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
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