Chapter on Rare Cases of Legal Punishments
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 4|Book 1|Chapter 17
وَ رَوَى اَلْحَسَنُ بْنُ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ رِئَابٍ عَنْ ضُرَيْسٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: "لاَ يُعْفَى عَنِ اَلْحُدُودِ اَلَّتِي لِلَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ دُونَ اَلْإِمَامِ فَأَمَّا مَا كَانَ مِنْ حَقِّ اَلنَّاسِ فِي حَدٍّ فَلاَ بَأْسَ أَنْ يُعْفَى عَنْهُ دُونَ اَلْإِمَامِ ".
Al-Hasan ibn Mahbub narrated from Ali ibn Ri'ab from Durays from Abu Jafar Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir عليه السلام who said: "The legal punishments (hudud) that are the rights of Allah سبحانه وتعالى, the Mighty and Majestic, cannot be pardoned except by the Imam. However, when it comes to the rights of people in a legal punishment, there is no harm if it is pardoned without the Imam's involvement."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh