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 رُوِيَ عَنْ حَنَانِ بْنِ سَدِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: فِي قَوْلِ اَللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَنَّهُ مَنْ قَتَلَ نَفْساً بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ أَوْ فَسٰادٍ فِي اَلْأَرْضِ فَكَأَنَّمٰا قَتَلَ اَلنّٰاسَ جَمِيعاً قَالَ "هُوَ وَادٍ فِي جَهَنَّمَ لَوْ قَتَلَ اَلنَّاسَ جَمِيعاً كَانَ فِيهِ وَ لَوْ قَتَلَ نَفْساً وَاحِدَةً كَانَ فِيهِ".
It is narrated from Hanan ibn Sadir from Abu Abdullah عليه السلام regarding the saying of Allah سبحانه وتعالى, the Almighty and Majestic: "Whoever kills a soul without [the soul having killed] another soul or [without causing] corruption on the earth, it is as if he had killed all mankind" (Surah Al-Ma'idah 5:32). Imam عليه السلام said: "It is a valley in Hell; if a person were to kill all of mankind, he would be in it, and if he were to kill just one soul, he would still be in it."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh