Chapter on the Blood Money for the Nutfah (sperm), Alaqah (clinging clot), Mudghah (embryonic lump), Bone, and Fetus

إِنَّ فِي النُّطْفَةِ عِشْرِينَ دِينَاراً وَ فِي الْعَلَقَةِ أَرْبَعِينَ دِينَاراً وَ فِي الْمُضْغَةِ سِتِّينَ دِينَاراً وَ فِي الْعَظْمِ ثَمَانِينَ دِينَاراً فَإِذَا كُسِيَ اللَّحْمَ فَمِائَةٌ ثُمَّ هِيَ مِائَةٌ حَتَّى يَسْتَهِلَ‌[2] فَإِذَا اسْتَهَلَّ فَالدِّيَةُ كَامِلَةً[3].

"Indeed, for the sperm-drop (nutfah) there is a compensation of twenty dinars, for the clot (Alaqah) forty dinars, for the lump of flesh (muḍghah) sixty dinars, for the bone (Aẓm) eighty dinars, and when it is clothed with flesh, it is one hundred dinars. Then it remains one hundred until it lets out a cry (at birth),

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع فَإِنْ خَرَجَ فِي النُّطْفَةِ قَطْرَةُ دَمٍ قَالَ فِي الْقَطْرَةِ عُشْرُ النُّطْفَةِ فِيهَا اثْنَانِ وَ عِشْرُونَ دِينَاراً قَالَ قُلْتُ فَإِنْ قَطَرَتْ قَطْرَتَانِ قَالَ فَأَرْبَعَةٌ وَ عِشْرُونَ دِينَاراً قُلْتُ فَإِنْ قَطَرَتْ ثَلَاثٌ قَالَ فَسِتَّةٌ وَ عِشْرُونَ دِينَاراً قُلْتُ فَأَرْبَعٌ قَالَ ثَمَانٌ وَ عِشْرُونَ وَ فِي خَمْسٍ ثَلَاثُونَ فَإِنْ زَادَتْ عَلَى النِّصْفِ فَبِحِسَاب

I asked Abu Abdullah (as): "What if a drop of blood appears in the sperm-drop (nutfah)?" Imam (as) replied: "For a single drop, it is one-tenth of the compensation for the nutfah, which is twenty-two dinars." I asked: "What if there are two drops?" Imam (as) said: "Then it is twenty-four dinars." I asked: "What if ther

حَضَرْتُ يُونُسَ الشَّيْبَانِيَّ وَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يُخْبِرُهُ بِالدِّيَاتِ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ فَإِنَّ النُّطْفَةَ خَرَجَتْ مُتَخَضْخِضَةً بِالدَّمِ‌[2] قَالَ قَدْ عَلِقَتْ‌[3] إِنْ كَانَ دَمٌ صَافٍ فَفِيهِ أَرْبَعُونَ وَ إِنْ كَانَ دَمٌ أَسْوَدُ فَلَا شَيْ‌ءَ عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا التَّعْزِيرَ لِأَنَّهُ مَا كَانَ مِنْ دَمٍ صَافٍ فَذَلِكَ لِلْوَلَدِ وَ مَا كَانَ مِنْ دَمٍ أَسْوَدَ فَإِنَّمَا ذَلِكَ مِنَ الْجَوْفِ قَالَ أ

I was present with Yunus Al-Shaybani while Abu Abdullah (as) was informing him about blood money (diyat). I asked Imam (as): "What if the sperm-drop (nutfah) came out mixed with blood?" Imam (as) replied: "If it has clotted and the blood is pure, then it is forty dinars. But if it is black blood, then there is nothing

جَاءَتِ امْرَأَةٌ فَاسْتَعْدَتْ‌[2] عَلَى أَعْرَابِيٍّ قَدْ أَفْزَعَهَا فَأَلْقَتْ جَنِيناً فَقَالَ الْأَعْرَابِيُّ لَمْ يُهِلَّ وَ لَمْ يَصِحْ وَ مِثْلُهُ يُطَلُ‌[3] فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ص اسْكُتْ سَجَّاعَةُ عَلَيْكَ غُرَّةٌ عَبْدٌ أَوْ أَمَةٌ[4].

Hadith.5319 - In the narration of Muhammad ibn Abi Umayr from Muhammad ibn Abi Hamzah from Dawud ibn Farqad from Abu Abdullah (as), it is reported: A woman came forward to complain about a Bedouin who had frightened her, causing her to miscarry her fetus. The Bedouin argued: "It neither cried out nor made any sound, an

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع إِنَّ الْغُرَّةَ تَكُونُ بِمِائَةِ دِينَارٍ وَ تَكُونُ بِعَشَرَةِ دَنَانِيرَ فَقَالَ بِخَمْسِينَ‌[5].

Hadith.5320 - In the narration of Jamil ibn Darraj from Ubayd ibn Zurarah, he said: I asked Abu Abdullah (as): "The ghurra (compensation for a miscarried fetus) is sometimes valued at one hundred dinars and sometimes at ten dinars." Imam (as) replied: "It is fifty."

إِنْ كَانَ لَهُ عَظْمٌ قَدْ نَبَتَ عَلَيْهِ اللَّحْمُ وَ شُقَّ لَهُ السَّمْعُ وَ الْبَصَرُ فَإِنَّ عَلَيْهَا دِيَةً[6] تُسَلِّمُهَا إِلَى أَبِيهِ قَالَ وَ إِنْ كَانَ عَلَقَةً أَوْ مُضْغَةً فَإِنَّ عَلَيْهَا أَرْبَعِينَ دِينَاراً أَوْ غُرَّةً تُسَلِّمُهَا إِلَى أَبِيهِ‌[7] قُلْتُ فَهِيَ لَا تَرِثُ مِنْ وَلَدِهَا مِنْ دِيَتِهِ قَالَ لَا لِأَنَّهَا قَتَلَتْهُ.

Hadith.5321 - In the narration by Al-Hasan ibn Mahbub from Ali ibn Riʾab from Abu Ubaydah from Abu Abdullah (as) regarding a woman who drank medicine while she was pregnant to abort her child and then miscarried. Imam (as) said: "If the fetus had developed bones covered with flesh and its hearing and sight had been for

إِنْ كَانَ مَاتَ فِي بَطْنِهَا بَعْدَ مَا ضَرَبَهَا فَعَلَيْهِ نِصْفُ عُشْرِ قِيمَةِ الْأَمَةِ وَ إِنْ ضَرَبَهَا فَأَلْقَتْهُ حَيّاً فَمَاتَ فَإِنَّ عَلَيْهِ عُشْرَ قِيمَةِ الْأَمَةِ[2].

Hadith.5322 - In the narration by Al-Hasan ibn Mahbub from Nuaym ibn Ibrahim from Abdullah ibn Sinan from Abu Abdullah (as) regarding a man who killed the fetus of a female slave belonging to a group of people while it was still in her womb. Imam (as) said: "If the fetus died in her womb after he struck her, then he mu

يَجُوزُ لِأَبِيهَا مَا وَهَبَتْ لَهُ‌[4].

Hadith.5323 - Samaah asked Abu Abdullah (as) about a man who struck his pregnant daughter, causing her to miscarry a stillborn child. The woman's husband sought legal action against her father. The woman said to her husband, "If this fetus has a diyyah (blood money), and I am entitled to an inheritance from it, then I

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ ع عَنْ لِصٍّ دَخَلَ عَلَى امْرَأَةٍ حُبْلَى فَوَقَعَ عَلَيْهَا فَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِي بَطْنِهَا فَوَثَبَتْ عَلَيْهِ الْمَرْأَةُ فَقَتَلَتْهُ قَالَ يُطَلُّ دَمُ اللِّصِ‌[5] وَ عَلَى الْمَقْتُولِ دِيَةُ سَخْلَتِهَا.

I asked Abu Al-Hasan (as) about a thief who entered upon a pregnant woman, assaulted her, and caused her to miscarry. The woman then attacked the thief and killed him. Imam (as) replied: "The blood of the thief is not avenged (yutallu), but the diyyah (blood money) for her miscarried fetus is due upon her."