The Case of one Murdered over His Stolen Property

2. It is narrated from the narrator of the previous Hadith from abu Maryam from Abu Ja‘far عليه السلام, who has said the following: “The Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم has said, ‘If one is murdered over his stolen property he is a martyr.’ He (the Imam) then said, ‘O Abu Maryam, do you know what is ‘murdered over his stolen property’? I replied, ‘I pray to Allah to keep me in the service of your cause, it is when a man is murdered defending his family, property and similar things.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘It is of fiqh (proper understanding) to know the truth.’”