Chapter on What is Obligatory Upon One Who Severes the Head of a Deceased Person
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 4|Book 1|Chapter 53
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 4, Book 1, Chapter 53
Chapter on What is Obligatory Upon One Who Severes the Head of a Deceased Person
وَ رُوِيَ عَنْ أَبِي جَمِيلَةَ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ مَيِّتٌ قُطِعَ رَأْسُهُ قَالَ "عَلَيْهِ اَلدِّيَةُ" قُلْتُ فَمَنْ يَأْخُذُ دِيَتَهُ قَالَ "اَلْإِمَامُ هَذَا لِلَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ إِنْ قُطِعَتْ يَمِينُهُ أَوْ شَيْءٌ مِنْ جَوَارِحِهِ فَعَلَيْهِ اَلْأَرْشُ لِلْإِمَامِ".
It is narrated from Abu Jamilah, from Ishaq ibn Ammar, who said: I asked Abu Abdullah عليه السلام about a deceased person whose head was cut off. Imam عليه السلام said: "The blood money is upon the one who did it." I asked: "Who receives his blood money?" Imam عليه السلام said: "The Imam, for this belongs to Allah سبحانه وتعالى, the Mighty and Majestic. And if his right hand or any of his limbs is cut off, the compensation (Al-arsh) is also due to the Imam."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh