Chapter on Rare Cases of Blood Money (Diyyat)

Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 4|Book 1|Chapter 71
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh

Volume 4, Book 1, Chapter 71

Chapter on Rare Cases of Blood Money (Diyyat)

وَ رُوِيَ عَنْ وَهْبِ بْنِ وَهْبٍ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ قَالَ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: "مَنْ قَتَلَ حَمِيمَ قَوْمٍ فَلْيُصَالِحْهُمْ مَا قَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ فَإِنَّهُ أَخَفُّ لِحِسَابِهِ".
It is narrated from Wahb ibn Wahb, from Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq عليه السلام from his father, Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir عليه السلام, that Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib عليه السلام said: "Whoever kills a close relative (hamim) of a people should seek reconciliation with them as much as he is able, for it will lighten his reckoning."
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