Hadith 109
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Hadith.3252 - Abu Jafar Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (as) said:
During the time of Commander of the Faithful Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (as), a man was found slaughtered in a deserted place. Nearby, there was another man holding a knife covered in blood. He was arrested and brought before Commander of the Faithful Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (as).
The man confessed, saying that he had killed the victim.
However, another man approached and said to them, "Release him, for I am the one who killed your companion."
He too was arrested and brought along with the first man before Commander of the Faithful Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (as).
When they presented their case, Commander of the Faithful Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (as) asked the first man: "What made you confess?"
He replied: "O Commander of the Faithful, I am a butcher. I had slaughtered a sheep near the deserted place, and I urgently needed to relieve myself. So, I entered the deserted place with a knife in my hand, stained with blood. These people saw me, accused me of killing their companion, and arrested me. I thought that denying it would be of no use, since there was a man slaughtered and I was holding a bloodied knife, so I confessed."
Then Commander of the Faithful Imam Ali (as) asked the second man: "What do you say?"
He replied: "I am the one who killed him, O Commander of the Faithful."
Commander of the Faithful Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (as) said: "Take them to my son, Imam Hasan ibn Ali (as), so he may judge between you."
They went to Imam Hasan ibn Ali (as) and presented the case.
Imam Hasan ibn Ali (as) said: "As for this one, if he has killed a man, he has also given life to this one (the butcher). And Allah (swt), the Mighty and Majestic, says: 'And whoever saves a life, it is as though he has saved all of mankind.' (Surah Al-Ma'idah 5:32)
There is no punishment upon either of them, and the blood money should be paid from the public treasury to the heirs of the deceased."
3252 - وَ قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ : "وُجِدَ عَلَى عَهْدِ أَمِيرِ اَلْمُؤْمِنِينَ صَلَوَاتُُ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ مَذْبُوحٌ فِي خَرِبَةٍ وَ هُنَاكَ رَجُلٌ بِيَدِهِ سِكِّينٌ مُلَطَّخٌ بِالدَّمِ فَأُخِذَ لِيُؤْتَى بِهِ أَمِيرُ اَلْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ فَأَقَرَّ أَنَّهُ قَتَلَهُ فَاسْتَقْبَلَهُ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ لَهُمْ خَلُّوا عَنْ هَذَا فَأَنَا قَاتِلُ صَاحِبِكُمْ فَأُخِذَ أَيْضاً وَ أُتِيَ بِهِ مَعَ صَاحِبِهِ أَمِيرُ اَلْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ فَلَمَّا دَخَلُوا قَصُّوا عَلَيْهِ اَلْقِصَّةَ فَقَالَ لِلْأَوَّلِ "مَا حَمَلَكَ عَلَى اَلْإِقْرَارِ"
قَالَ يَا أَمِيرَ اَلْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِنِّي رَجُلٌ قَصَّابٌ وَ قَدْ كُنْتُ ذَبَحْتُ شَاةً بِجَنْبِ اَلْخَرِبَةِ فَأَعْجَلَنِي اَلْبَوْلُ فَدَخَلْتُ اَلْخَرِبَةَ وَ بِيَدِي سِكِّينٌ مُلَطَّخٌ بِالدَّمِ فَأَخَذَنِي هَؤُلاَءِ وَ قَالُوا أَنْتَ قَتَلْتَ صَاحِبَنَا فَقُلْتُ مَا يُغْنِي عَنِّي اَلْإِنْكَارُ شَيْئاً وَ هَاهُنَا رَجُلٌ مَذْبُوحٌ وَ أَنَا بِيَدِي سِكِّينٌ مُلَطَّخٌ بِالدَّمِ فَأَقْرَرْتُ لَهُمْ أَنِّي قَتَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ لِلْآخَرِ "مَا تَقُولُ أَنْتَ" قَالَ أَنَا قَتَلْتُهُ يَا أَمِيرَ اَلْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَقَالَ أَمِيرُ اَلْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ "اِذْهَبُوا إِلَى اَلْحَسَنِ اِبْنِي لِيَحْكُمَ بَيْنَكُمْ" فَذَهَبُوا إِلَيْهِ وَ قَصُّوا عَلَيْهِ اَلْقِصَّةَ فَقَالَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ "أَمَّا هَذَا فَإِنْ كَانَ قَدْ قَتَلَ رَجُلاً فَقَدْ أَحْيَا هَذَا وَ اَللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يَقُولُ: وَ مَنْ أَحْيٰاهٰا فَكَأَنَّمٰا أَحْيَا اَلنّٰاسَ جَمِيعاً" لَيْسَ عَلَى أَحَدٍ مِنْهُمَا شَيْءٌ وَ تُخْرَجُ اَلدِّيَةُ مِنْ بَيْتِ اَلْمَالِ لِوَرَثَةِ اَلْمَقْتُولِ ".
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