يُضْرَبُ ضَرْبَةً بِالسَّيْفِ بَلَغَتْ مِنْهُ مَا بَلَغَتْ فَإِنْ عَاشَ خُلِّدَ فِي الْحَبْسِ حَتَّى يَمُوتَ[3].
Hadith.3261 - Safwan ibn Mihran narrated from Amir ibn al-Simt, from Imam Ali ibn Al-Hussain (as) regarding a man who commits intercourse with his sister. Imam (as) said: "He is struck with a sword, and whatever injury it causes will be his fate. If he survives, he is to be imprisoned for life until he dies."
هَلْ عَبْدُ الرَّجُلِ إِلَّا كَسَوْطِهِ وَ سَيْفِهِ فَقُتِلَ السَّيِّدُ وَ اسْتُودِعَ الْعَبْدُ السِّجْنَ[1].
Hadith.3262 - Al-Sakuni narrated through his chain of transmission that Commander of the Faithful (as) said regarding a man who ordered his slave to kill another man, and the slave carried out the order: (Imam (as) said) "Is not the slave like his master's whip or sword?" Therefore, the master was executed, and the sla
وَ رُفِعَ ثَلَاثَةُ نَفَرٍ إِلَى عَلِيٍّ ع[2] أَمَّا وَاحِدٌ مِنْهُمْ أَمْسَكَ رَجُلًا وَ أَقْبَلَ الْآخَرُ فَقَتَلَهُ وَ الثَّالِثُ فِي الرُّؤْيَةِ يَرَاهُمْ[3] فَقَضَى عَلِيٌّ ع فِي الَّذِي فِي الرُّؤْيَةِ أَنْ تُسْمَلَ عَيْنَاهُ[1] وَ قَضَى فِي الَّذِي أَمْسَكَ أَنْ يُحْبَسَ حَتَّى يَمُوتَ كَمَا أَمْسَكَهُ وَ قَضَى فِي الَّذِي قَتَلَ أَنْ يُقْتَلَ.
Hadith.3263 - Three men were brought before Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (as). One of them had restrained a man, the second came and killed him, and the third stood watching the act. Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (as) ruled: "The one who stood watching should have his eyes gouged out, The one who restrained the victim should be imp
فِي رِوَايَةِ حَمَّادٍ عَنْ حَرِيزٍ[2] أَنَّ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ لَا يُخَلَّدُ فِي السِّجْنِ إِلَّا ثَلَاثَةٌ الَّذِي يُمْسِكُ عَلَى الْمَوْتِ يَحْفَظُهُ حَتَّى يُقْتَلَ[3] وَ الْمَرْأَةُ الْمُرْتَدَّةُ عَنِ الْإِسْلَامِ[4] وَ السَّارِقُ بَعْدَ قَطْعِ الْيَدِ وَ الرِّجْلِ[5].
Hadith.3264 - In the narration of Hammad from Hariz, Abu Abdillah (as) said: "No one is sentenced to life imprisonment except for three: the one who is held for murder and is kept until he is executed, the woman who apostasizes from Islam, and the thief after his hand and foot have been amputated."
عَلَى الْإِمَامِ أَنْ يُخْرِجَ الْمَحْبُوسِينَ فِي الدَّيْنِ- يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ إِلَى الْجُمُعَةِ وَ يَوْمَ الْعِيدِ إِلَى الْعِيدِ فَيُرْسِلَ مَعَهُمْ فَإِذَا قَضَوُا الصَّلَاةَ وَ الْعِيدَ رَدَّهُمْ إِلَى السِّجْنِ.
ع حَبْسُ الْإِمَامِ بَعْدَ الْحَدِّ ظُلْمٌ[2].
Hadith.3266 - In the narration of Ahmad ibn Abi Abdillah al-Barqi, Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (as) said: "It is obligatory upon the Imam to imprison the corrupt among the scholars, the ignorant among the physicians, and the bankrupt among those who rent out property." And Imam (as) also said: "Imprisonment by the Imam afte