Chapter on Settling Debt From Blood Money (Diyyah)
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 4|Book 1|Chapter 118
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 4, Book 1, Chapter 118
Chapter on Settling Debt From Blood Money (Diyyah)
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رَوَى صَفْوَانُ بْنُ يَحْيَى اَلْأَزْرَقُ عَنْ أَبِي اَلْحَسَنِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: فِي اَلرَّجُلِ يُقْتَلُ وَ عَلَيْهِ دَيْنٌ وَ لَمْ يَتْرُكْ مَالاً فَأَخَذَ أَهْلُهُ اَلدِّيَةَ مِنْ قَاتِلِهِ عَلَيْهِمْ أَنْ يَقْضُوا دَيْنَهُ قَالَ "نَعَمْ" قُلْتُ وَ هُوَ لَمْ يَتْرُكْ شَيْئاً قَالَ "إِنَّمَا أَخَذُوا دِيَتَهُ فَعَلَيْهِمْ أَنْ يَقْضُوا دَيْنَهُ".
Safwan ibn Yahya Al-Azraq narrated from Abu Al-Hasan عليه السلام, regarding a man who was killed while owing a debt and left behind no wealth. His family took the blood money (diyyah) from his killer. Should they use it to settle his debt? Imam عليه السلام said: "Yes." I asked: "Even though he left nothing behind?" Imam عليه السلام replied: "They took his blood money, so they must use it to settle his debt."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 348