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Chapter on What is Obligatory Upon One Who Severes the Head of a Deceased Person

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faqih-5347Vol. 4, p. 157

دِيَةُ الْجَنِينِ إِذَا ضُرِبَتْ أُمُّهُ فَسَقَطَ مِنْ بَطْنِهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ تُنْشَأَ فِيهِ الرُّوحُ مِائَةُ دِينَارٍ وَ هِيَ لِوَرَثَتِهِ وَ دِيَةُ الْمَيِّتِ إِذَا قُطِعَ رَأْسُهُ وَ شُقَّ بَطْنُهُ فَلَيْسَتْ هِيَ لِوَرَثَتِهِ إِنَّمَا هِيَ لَهُ دُونَ الْوَرَثَةِ فَقُلْتُ وَ مَا الْفَرْقُ بَيْنَهُمَا فَقَالَ إِنَّ الْجَنِينَ أَمْرٌ مُسْتَقْبِلٌ يُرْجَى نَفْعُهُ وَ إِنَّ هَذَا قَدْ مَضَى وَ ذَهَبَتْ مَنْفَعَتُهُ فَل

"The diyyah (blood money) for a fetus, if its mother is struck and it is miscarried before the soul is breathed into it, is one hundred dinars, and this belongs to its heirs. As for the diyyah of a deceased person whose head is severed and whose abdomen is cut open, it does not go to his heirs; rather, it belongs to hi

faqih-5349Vol. 4, p. 157

عَلَيْهِ الدِّيَةُ[4] لِأَنَّ حُرْمَتَهُ مَيِّتاً كَحُرْمَتِهِ وَ هُوَ حَيٌّ.

Hadith.5357 - In the narration of Abdullah ibn Muskan from Abu Abdullah Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as), regarding a man who beheaded a dead person Imam (as) said: "The blood money is upon him because the sanctity of the deceased is like his sanctity when he was alive."

faqih-5350Vol. 4, p. 158

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع مَيِّتٌ قُطِعَ رَأْسُهُ‌[2] قَالَ عَلَيْهِ الدِّيَةُ قُلْتُ فَمَنْ يَأْخُذُ دِيَتَهُ قَالَ الْإِمَامُ هَذَا لِلَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ إِنْ قُطِعَتْ يَمِينُهُ أَوْ شَيْ‌ءٌ مِنْ جَوَارِحِهِ فَعَلَيْهِ الْأَرْشُ لِلْإِمَامِ‌[3].

I asked Abu Abdullah (as) about a deceased person whose head was cut off. Imam (as) said: "The blood money is upon the one who did it." I asked: "Who receives his blood money?" Imam (as) said: "The Imam, for this belongs to Allah (swt), the Mighty and Majestic. And if his right hand or any of his limbs is cut off, the

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