Usul16

Chapter on One Whose Intentional Act is Considered a Mistake

2 narrations

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سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ع عَنْ أَعْمَى فَقَأَ عَيْنَ صَحِيحٍ مُتَعَمِّداً فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا عُبَيْدَةَ إِنَّ عَمْدَ الْأَعْمَى مِثْلُ الْخَطَإِ هَذَا فِيهِ الدِّيَةُ مِنْ مَالِهِ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ مَالٌ فَإِنَّ دِيَةَ ذَلِكَ عَلَى الْإِمَامِ وَ لَا يُبْطَلُ حَقُّ مُسْلِمٍ.

I asked Abu Jafar Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (as) about a blind man who intentionally gouged out the eye of a sighted person. Imam (as) said: "O' Abu Ubaydah, the intentional act of a blind man is treated like a mistake (khaṭaʾ). The blood money (diyyah) must be paid from his wealth. If he has no wealth, then the d

faqih-5221Vol. 4, p. 115

وَ رَوَى إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَبِي زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع أَنَّ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ كَتَبَ إِلَى أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع‌ يَسْأَلُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ مَجْنُونٍ قَتَلَ رَجُلًا عَمْداً فَجَعَلَ ع الدِّيَةَ عَلَى قَوْمِهِ وَ جَعَلَ خَطَأَهُ وَ عَمْدَهُ سَوَاءً.

Hadith.5228 - Ismaʿil ibn Abi Ziyad narrated from Abu Abdullah (as) that Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr (may Allah (swt) be pleased with him) wrote to the Commander of the Faithful (as) asking about a mentally ill man who intentionally killed another man. The Commander of the Faithful (as) ruled that the blood money (diyyah) wa