The Book of Testimony

الْعَبْدُ إِذَا أَقَرَّ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ عِنْدَ الْإِمَامِ مَرَّةً أَنَّهُ سَرَقَ قَطَعَهُ وَ الْأَمَةُ إِذَا أَقَرَّتْ عَلَى نَفْسِهَا عِنْدَ الْإِمَامِ بِالسَّرِقَةِ[1] قَطَعَهَا.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Mahboub, from Ibn Raib, from Zureys Al Kunasy, Abu Ja’far asws has said: ‘The slave, when he accepts upon himself in the presence of the Imam asws , once, that he has stolen, and the slave girl, when she accpets upon herself in the presence of the Imam asws with the

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ عَبْدٍ مَمْلُوكٍ قَذَفَ حُرّاً قَالَ يُجْلَدُ ثَمَانِينَ هَذَا مِنْ حُقُوقِ النَّاسِ فَأَمَّا مَا كَانَ مِنْ حُقُوقِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَإِنَّهُ يُضْرَبُ نِصْفَ الْحَدِّ قُلْتُ الَّذِي مِنْ حُقُوقِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ مَا هُوَ قَالَ إِذَا زَنَى أَوْ شَرِبَ خَمْراً فَهَذَا مِنَ الْحُقُوقِ الَّتِي يُضْرَبُ فِيهَا نِصْفَ الْحَدِّ.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al Hassan Bin Mahboub, from Sayf Bin Umeyr, from Abu Bakr Al Hazramy who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah asws about an owned slave who slandered a free (person). He asws said: ‘He would be whipped eighty (lashes). This is from the rights of the people. So as for what was fr

قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع‌ عَبْدِي إِذَا سَرَقَنِي لَمْ أَقْطَعْهُ وَ عَبْدِي إِذَا سَرَقَ غَيْرِي قَطَعْتُهُ وَ عَبْدُ الْإِمَارَةِ إِذَا سَرَقَ لَمْ أَقْطَعْهُ لِأَنَّهُ فَيْ‌ءٌ.

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 my asws slave steals from me asws , I asws would not cut him, and if my asws slave steals from others, I asws would cut him, and a slave of the emirate, if he we

مَا أَدَّيْتُ مِنْ مُكَاتَبَتِي فَأَنَا بِهِ حُرَّةٌ عَلَى حِسَابِ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ لَهَا نَعَمْ فَأَدَّتْ بَعْضَ مُكَاتَبَتِهَا وَ جَامَعَهَا مَوْلَاهَا بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ إِنْ كَانَ اسْتَكْرَهَهَا عَلَى ذَلِكَ ضُرِبَ مِنَ الْحَدِّ بِقَدْرِ مَا أَدَّتْ مِنْ مُكَاتَبَتِهَا وَ دُرِئَ عَنْهُ مِنَ الْحَدِّ بِقَدْرِ مَا بَقِيَ مِنْ مُكَاتَبَتِهَا وَ إِنْ كَانَتْ تَابَعَتْهُ كَانَتْ شَرِيكَتَهُ فِي الْحَدِّ ضُرِبَتْ مِثْ

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Salih Bin Saeed, from Al Husayn Bin Khalid, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having been asked about a man who had a slave girl, so he contracted her. So she said, ‘Whatever I pay off from my contract, so I would be free by it upon that accounting’. So he said to her,

الْمَمْلُوكُ إِذَا سَرَقَ مِنْ مَوَالِيهِ لَمْ يُقْطَعْ فَإِذَا سَرَقَ مِنْ غَيْرِ مَوَالِيهِ قُطِعَ.

Ali, from his father, from Salih Bin Saeed, from Yunus, from one of our companions, Abu Abdullah asws has said: ‘The owned (slave), when he steals from his master, he would not be cut. So if he steals from other than his master, he would be cut’.

قَضَى أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع فِي الْعَبِيدِ وَ الْإِمَاءِ إِذَا زَنَى أَحَدُهُمْ أَنْ يُجْلَدَ خَمْسِينَ جَلْدَةً إِنْ كَانَ مُسْلِماً أَوْ كَافِراً أَوْ نَصْرَانِيّاً وَ لَا يُرْجَمَ وَ لَا يُنْفَى.

Ali, 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 the slave men and the slave women when one of them commited adultery, that he would be whipped eighty lashes whether he was a Muslim,

كَانَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع يَجْلِدُ الْحُرَّ وَ الْعَبْدَ وَ الْيَهُودِيَّ وَ النَّصْرَانِيَّ فِي الْخَمْرِ وَ مُسْكِرِ النَّبِيذِ ثَمَانِينَ فَقِيلَ مَا بَالُ الْيَهُودِيِّ وَ النَّصْرَانِيِّ قَالَ إِذَا أَظْهَرُوا ذَلِكَ فِي مِصْرٍ مِنَ الْأَمْصَارِ لِأَنَّهُمْ لَيْسَ لَهُمْ أَنْ يُظْهِرُوهُ‌[1].

قُدِّمَ إِلَى الْمُتَوَكِّلِ رَجُلٌ نَصْرَانِيٌّ فَجَرَ بِامْرَأَةٍ مُسْلِمَةٍ فَأَرَادَ أَنْ يُقِيمَ عَلَيْهِ الْحَدَّ فَأَسْلَمَ فَقَالَ يَحْيَى بْنُ أَكْثَمَ قَدْ هَدَمَ إِيمَانُهُ شِرْكَهُ وَ فِعْلَهُ وَ قَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ يُضْرَبُ ثَلَاثَةَ حُدُودٍ وَ قَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ يُفْعَلُ بِهِ كَذَا وَ كَذَا فَأَمَرَ الْمُتَوَكِّلُ بِالْكِتَابِ إِلَى أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الثَّالِثِ ع وَ سُؤَالِهِ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَلَمَّا قَرَأَ الْكِت

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ يَهُودِيٍّ فَجَرَ بِمُسْلِمَةٍ قَالَ يُقْتَلُ.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Muhammad Bin Al Husayn, from Hanan Bin Sudeyr, (The narrator) says, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah asws about a Jew who had been immoral with a Muslim woman. He asws said: ‘He should be killed’.

قَالَ: حَدُّ الْيَهُودِيِّ وَ النَّصْرَانِيِّ وَ الْمَمْلُوكِ فِي الْخَمْرِ وَ- الْفِرْيَةِ سَوَاءٌ وَ إِنَّمَا صُولِحَ أَهْلُ الذِّمَّةِ عَلَى أَنْ يَشْرَبُوهَا فِي بُيُوتِهِمْ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Yunus, from Ibn Muskan, from Abu Baseer who said, ‘He asws said: ‘The Penalty of the Jew, and the Christian, and the owned (slaves) regarding the wine and the fabrication is the same. But rather, it is correct for the Ahl Al-Zimma (people under responsibility) that they can

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الْيَهُودِيِّ وَ النَّصْرَانِيِّ يَقْذِفُ صَاحِبَهُ مِلَّةً عَلَى مِلَّةٍ وَ الْمَجُوسِيِّ يَقْذِفُ الْمُسْلِمَ قَالَ يُجْلَدُ الْحَدَّ.

Yunus, from Sama’at who said, I asked him asws about the Jew, and the Christian who slandered his companion of a same religion, and the Magian who slandered the Muslim. He asws said: ‘He would be whipped the Penalty ( Hadd )’.

سُئِلَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ نَصْرَانِيٍّ قَذَفَ مُسْلِماً فَقَالَ لَهُ يَا زَانِ فَقَالَ يُجْلَدُ ثَمَانِينَ جَلْدَةً لِحَقِّ الْمُسْلِمِ وَ ثَمَانِينَ سَوْطاً إِلَّا سَوْطاً لِحُرْمَةِ الْإِسْلَامِ وَ يُحْلَقُ رَأْسُهُ وَ يُطَافُ بِهِ فِي أَهْلِ دِينِهِ لِكَيْ يُنَكَّلَ غَيْرُهُ.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Mahboub, from Abbad Bin Suheyb who said, ‘Abu Abdullah asws was asked about a Christian who had slandered a Muslim, so he said to him, ‘O adulterer!’ So he asws said: ‘He would be whipped eighty lashes due to a right of the Muslim, and eighty lashes except for one d

قَضَى أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع أَنْ يُجْلَدَ الْيَهُودِيُّ وَ النَّصْرَانِيُّ فِي الْخَمْرِ وَ النَّبِيذِ الْمُسْكِرِ ثَمَانِينَ جَلْدَةً إِذَا أَظْهَرُوا شُرْبَهُ فِي مِصْرٍ مِنْ أَمْصَارِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَ كَذَلِكَ الْمَجُوسِيُّ وَ لَمْ يَعْرِضْ لَهُمْ إِذَا شَرِبُوهَا فِي مَنَازِلِهِمْ وَ كَنَائِسِهِمْ حَتَّى يَصِيرُوا بَيْنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ‌[2].

Ali Bin Ibrahim, form 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 that the Jew, and the Christian would be whipped regarding the wine and Al-Nabeez the intoxicant (drink), eighty lashes, when they displa

أَيْسَرُ مَا يَكُونُ أَنْ يَكُونَ قَدْ كَذَبَ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Yunus, from Abdullah Bin Sinan, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws that he asws forbid from slandering one who is not upon Al-Islam except that he emerges upon that, from them’. And he asws said: ‘The easiest of what could happen is that he would happen to have li

أَنَّهُ نَهَى عَنْ قَذْفِ مَنْ كَانَ عَلَى غَيْرِ الْإِسْلَامِ إِلَّا أَنْ يَكُونَ قَدِ اطَّلَعْتَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ مِنْهُ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hammad, from Al Halby, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws that he asws forbid from slandering one who was upon other than Al-Islam, except that he happened to have been notified upon that, from him’.

كُنْتُ عِنْدَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع فَسَأَلَنِي رَجُلٌ مَا فَعَلَ غَرِيمُكَ قُلْتُ ذَاكَ ابْنُ الْفَاعِلَةِ فَنَظَرَ إِلَيَّ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع نَظَراً شَدِيداً قَالَ فَقُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ إِنَّهُ مَجُوسِيٌّ أُمُّهُ أُخْتُهُ فَقَالَ أَ وَ لَيْسَ ذَلِكَ فِي دِينِهِمْ نِكَاحاً.

Ali, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Abu Al Hassan Al Haza’a who said, ‘I was in the presence of Abu Abdullah asws , so a man said to me, ‘What did your creditor do?’ I said, ‘That one is a son of a ‘sexually active (immoral) woman’ . So Abu Abdullah asws looked at me with a harsh look. So I said, ‘May I be s

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنِ التَّعْزِيرِ كَمْ هُوَ قَالَ بِضْعَةَ عَشَرَ سَوْطاً مَا بَيْنَ الْعَشَرَةِ إِلَى الْعِشْرِينَ.

Abu Ali Al Ashary, from Muhammad Bin Abdul Jabbar, from Safwan Bin Yahya, from Is’haq Bin Ammar who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah asws about the reprimanding, how much is it?’ He asws said: ‘A part of (about) ten lashes, what is between the ten to the twenty’.

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع- عَنْ رَجُلَيْنِ افْتَرَى كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا عَلَى صَاحِبِهِ فَقَالَ يُدْرَأُ عَنْهُمَا الْحَدُّ وَ يُعَزَّرَانِ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Yunush, from Abdullah Bin Sinan who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah asws about two men, each one of the two fabricated upon his companion. So he asws said: ‘The Penalty ( Hadd ) would be staved off from them, and they would both be reprimanded’.

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع- عَنْ رَجُلٍ سَبَّ رَجُلًا بِغَيْرِ قَذْفٍ يُعَرِّضُ بِهِ هَلْ يُجْلَدُ قَالَ عَلَيْهِ تَعْزِيرٌ.

From him, from Abdul Rahman Bin Abu Abdullah who, said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah asws about a man who insluted a man without slander, would he be treated harshly? Would he be whipped?’ He asws said: ‘Upon him is a reprimand’.

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنِ الِافْتِرَاءِ عَلَى أَهْلِ الذِّمَّةِ وَ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ هَلْ يُجْلَدُ الْمُسْلِمُ الْحَدَّ فِي الِافْتِرَاءِ عَلَيْهِمْ قَالَ لَا وَ لَكِنْ يُعَزَّرُ.

Humeyd Bin Ziyad, from Al Hassan Bin Muhammad Bin Sama’at, from Ja’far Bin Sama’at, from Aban Bin Usman, from Ismail Bin Al Fazl who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah asws about the fabrication upon the Ahl Al-Zimma (under the responsibility), and the people of the Book (Jews and Christians), would the Muslim be whipped the

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع كَمِ التَّعْزِيرُ فَقَالَ دُونَ الْحَدِّ قَالَ قُلْتُ دُونَ ثَمَانِينَ قَالَ فَقَالَ لَا وَ لَكِنْ دُونَ الْأَرْبَعِينَ فَإِنَّهُ حَدُّ الْمَمْلُوكِ قَالَ قُلْتُ وَ كَمْ ذَلِكَ قَالَ قَالَ عَلَى قَدْرِ مَا يَرَى الْوَالِي مِنْ ذَنْبِ الرَّجُلِ وَ قُوَّةِ بَدَنِهِ.

Al Husayn Bin Muhammad, from Moala Bin Muhammad, from Al hassan Bin Ali, from Hammad Bin Usman who said, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah asws , ‘How much is the reprimand?’ So he asws said: ‘Less than the Penalty ( Hadd )’. I said, ‘Less than eighty (lashes)?’ So he asws said: ‘No, but it is less than the forty (lashes), for i

إِذَا قَالَ الرَّجُلُ لِلرَّجُلِ أَنْتَ خَبِيثٌ وَ أَنْتَ خِنْزِيرٌ فَلَيْسَ فِيهِ حَدٌّ وَ لَكِنْ فِيهِ مَوْعِظَةٌ وَ بَعْضُ الْعُقُوبَةِ.

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 Jarrah Al Madainy, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘When the man says to the man, ‘You are filthy’, and ‘You are a pig’, so there is no Penalty ( H

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ شُهُودِ الزُّورِ قَالَ فَقَالَ يُجْلَدُونَ حَدّاً لَيْسَ لَهُ وَقْتٌ وَ ذَلِكَ إِلَى الْإِمَامِ وَ يُطَافُ بِهِمْ حَتَّى يَعْرِفَهُمُ النَّاسُ وَ أَمَّا قَوْلُ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‌ وَ لا تَقْبَلُوا لَهُمْ شَهادَةً أَبَداً ... إِلَّا الَّذِينَ تابُوا[1] قَالَ قُلْتُ كَيْفَ تُعْرَفُ تَوْبَتُهُ قَالَ يُكْذِبُ نَفْسَهُ عَلَى رُءُوسِ النَّاسِ حَتَّى يُضْرَبَ وَ يَسْتَغْفِرَ رَبَّهُ وَ إِذَا فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Yunus, from Zurara, from Sama’at who said, ‘I asked him asws about false testifiers’. So he asws said: ‘They would be whipped the Penalty ( Hadd ). There is not (fixed) time for it, and that is upon the Imam asws , and they would be paraded with until the the people recognis

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ تَزَوَّجَ ذِمِّيَّةً[2] عَلَى مُسْلِمَةٍ وَ لَمْ يَسْتَأْمِرْهَا قَالَ وَ يُفَرَّقُ بَيْنَهُمَا قَالَ فَقُلْتُ فَعَلَيْهِ أَدَبٌ قَالَ نَعَمْ اثْنَا عَشَرَ سَوْطاً وَ نِصْفٌ ثُمُنُ حَدِّ الزَّانِي وَ هُوَ صَاغِرٌ قُلْتُ فَإِنْ رَضِيَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ الْحُرَّةُ الْمُسْلِمَةُ بِفِعْلِهِ بَعْدَ مَا كَانَ فَعَلَ قَالَ لَا يُضْرَبُ وَ لَا يُفَرَّقُ بَيْنَهُمَا يَبْقَيَانِ عَلَى النِّكَاحِ الْأَوَّلِ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Salih Bin Saeed, from one of his companions, from Mansour Bin Hazam, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws , said, ‘I asked him asws about a man who married a Zimmi woman (woman under the responsibility of the Islamic government) over a Muslim woman, (as a second wife) and

قُلْتُ‌ آكِلُ الرِّبَا بَعْدَ الْبَيِّنَةِ قَالَ يُؤَدَّبُ فَإِنْ عَادَ أُدِّبَ فَإِنْ عَادَ قُتِلَ.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Muhammad Bin Ahmad, from Yaqoub Bin Yazeed, from Yahya Bin Al Mubarak, from Abdullah Bin Jabala, from Abu Jameela, from Is’haq Bin Ammar and Sama’at, from Abu Baseer who said, ‘I said, ‘The consumer of the interest after the evidence (is clarified to him)?’ He asws said: ‘He would be discipline

آكِلُ الْمَيْتَةِ وَ الدَّمِ وَ لَحْمِ الْخِنْزِيرِ عَلَيْهِ أَدَبٌ فَإِنْ عَادَ أُدِّبَ فَإِنْ عَادَ أُدِّبَ وَ لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ حَدٌّ.

And by this chain, from Is’haq Bin Ammar, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘The consumer of the dead (animals, fish etc.), and the blood, and the flesh of the swine, upon him is the disciplining. So if he repeats, he is disciplined. So if he repeats, he is disciplined, and there is no Penalty

قَضَى أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع فِي رَجُلٍ دَعَا آخَرَ ابْنَ الْمَجْنُونِ فَقَالَ لَهُ الْآخَرُ أَنْتَ ابْنُ الْمَجْنُونِ فَأَمَرَ الْأَوَّلَ أَنْ يَجْلِدَ صَاحِبَهُ عِشْرِينَ جَلْدَةً وَ قَالَ لَهُ اعْلَمْ أَنَّهُ مُسْتَحِقٌّ مِثْلَهَا عِشْرِينَ‌[1] فَلَمَّا جَلَدَهُ أَعْطَى الْمَجْلُودَ السَّوْطَ فَجَلَدَهُ نَكَالًا يُنَكِّلُ بِهِمَا.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Salih Bin Al Sindy, from Ja’far Bin Basheer, from Al Husayn Bin Abu Al A’la, from Abu Makhlad Al Sarraj, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘Amir Al-Momineen asws judged regarding a man who called another, ‘Son of the insane’. So the other one said to him, ‘You are a son of

إِنْ كَانَ قَدِ اسْتَكْرَهَهَا فَعَلَيْهِ كَفَّارَتَانِ وَ إِنْ لَمْ يَسْتَكْرِهْهَا[2] فَعَلَيْهِ كَفَّارَةٌ وَ عَلَيْهَا كَفَّارَةٌ وَ إِنْ كَانَ أَكْرَهَهَا فَعَلَيْهِ ضَرْبُ خَمْسِينَ سَوْطاً نِصْفِ الْحَدِّ وَ إِنْ كَانَتْ طَاوَعَتْهُ ضُرِبَ خَمْسَةً وَ عِشْرِينَ سَوْطاً وَ ضُرِبَتْ خَمْسَةً وَ عِشْرِينَ سَوْطاً.

Ali Bin Muhammad Bin Bandaar, from Ibrahim Bin Is’haq Al Ahmar, from Abdullah Bin Hammad Al Ansary, from Mufazzal Bin Umar, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws regarding a man who came to his wife and she was Fasting, and he was Fasting’. He asws said: ‘If she was forced, so upon him would be two expiations,

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ ع عَنْ رَجُلٍ أَتَى أَهْلَهُ وَ هِيَ حَائِضٌ قَالَ يَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ وَ لَا يَعُودُ قُلْتُ فَعَلَيْهِ أَدَبٌ قَالَ نَعَمْ خَمْسَةً وَ عِشْرِينَ سَوْطاً رُبُعَ حَدِّ الزَّانِي وَ هُوَ صَاغِرٌ لِأَنَّهُ أَتَى سِفَاحاً.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Salih Bin Saeed, from Ismail Bin Al Fazl Al Hasimy who said, ‘I asked Abu Al-Hassan asws about a man who came to his wife and she was in menstruation. He asws said: ‘He should seek Forgiveness of Allah azwj , and should not repeat it’. I said, ‘So upon him would be the disciplinin

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ‌ أُتِيَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع بِرَجُلَيْنِ قَدْ قَذَفَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا صَاحِبَهُ بِالزِّنَى فِي بَدَنِهِ فَدَرَأَ عَنْهُمَا الْحَدَّ وَ عَزَّرَهُمَا.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Ibn Mahboub, from Abu Wallad Al hannat who said, ‘I heard Abu Abdullah asws saying, ‘They came to Amir Al-Momineen asws with two men, each one of them had slandered his companion with the adultery in his body. So he asws staved off the Penalty ( Hadd ) from both

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ رَجُلٍ قَالَ لآِخَرَ يَا فَاسِقُ قَالَ لَا حَدَّ عَلَيْهِ وَ يُعَزَّرُ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Al Qasim Bin Muhammad Al Miqary, from Al Noman Bin Abdul Salam, from Abu Haneefa who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah asws about a man who said to another, ‘O wicked!’ He asws said: ‘There is no Penalty ( Hadd ) upon him, and he would be reprimanded’.

شُهُودُ الزُّورِ يُجْلَدُونَ حَدّاً لَيْسَ لَهُ وَقْتٌ ذَلِكَ إِلَى الْإِمَامِ وَ يُطَافُ بِهِمْ حَتَّى يُعْرَفُوا فَلَا يَعُودُوا قُلْتُ لَهُ فَإِنْ تَابُوا وَ أَصْلَحُوا تُقْبَلُ شَهَادَتُهُمْ بَعْدُ قَالَ إِذَا تَابُوا تَابَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَ قُبِلَتْ شَهَادَتُهُمْ بَعْدُ.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Mahboub, from Abu Ayoub, from Sama’at who said, ‘The false testifiers would be whipped a Penalty ( Hadd ), there being no timing for it, that is up to the Imam asws , and they would be paraded with until they are recognised as such, so they would not repeat’. I said

فِي رَجُلٍ سَبَّ رَجُلًا بِغَيْرِ قَذْفٍ عَرَّضَ بِهِ هَلْ عَلَيْهِ حَدٌّ قَالَ عَلَيْهِ تَعْزِيرٌ.

Al Husayn Bin Muhammad, from Moala Bin Muhammad, from Al Washa, from Aban, from Abdul Rahman Bin Abu Abdullah, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws regarding a man who insulted a man without slander, would he be treated harshly? Is there a Penalty ( Hadd ) upon him?’ He asws said: ‘Upon him is the reprimanding

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنِ الِافْتِرَاءِ عَلَى أَهْلِ الذِّمَّةِ هَلْ يُجْلَدُ الْمُسْلِمُ الْحَدَّ فِي الِافْتِرَاءِ عَلَيْهِمْ قَالَ لَا وَ لَكِنْ يُعَزَّرُ.

Humeyd Bin Ziyad, from Al Hassan Bin Muhammad Bin Sama’at, from Ahmad Bin Al Hassan Al Maysami, from Aban Bin Usman, from Ismail Bin Al Fazal who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah asws about the fabricating upon the Ahl al-Zimma , would the Muslim be whipped the Penalty ( Hadd ) with regards to the fabrication against them?’

قَضَى أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع فِي الْهِجَاءِ التَّعْزِيرَ.

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 the defamation, (to be) the reprimanding’.

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ع عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يَأْتِي الْمَرْأَةَ وَ هِيَ حَائِضٌ قَالَ يَجِبُ عَلَيْهِ فِي اسْتِقْبَالِ الْحَيْضِ دِينَارٌ وَ فِي اسْتِدْبَارِهِ نِصْفُ دِينَارٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ يَجِبُ عَلَيْهِ شَيْ‌ءٌ مِنَ الْحَدِّ قَالَ نَعَمْ خَمْسَةً وَ عِشْرِينَ سَوْطاً رُبُعَ حَدِّ الزَّانِي لِأَنَّهُ أَتَى سِفَاحاً.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Muhammad Bin Ja’far, from Abu Habeeb, from Muhammad Bin Muslim who said, ‘I asked Abu Ja’far asws about the man who came to the woman and she was Fasting. He asws said: ‘It would be Obligated upon him, during the beginning of the menstruation, one Dinar, and during its ending, hal

قَالَ لِي سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ إِنِّي أَرَى لَكَ مِنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع مَنْزِلَةً فَسَلْهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ زَنَى وَ هُوَ مَرِيضٌ إِنْ أُقِيمَ عَلَيْهِ الْحَدُّ مَاتَ مَا تَقُولُ فِيهِ فَسَأَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ هَذِهِ الْمَسْأَلَةُ مِنْ تِلْقَاءِ نَفْسِكَ أَوْ قَالَ لَكَ إِنْسَانٌ أَنْ تَسْأَلَنِي عَنْهَا فَقُلْتُ سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ سَأَلَنِي أَنْ أَسْأَلَكَ فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص‌ أ

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Ibn Mahboub and Muhammad Bin Ismail Bin Bazie, from Hanan Bin Sudeyr, from Yahya Bin Abbad Al Makky who said, ‘Sufyan said to me, ‘I see for you having a status from Abu Abdullah asws , so ask him asws about a man who commits adultery and he is sick. If the Pena

سَأَلْتُ أَحَدَهُمَا ع عَنْ حَدِّ الْأَخْرَسِ وَ الْأَصَمِّ وَ الْأَعْمَى فَقَالَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْحُدُودُ إِذَا كَانُوا يَعْقِلُونَ مَا يَأْتُونَ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Yahya Bin Abu Imran, from Yunus, from Is’haq Bin Ammar who said, ‘I asked one of the two (5 th or 6 th Imam asws ) about a Penalty ( Hadd ) of the speechless, the deaf and the blind, so he asws said: ‘Upon them are the Penalties, when they they have the intellect of what they are

أُتِيَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع بِرَجُلٍ أَصَابَ حَدّاً وَ بِهِ قُرُوحٌ فِي جَسَدِهِ كَثِيرَةٌ فَقَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع أَخِّرُوهُ حَتَّى يَبْرَأَ لَا تَنْكَئُوهَا عَلَيْهِ فَتَقْتُلُوهُ.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Abu Hammam, from Muhammad Bin Saeed, from Al Sakuny, Abu Abdullah asws has said: ‘They came to Amir Al-Momineen asws with a man who had numerous sores in his body. So Amir Al-Momineen asws said: ‘Delay it until he is cured. Do not peel these off (by beating him) for you

قَالَ: أُتِيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص بِرَجُلٍ دَمِيمٍ قَصِيرٍ قَدْ سُقِيَ بَطْنُهُ وَ قَدْ دَرَّتْ عُرُوقُ بَطْنِهِ قَدْ فَجَرَ بِامْرَأَةٍ فَقَالَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ مَا عَلِمْتُ بِهِ إِلَّا وَ قَدْ دَخَلَ عَلَيَّ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص أَ زَنَيْتَ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ أُحْصِنَ فَصَعَّدَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص بَصَرَهُ وَ خَفَضَهُ ثُمَّ دَعَا بِعِذْقٍ فَعَدَّهُ مِائَةً ثُمَّ ضَرَبَهُ بِشَمَارِيخِهِ‌[4].

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Yunus, from Aban Bin Usman, from Abu Al Abbas, Abu Abdullah asws has said: ‘They came to Rasool-Allah saww with a short, ugly man who had illness in his belly, and the veins of his belly had turned around. He had been immoral with a woman, so she said, ‘I did not know of him

أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع أَخِّرُوهُ حَتَّى يَبْرَأَ لَا تُنْكَأْ قُرُوحُهُ عَلَيْهِ فَيَمُوتَ وَ لَكِنْ إِذَا بَرَأَ حَدَدْنَاهُ.

A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Muhammad Bin Al Hassan Bin Shamoun, from Abdullah Bin Abdul Rahman Al Assam, from Misma’a Bin Abdul Malik, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws that they came to Amir Al-Momineen asws with a man who was due a Penalty ( Hadd ), and with him were blisters and

قَدِمَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ قَوْمٌ مِنْ بَنِي ضَبَّةَ مَرْضَى فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص أَقِيمُوا عِنْدِي فَإِذَا بَرَأْتُمْ بَعَثْتُكُمْ فِي سَرِيَّةٍ فَقَالُوا أَخْرِجْنَا مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ فَبَعَثَ بِهِمْ إِلَى إِبِلِ الصَّدَقَةِ يَشْرَبُونَ مِنْ أَبْوَالِهَا وَ يَأْكُلُونَ مِنْ أَلْبَانِهَا فَلَمَّا بَرَءُوا وَ اشْتَدُّوا قَتَلُوا ثَلَاثَةً مِمَّنْ كَانُوا فِي الْإِبِلِ فَبَلَغَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص فَبَعَثَ

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al Hakam and Humeyd Bin Ziyad, from Ibn Sama’at, from someone else from his companions, altogether from Aban Bin Usman, from Abu Salih, Abu Abdullah asws has said: ‘A group of sick people from the Clan of Zabbat came to Rasool-Allah saww . So Rasool-Allah saww s

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع رَجُلٌ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ مَنْزِلِهِ يُرِيدُ الْمَسْجِدَ أَوْ يُرِيدُ الْحَاجَةَ فَيَلْقَاهُ رَجُلٌ أَوْ يَسْتَقْفِيهِ فَيَضْرِبُهُ وَ يَأْخُذُ ثَوْبَهُ قَالَ أَيَّ شَيْ‌ءٍ يَقُولُ فِيهِ مَنْ قِبَلَكُمْ قُلْتُ يَقُولُونَ هَذِهِ دَغَارَةٌ[2] مُعْلَنَةٌ وَ إِنَّمَا الْمُحَارِبُ فِي قُرًى مُشْرِكِيَّةٍ فَقَالَ أَيُّهُمَا أَعْظَمُ حُرْمَةً دَارُ الْإِسْلَامِ أَوْ دَارُ الشِّرْكِ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father and Abu Ali Al Ashary, from Muhammad Bin Abdul Jabbar, altogether from Safwan Bin Yahya, from Talha Al Nahdy, from Sowrat Bin Kuleyb who said, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah asws , ‘A man comes out from his house intending (to go to) the Masjid, or he intends the need, so he meets a man or he

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ- إِنَّما جَزاءُ الَّذِينَ يُحارِبُونَ اللَّهَ وَ رَسُولَهُ وَ يَسْعَوْنَ‌ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَساداً أَنْ يُقَتَّلُوا أَوْ يُصَلَّبُوا أَوْ تُقَطَّعَ أَيْدِيهِمْ‌ إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ فَقُلْتُ أَيُّ شَيْ‌ءٍ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْحُدُودِ الَّتِي سَمَّى اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ قَالَ ذَلِكَ إِلَى الْإِمَامِ إِنْ شَاءَ قَطَعَ وَ إِنْ شَاءَ صَلَبَ وَ إِنْ شَ

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Jameel Bin Darraj who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah asws about 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 this, that they should

لَا يُبَايَعُ وَ لَا يُؤْوَى وَ لَا يُتَصَدَّقُ عَلَيْهِ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Hanan, (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 – up to the end of the Verse. He asws said: ‘Neither pledge your allegiance to him, nor s

سَأَلَ رَجُلٌ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ- إِنَّما جَزاءُ الَّذِينَ يُحارِبُونَ اللَّهَ وَ رَسُولَهُ‌ قَالَ ذَلِكَ إِلَى الْإِمَامِ يَفْعَلُ بِهِ مَا يَشَاءُ قُلْتُ فَمُفَوَّضٌ ذَلِكَ إِلَيْهِ قَالَ لَا وَ لَكِنْ نَحْوَ الْجِنَايَةِ[1].

From him, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Yunus, from Yahya Al Halby, from Bureyd Bin Muawiya who said, ‘A man asked Abu Abdullah asws about the Words of Allah azwj Mighty and Majestic [5:33] But rather, the Recompense of those who wage war against Allah and His Rasool . He asws said: ‘That is up to the Imam asws . He asws

مَنْ حَمَلَ السِّلَاحَ بِاللَّيْلِ فَهُوَ مُحَارِبٌ إِلَّا أَنْ يَكُونَ رَجُلًا لَيْسَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الرِّيبَةِ.

A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Al Hassan Bin Mahboub, from Ali Bin Raib, from Zureys Al Kunasy, Abu Ja’far asws has said: ‘The one who carries the weapon at night, so he is a combatant, except if he happens to be a man who is not from the doubtful people’.

أَنَّ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع صَلَبَ رَجُلًا بِالْحِيرَةِ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ ثُمَّ أَنْزَلَهُ يَوْمَ الرَّابِعِ فَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ وَ دَفَنَهُ.

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 curcified a man at Al-Hira, for three days. Then he asws brought him down on the fourth day, so he asws Prayed over him and buried him’.

سُئِلَ عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ- إِنَّما جَزاءُ الَّذِينَ يُحارِبُونَ اللَّهَ وَ رَسُولَهُ وَ يَسْعَوْنَ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَساداً أَنْ يُقَتَّلُوا الْآيَةَ فَمَا الَّذِي إِذَا فَعَلَهُ اسْتَوْجَبَ وَاحِدَةً مِنْ هَذِهِ‌ الْأَرْبَعِ فَقَالَ إِذَا حَارَبَ اللَّهَ وَ رَسُولَهُ وَ سَعَى فِي الْأَرْضِ فَسَاداً فَقَتَلَ قُتِلَ بِهِ وَ إِنْ قَتَلَ وَ أَخَذَ الْمَالَ قُتِلَ وَ صُلِبَ وَ إِنْ أَخَذَ الْمَالَ وَ لَمْ يَ

Ali, from his father, from Amro Bin Usman, from Ubeydullah Bin Is’haq Al madainy, from Abu Al Hassan Al Reza asws , said, ‘He asws was asked about 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 o

فِي آخِرِهِ: يُفْعَلُ بِهِ ذَلِكَ سَنَةً فَإِنَّهُ سَيَتُوبُ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ وَ هُوَ صَاغِرٌ قَالَ قُلْتُ فَإِنْ أَمَّ أَرْضَ الشِّرْكِ يَدْخُلُهَا قَالَ يُقْتَلُ.

Ali Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Yunus, from Muhammad Bin Suleyman, from Ubeydullah Bin Is’haq, (It has been narrated) from Abu Al-Hassan asws , similar to it, except that he asws said at the end of it: ‘That would be done with him for a year. So if he were to repent before that, he would be belittled’. I said, ‘If he we