said: ‘But it is a judgement, and the tyranny in it is like the tyranny in the judgement. Deliver (what I asws am saying) to your teacher that if he

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص قَالَ: لَا تَدَعُوا الْمَصْلُوبَ بَعْدَ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ حَتَّى يُنْزَلَ فَيُدْفَنَ.

And by this chain, ‘Rasool-Allah saww said: ‘Do not leave the crucified one after three days until you get him down, so he would be buried’.

بَعَثَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع إِلَى بِشْرِ بْنِ عُطَارِدٍ التَّمِيمِيِّ فِي كَلَامٍ بَلَغَهُ فَمَرَّ بِهِ رَسُولُ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع فِي بَنِي أَسَدٍ وَ أَخَذَهُ فَقَامَ إِلَيْهِ نُعَيْمُ بْنُ دَجَاجَةَ الْأَسَدِيُّ فَأَفْلَتَهُ فَبَعَثَ إِلَيْهِ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع فَأَتَوْهُ بِهِ وَ أَمَرَ بِهِ أَنْ يُضْرَبَ فَقَالَ لَهُ نُعَيْمٌ أَمَا وَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ الْمُقَامَ مَعَكَ لَذُلٌّ وَ إِنَّ فِرَاقَكَ لَكُف

A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Ibn Mahboub, from one of his companions, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘Amir Al-Momineen asws sent someone to Bishr Bin Utaradi Al-Tameemy regarding a speech which reached him asws . So the messenger of Amir Al-Momineen asws passed by hi

كُنْتُ أَتَوَضَّأُ فِي مِيضَاةِ الْكُوفَةِ فَإِذَا رَجُلٌ قَدْ جَاءَ فَوَضَعَ نَعْلَيْهِ وَ وَضَعَ دِرَّتَهُ فَوْقَهَا ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَوَضَّأَ مَعِي فَزَحَمْتُهُ فَوَقَعَ عَلَى يَدَيْهِ فَقَامَ فَتَوَضَّأَ فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ ضَرَبَ رَأْسِي بِالدِّرَّةِ ثَلَاثاً ثُمَّ قَالَ إِيَّاكَ أَنْ تَدْفَعَ فَتَكْسِرَ فَتُغَرَّمَ فَقُلْتُ مَنْ هَذَا فَقَالُوا أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع فَذَهَبْتُ أَعْتَذِرُ إِلَيْهِ فَمَضَى وَ لَمْ ي

Al Husayn Bin Muhammad Al Ashary, from Moala Bin Muhammad, from Al Hassan Bin Ali Al Washa, from Aban, from Ali Bin Ismail, from Amro Bin Abu Al Maqdam, from a man, from Razeyn who said, ‘I was performing ablution in the washing facilities of Al-Kufa, so there was a man who had come over. So he took-off his shoes, and

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ‌ إِنَّ عَبْدَ الْعَزِيزِ بْنَ عُمَرَ الْوَالِيَ بَعَثَ إِلَيَّ فَأَتَيْتُهُ وَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ رَجُلَانِ قَدْ تَنَاوَلَ أَحَدُهُمَا صَاحِبَهُ فَمَرَشَ وَجْهَهُ‌[1] وَ قَالَ مَا تَقُولُ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ فِي هَذَيْنِ الرَّجُلَيْنِ قُلْتُ وَ مَا قَالا قَالَ قَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا لَيْسَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص فَضْلٌ عَلَى أَحَدٍ مِنْ بَنِي أُمَيَّةَ فِي الْحَسَبِ وَ قَالَ الْآخَرُ

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Ibn Mahboub, from Yunus Bin Yaqoub, from Matar Bin Arqam who said, ‘I heard Abu Abdullah asws saying that Abul Aziz Bin Umar the governor sent an escort to me, so I asws went over to him, and in front of him were two men, one of them had grabbed his companions,

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع أَيَّ شَيْ‌ءٍ تَقُولُ فِي رَجُلٍ سَمِعْتُهُ يَشْتِمُ عَلِيّاً ع وَ يَتَبَرَّأُ مِنْهُ قَالَ فَقَالَ لِي وَ اللَّهِ حَلَالُ الدَّمِ وَ مَا أَلْفٌ مِنْهُمْ بِرَجُلٍ مِنْكُمْ‌[2] دَعْهُ لَا تَعَرَّضْ لَهُ إِلَّا أَنْ تَأْمَنَ عَلَى نَفْسِكَ.

From him, from Ahmad Bin Muhamamd, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Rabie Bin Muhammad, from Abdullah Bin Suleyman Al Aamiry who said, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah asws , ‘Which thing are you asws saying regarding a man who was heard insulting Ali asws and disavowed from him asws ?’ So he asws said to me: ‘By Allah azwj , the bl