القاسم

I asked Abu Abdullah (as) about a man who is killed during a sacred month - what is his blood money (diyyah)? Imam (as) said: "It is full blood money plus one-third."

"A woman is entitled to a share of the blood money (diyyah) of her husband, and a man is entitled to a share of the blood money of his wife, as long as neither of them has killed the other."

"Whoever has intercourse with his wife after the completion of her waiting period ('iddah) is to be subjected to the prescribed punishment (hadd). However, if he has intercourse with her before the completion of her waiting period, that act is considered a return (reconciliation) to her."

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘Buying and selling of goods obtained by cheating and stealing are not valid and not lawful.’”

“Abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘Two people of whom one has killed the other cannot inherit each other.’”

“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of a man who has killed his mother; if he can inherit her. He (the Imam) said, ‘I heard my father (a.s.), saying, “Whoever of the relatives kills one of his relatives he cannot inherit from that relative.’””

he said: "The blood money (diyyah) for a Jew and a Christian is four thousand (dirhams), four thousand (dirhams), and the blood money for a Magian (Zoroastrian) is eight hundred dirhams." Imam (as) also said: "Indeed, the Magians have a book called Jamaspf."

4. Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s.) said that the murderer of a believer will have the option to die as a Jew, Christian or as a Magian (he will not die a Muslim).

“A murderer, a drunkard and a slanderer will not be able to enter Paradise.”

I asked Abu Jafar (as) about ten men who killed a man. Imam (as) said: "If the heirs of the murdered person wish, they may kill all of them and pay nine blood monies (diyyat). But if they prefer to choose one of them to execute, they may do so, and the remaining nine must each pay one-tenth of the blood money to the heirs of the murdered person." Imam (as) added, "Afterward, the governor is responsible for disciplining and imprisoning them."

"For an Al-muḍihah (a wound that exposes the bone), the compensation is five camels. For the as-simhaq (a wound just below the skin but not exposing the bone), it is four camels. For the Al-munaqqilah (a wound that causes bone fragments), compensation is fifteen camels. For the Al-jaʾifah (a wound that reaches the internal organs), it is one-third of the full blood money, which is thirty-three camels. Likewise, for the Al-maʾmumah (a wound reaching the membrane of the brain), it is also one-third of the full blood money."

9. Imam Muhammad Baqir (a.s.) said, “One who murders someone, the Almighty Allah will write all the sins of the victim in the name of his murderer and cleanse the victim. This is described the verse: Surely I wish that you should bear the sin committed against me and your own sin, and so you would be of the inmates of the fire.”

“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of a man who accuses a man, then he is whipped as penalty then he repents and nothing but good is seen from him; if his testimony is acceptable. He (the Imam) said, ‘Yes, it is acceptable. What do people in your area say about it ? 5 I replied, ‘They say that his repentance is between him and Allah but his testimony is never acceptable . 5 He (the Imam) said, ‘What they say is bad. My father would say that if he repents and nothing but good is seen from him his testimony is acceptable . 555

For a muwaddiha are five camels, and for a samhaq are four camels, and for a badi’a are three camels, and for a ma’mura are thirty-three camels, and for a ja’ifa are thirty-three camels, and for a munqila are fifteen camels.

“The Almighty Allah will account for the deeds of the murderers first on the Day of Judgment. He will gather all murderers and the victims. Every victim will stand near his/her murderer with a bleeding face. He will tell Allah: This person had murdered me. Allah will ask the murderer: Did you murder him? And the person will not be able to hide anything from Him.”

Prophet (MGB) said, “The Children of Adam would not do any deeds that are worse than the following three deeds near the Blessed the Sublime God: When a man kills a Prophet or a Divine Leader; when a man destroys the Ka’ba which God the Honorable the Exalted has established as a turning point to worship Him; or when a man illegitimately has sex with a woman.”

I asked Abu Abdullah (as) about a man who spies on a group of people to look at their private matters, and they strike him, killing him, injuring him, or gouging out his eye. Imam (as) said: "There is no blood money (diyyah) for him. The Messenger of Allah (swt) (peace be upon him and his family) once had a man peep into his room through a crack, so the Messenger of Allah (swt) (peace be upon him and his family) approached him with an arrowhead to gouge out his eye, but he found that the man had left. The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) then called out to him, saying: 'O' wicked one! Had you remained there, I would have gouged out your eye with it.'"

“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the meaning of the words of Allah, ‘Whoever enters it he gains immunity.(3:96) He (the Imam) said, ‘If a thief steals something in a place other than Makkah or commits a crime against his own self, then flees to Makkah, he cannot be arrested in al-Haram (the sacred area) until he comes out. However, he can be stopped from going to the market places, selling, buying and from sitting with people until he goes out of al-Haram (the sacred area), then he can be arrested, but if he commits such things inside al-Haram (the sacred area) he can be arrested and taken in custody. ‘“

Qasem bin Salam said: According to me, it is an ordinary well to which it is not known any (particular) digger, nor owner, but which lies in a valley, and so a human or an animal fall into it. Hence, that is (considered to be) a vain death. It is like a man who is found killed in an open land, by which it is not known for him any killer. Hence, there is no retaliation, nor indemnity for him. As for his saying: « metal is a jubar» they are these metals from which gold and silver are extracted, by which some people would come to dig them up for them for a defined thing [1], and the metal would perhaps collapse on them and kill them. Hence, their blood were shed in vain, because they only worked in return for a reward. As for his saying: «and there shall be one-fifth for rikaz», the people of Iraq and the people of Hijaz have disputed with regards to rikaz. The people of Iraq have said that rikaz refers to metals, all of it, and the people of Hijaz have said that rikaz refers exclusively to buried property among what the sons of Adam have stored before Islam.

One of our companions asked Abu Abdullah (as), saying: "May I be your ransom, what is the ruling on a man sleeping with another man under one blanket?" Imam (as) asked: "Is he a close relative (mahram)?" The man replied: "No." Imam (as) asked: "Is it due to necessity?" The man said: "No." Imam (as) said: "They are each to be lashed thirty lashes." The man asked: "What if the act was committed?" Imam (as) replied: "If it was less than penetration, then the prescribed punishment (hadd) applies. But if penetration occurred, he is to be made to stand and struck with the sword, and the sword will take from him whatever it takes." The man asked: "So, that is execution?" Imam (as) replied: "That is correct." The man then asked: "And what if a woman sleeps with another woman under one blanket?" Imam (as) asked: "Is she a close relative (mahram)?" The man replied: "No." Imam (as) asked: "Is it due to necessity?" The man replied: "No." Imam (as) said: "They are each to be lashed thirty lashes." The man further asked: "And if they committed the act?" This greatly distressed Imam (as), and Imam (as) said: "Uff! Uff! Uff!" (three times), then said: "The prescribed punishment (hadd) applies."