Chapter on Imprisonment Due to the Implementation of Rulings
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 3|Book 1|Chapter 15
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 3, Book 1, Chapter 15
Chapter on Imprisonment Due to the Implementation of Rulings
وَ رُفِعَ ثَلاَثَةُ نَفَرٍ إِلَى عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ أَمَّا وَاحِدٌ مِنْهُمْ أَمْسَكَ رَجُلاً وَ أَقْبَلَ اَلْآخَرُ فَقَتَلَهُ وَ اَلثَّالِثُ فِي اَلرُّؤْيَةِ يَرَاهُمْ فَقَضَى عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ فِي اَلَّذِي فِي اَلرُّؤْيَةِ أَنْ تُسْمَلَ عَيْنَاهُ وَ قَضَى فِي اَلَّذِي أَمْسَكَ أَنْ يُحْبَسَ حَتَّى يَمُوتَ كَمَا أَمْسَكَهُ وَ قَضَى فِي اَلَّذِي قَتَلَ أَنْ يُقْتَلَ.
Three men were brought before Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib عليه السلام. One of them had restrained a man, the second came and killed him, and the third stood watching the act. Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib عليه السلام ruled: "The one who stood watching should have his eyes gouged out, The one who restrained the victim should be imprisoned until he dies, just as he had restrained the victim, and the one who committed the murder should be executed."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh