Chapter on a Man Who is Killed, and Some of His Heirs Pardon While Others Demand Retaliation or Blood Money
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 4|Book 1|Chapter 32
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 4, Book 1, Chapter 32
Chapter on a Man Who is Killed, and Some of His Heirs Pardon While Others Demand Retaliation or Blood Money
وَ رَوَى اَلْحَسَنُ بْنُ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ أَبِي وَلاَّدٍ اَلْحَنَّاطِ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ قُتِلَ وَ لَهُ أَبٌ وَ أُمٌّ وَ اِبْنٌ فَقَالَ اَلاِبْنُ أَنَا أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَقْتُلَ قَاتِلَ أَبِي وَ قَالَ اَلْآخَرُ أَنَا أَعْفُو وَ قَالَ اَلْآخَرُ أَنَا أُرِيدُ أَنْ آخُذَ اَلدِّيَةَ قَالَ "فَلْيُعْطِ اَلاِبْنُ أُمَّ اَلْمَقْتُولِ اَلسُّدُسَ مِنَ اَلدِّيَةِ وَ يُعْطِي وَرَثَةَ اَلْقَاتِلِ اَلسُّدُسَ مِنَ اَلدِّيَةِ حَقَّ اَلْأَبِ اَلَّذِي عَفَا وَ يَقْتُلُهُ".
Al-Hasan ibn Mahbub narrated from Abu Walad Al-Hannat that he asked Abu Abdullah عليه السلام about a man who was killed and had a father, a mother, and a son. The son said: "I want to kill the murderer of my father," the mother said: "I forgive," and the father said: "I want to take the blood money (diyyah)." Imam عليه السلام replied: "The son should give the mother of the murdered man one-sixth of the blood money and give the heirs of the murderer one-sixth of the blood money in the right of the father who forgave, and then he may kill the murderer."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh