Chapter on Prohibition of Shedding Blood and Taking Wealth Unlawfully, the Prohibition of Engaging in the Impermissible, and Repentance From Killing Whether Intentional or Accidental
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 4|Book 1|Chapter 19
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 4, Book 1, Chapter 19
Chapter on Prohibition of Shedding Blood and Taking Wealth Unlawfully, the Prohibition of Engaging in the Impermissible, and Repentance From Killing Whether Intentional or Accidental
وَ سَأَلَ سَمَاعَةُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: عَنْ قَوْلِ اَللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ مَنْ يَقْتُلْ مُؤْمِناً مُتَعَمِّداً فَجَزٰاؤُهُ جَهَنَّمُ قَالَ "مَنْ قَتَلَ مُؤْمِناً عَلَى دِينِهِ فَذَاكَ اَلْمُتَعَمِّدُ اَلَّذِي، قَالَ اَللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فِي كِتَابِهِ وَ أَعَدَّ لَهُ عَذَاباً عَظِيماً" قُلْتُ فَالرَّجُلُ يَقَعُ بَيْنَهُ وَ بَيْنَ اَلرَّجُلِ شَيْءٌ فَيَضْرِبُهُ بِسَيْفِهِ فَيَقْتُلُهُ قَالَ "لَيْسَ ذَاكَ اَلْمُتَعَمِّدَ اَلَّذِي قَالَ اَللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ".
Samaah asked Abu Abdullah Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq عليه السلام about the saying of Allah سبحانه وتعالى, the Almighty and Majestic: "And whoever kills a believer intentionally, his recompense is Hell" (Surah An-Nisa 4:93). Imam عليه السلام said: "Whoever kills a believer because of his faith, that is the intentional killer whom Allah سبحانه وتعالى, the Almighty and Majestic, mentioned in His سبحانه وتعالى Book and for whom He سبحانه وتعالى has prepared a great punishment." I asked: "What about a man who has a dispute with another man, and in the heat of the moment strikes him with a sword and kills him?" Imam عليه السلام said: "That is not the intentional killing that Allah سبحانه وتعالى, the Almighty and Majestic, referred to."
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