Chapter on the Liability of a Wet Nurse if She Rolls Over a Child, Causing Death, or Hands the Child Over to Another Wet Nurse Who Then Disappears with the Child
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 4|Book 1|Chapter 58
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 4, Book 1, Chapter 58
Chapter on the Liability of a Wet Nurse if She Rolls Over a Child, Causing Death, or Hands the Child Over to Another Wet Nurse Who Then Disappears with the Child
رَوَى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِ عِمْرَانَ اَلْأَشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ نَاجِيَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اَلرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: "أَيُّمَا ظِئْرِ قَوْمٍ قَتَلَتْ صَبِيّاً لَهُمْ وَ هِيَ نَائِمَةٌ فَانْقَلَبَتْ عَلَيْهِ فَقَتَلَتْهُ فَإِنَّمَا عَلَيْهَا اَلدِّيَةُ مِنْ مَالِهَا خَاصَّةً إِنْ كَانَتْ إِنَّمَا ظَاءَرَتْ طَلَبَ اَلْعِزِّ وَ اَلْفَخْرِ وَ إِنْ كَانَتْ إِنَّمَا ظَاءَرَتْ مِنَ اَلْفَقْرِ فَإِنَّ اَلدِّيَةَ عَلَى عَاقِلَتِهَا".
Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Yahya ibn Imran Al-Ash'ari narrated from Muhammad ibn Najiyah, who narrated from Muhammad ibn Ali, who narrated from Abd Al-Rahman ibn Salim, who narrated from his father, who narrated from Abu Jafar Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir عليه السلام, who said: "Any wet nurse of a people who accidentally kills their child while sleeping - by rolling over and causing the child's death - the blood money is to be paid from her personal wealth if she took on nursing for the sake of pride and honor. However, if she undertook nursing due to poverty, then the blood money is upon her family ('Aqilah)."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh