Chapter on One Whose Intentional Act is Considered a Mistake
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 4|Book 1|Chapter 24
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 4, Book 1, Chapter 24
Chapter on One Whose Intentional Act is Considered a Mistake
2 hadiths
وَ رَوَى اَلْحَسَنُ بْنُ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنْ عَمَّارٍ اَلسَّابَاطِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنْ أَعْمَى فَقَأَ عَيْنَ صَحِيحٍ مُتَعَمِّداً فَقَالَ "يَا أَبَا عُبَيْدَةَ إِنَّ عَمْدَ اَلْأَعْمَى مِثْلُ اَلْخَطَإِ هَذَا فِيهِ اَلدِّيَةُ مِنْ مَالِهِ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ مَالٌ فَإِنَّ دِيَةَ ذَلِكَ عَلَى اَلْإِمَامِ وَ لاَ يُبْطَلُ حَقُّ مُسْلِمٍ ".
Al-Hasan ibn Mahbub narrated from Hisham ibn Salim from Ammar Al-Sabaṭi from Abu Ubaydah, who said: I asked Abu Jafar Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir عليه السلام about a blind man who intentionally gouged out the eye of a sighted person. Imam عليه السلام 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 diyyah is upon the Imam. The right of a Muslim must not be invalidated."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh
وَ رَوَى إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَبِي زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ "أَنَّ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ رَضِيَ اَللَّهُ عَنْهُ كَتَبَ إِلَى أَمِيرِ اَلْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: يَسْأَلُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ مَجْنُونٍ قَتَلَ رَجُلاً عَمْداً فَجَعَلَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ اَلدِّيَةَ عَلَى قَوْمِهِ وَ جَعَلَ خَطَأَهُ وَ عَمْدَهُ سَوَاءً".
Ismaʿil ibn Abi Ziyad narrated from Abu Abdullah عليه السلام that Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr (may Allah سبحانه وتعالى be pleased with him) wrote to the Commander of the Faithful عليه السلام asking about a mentally ill man who intentionally killed another man. The Commander of the Faithful عليه السلام ruled that the blood money (diyyah) was upon his tribe (Aqilah) and that both his accidental and intentional acts were to be treated the same.
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh