Chapter on Al-'Aqilah (Collective Responsibility for Blood Money)
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 4|Book 1|Chapter 33
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 4, Book 1, Chapter 33
Chapter on Al-'Aqilah (Collective Responsibility for Blood Money)
وَ رَوَى اَلْحَسَنُ بْنُ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ أَبِي وَلاَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: "لَيْسَ بَيْنَ أَهْلِ اَلذِّمَّةِ مُعَاقَلَةٌ فِيمَا يَجْنُونَ مِنْ قَتْلٍ أَوْ جِرَاحَةٍ إِنَّمَا يُؤْخَذُ ذَلِكَ مِنْ أَمْوَالِهِمْ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُمْ مَالٌ رَجَعَتِ اَلْجِنَايَةُ عَلَى إِمَامِ اَلْمُسْلِمِينَ لِأَنَّهُمْ يُؤَدُّونَ إِلَيْهِ اَلْجِزْيَةَ كَمَا يُؤَدِّي اَلْعَبْدُ اَلضَّرِيبَةَ إِلَى سَيِّدِهِ" قَالَ "وَ هُمْ مَمَالِيكُ لِلْإِمَامِ فَمَنْ أَسْلَمَ مِنْهُمْ فَهُوَ حُرٌّ".
Al-Hasan ibn Mahbub narrated from Abu Walad, from Abu Abdullah عليه السلام said: "There is no mutual liability among the People of the Covenant (Ahl Al-Dhimma) regarding crimes they commit, whether it be murder or bodily injury. Such compensation is taken from their wealth. If they have no wealth, the responsibility for the crime returns to the leader of the Muslims because they pay the jizyah tax to him just as a slave pays a tax to his master." Imam عليه السلام further stated: "They are under the authority of the Imam, and whoever among them embraces Islam becomes free."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 330