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Hadith 348
Hadith #
348
Book
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume
4
Section
35
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Content
Chapter
Chapter on the Blood Money for the Nutfah (sperm), Alaqah (clinging clot), Mudghah (embryonic lump), Bone, and Fetus
Source
Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq
۞
Hadith.5318 - It was narrated by Muhammad ibn Ismaʿil from Abu Shibl who said
I was present with Yunus Al-Shaybani while Abu Abdullah (as) was informing him about blood money (diyat). I asked Imam (as): "What if the sperm-drop (nutfah) came out mixed with blood?" Imam (as) replied: "If it has clotted and the blood is pure, then it is forty dinars. But if it is black blood, then there is nothing upon him except disciplinary punishment (taʿzir), because pure blood is for the child, while black blood is from within the body." Abu Shibl asked: "What if the clot (Alaqah) has a vein-like piece of flesh in it?" Imam (as) replied: "It is forty-two dinars, with one-tenth of it." I asked: "Is one-tenth of forty not four?" Imam (as) said: "It is one-tenth of the muḍghah (chewed-like substance) because only one-tenth of it was lost. As it grows, the amount increases until it reaches sixty." I asked: "I saw in the muḍghah something like a solid bone knot." Imam (as) said: "That is the bone, which initially starts with four dinars. If it increases, then add four more until it completes eighty dinars. Similarly, when the bone is covered with flesh, it follows the same ruling." I asked: "If a woman was struck, causing the fetus to miscarry and it is not known whether the fetus was alive or not?" Imam (as) replied: "Far from it, O' Abu Shibl! Once five months have passed, life has been instilled in it, and full blood money (diyyah) becomes obligatory."
5318 - وَ رَوَى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنْ أَبِي شِبْلٍ قَالَ
حَضَرْتُ يُونُسَ اَلشَّيْبَانِيَّ وَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ يُخْبِرُهُ بِالدِّيَاتِ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ فَإِنَّ اَلنُّطْفَةَ خَرَجَتْ مُتَخَضْخِضَةً بِالدَّمِ قَالَ "قَدْ عَلِقَتْ إِنْ كَانَ دَمٌ صَافٍ فَفِيهِ أَرْبَعُونَ وَ إِنْ كَانَ دَمٌ أَسْوَدُ فَلاَ شَيْءَ عَلَيْهِ إِلاَّ اَلتَّعْزِيرَ لِأَنَّهُ مَا كَانَ مِنْ دَمٍ صَافٍ فَذَلِكَ لِلْوَلَدِ وَ مَا كَانَ مِنْ دَمٍ أَسْوَدَ فَإِنَّمَا ذَلِكَ مِنَ اَلْجَوْفِ" قَالَ أَبُو شِبْلٍ فَإِنَّ اَلْعَلَقَةَ قَدْ صَارَتْ فِيهَا شِبْهُ اَلْعِرْقِ مِنَ اَللَّحْمِ قَالَ "فِيهِ اِثْنَانِ وَ أَرْبَعُونَ اَلْعُشْرُ" قُلْتُ فَإِنَّ عُشْرَ أَرْبَعِينَ أَرْبَعَةٌ قَالَ "إِنَّمَا هُوَ عُشْرُ اَلْمُضْغَةِ لِأَنَّهُ إِنَّمَا ذَهَبَ عُشْرُهَا وَ كُلَّمَا زَادَتْ زِيدَ حَتَّى تَبْلُغَ اَلسِّتِّينَ" قَالَ قُلْتُ فَإِنِّي رَأَيْتُ فِي اَلْمُضْغَةِ شِبْهَ اَلْعُقْدَةِ عَظْماً يَابِساً قَالَ "فَذَاكَ اَلْعَظْمُ اَلَّذِي أَوَّلُ مَا يُبْتَدَأُ فِيهِ أَرْبَعَةُ دَنَانِيرَ فَإِنْ زَادَ فَزِدْ أَرْبَعَةً حَتَّى يُتِمَّ اَلثَّمَانِينَ وَ كَذَلِكَ إِذَا كُسِيَ اَلْعَظْمُ لَحْماً فَكَذَلِكَ" قَالَ قُلْتُ فَإِذَا وَكَزَهَا فَسَقَطَ اَلصَّبِيُّ لاَ يُدْرَى أَ حَيٌّ كَانَ أَمْ لاَ قَالَ "هَيْهَاتَ يَا أَبَا شِبْلٍ إِذَا ذَهَبَتِ اَلْخَمْسَةُ اَلْأَشْهُرِ فَقَدْ صَارَتْ فِيهِ اَلْحَيَاةُ وَ اِسْتَوْجَبَ اَلدِّيَةَ".
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