حمزة

I asked Abu Abdullah (as) about a person in the state of ihram who killed a fox. Imam (as) said: "They must offer a blood sacrifice." I asked: "What about a rabbit?" Imam (as) said: "The same as for the fox."

“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about a man who in the state of Ihram removes ticks from the camel. He (the Imam) said, ‘Yes, it is permissible but he must not remove al-Halamah.’”

“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about a man who kills a fox. He (the Imam) said, ‘He owes one animal offering.’ I asked about his killing a rabbit. He (the Imam) said, ‘It is like what is for a fox.’”

“I once asked abu al-Hassan (a.s.), about a man who is in the state of Ihram and kisses his wife. He (the Imam) said, ‘There is one badanah on him and he must not eat from its meat even if he does not discharge any semen.’”

“I once asked abu Ja‘far (a.s.), about a slave if there is expiation for al-Zihar on him. He (the Imam) said, ‘He owes one-half of what is due on a free person of fasting, and setting free of slaves as expiation does not apply in his case as well as paying charity.’”

“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about a man who in the state of Ihram kills a chick in non-al-Haram (the sacred area). He (the Imam) said, ‘He owes one lamb and he does not have to pay its cost because it is not in al-Haram (the sacred area).”’

I asked him about someone who said: "By Allah (swt)," and then did not fulfill it. Abu Abdillah (as) said: "Its expiation is feeding ten needy people with a measure (mudd) each of flour or wheat, or freeing a slave. If he cannot find any of these, then he must fast for three consecutive days."

“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of a people who buy an animal which is hunted, and one of their female companions ask them to leave for her something thereof for a dirham. He (the Imam) said, ‘Every human being of them owes a ransom.’”

“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of a man who has said by Allah, but has not remained firm about it. He (the Imam) (a.s.), said, ‘The Kaffarah (expiation) for it is to feed ten destitute people, one mud (a certain measurement) to each one of flour or wheat, or free a slave, or fast for three consecutive days if he cannot find the other remedies.’”

“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the expiation because of oath. He (the Imam) said, ‘It is to set free a slave or clothing with two clothes or feeding ten destitute persons. Whichever of the three he chooses is sufficient, and if he cannot find any of them, then it is three consecutive days of fasting and in feeding ten destitute persons: it is one mud (a certain measurement) for everyone.’”

“About a man who hunts a deer, the arrow hits one of its front legs and it becomes lame. He (the Imam) said, ‘If the deer walks and grazes he must pay one-fourth of its value and if it goes away and no one knows what happened to it, he must pay the ransom because he does not know; perhaps it died.’”

“I once asked abu Ja‘far, and abu ‘Abd Allah, ‘Alayhim al-Salam, about the kind of oath for which I owe expiation. They said, ‘It is when you take an oath for an act in which there is obedience to Allah if you do it and you do not do it, then there is expiation on you. If you take an oath for an act in which there is disobedience to Allah then its expiation is not to do it. An oath about the act which is not an obedience or disobedience does not have any valid effect.’”

“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about one’s discontinuing the fast which is for expiation due to an oath, Zihar or murder. He (the Imam) said, ‘If one owes fasting for two consecutive months, then stops fasting because of illness in the first month, he is required to resume the fast all over again. If one fasts the first month and also certain days from the second month then something happens which is good reason, he only is required to complete its Qada’ (compensatory fast).”’

“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the kind of oath that makes expiation obligatory. He (the Imam) said, ‘If you take an oath for doing something which is a virtuous deed, there is expiation if you do not do it. If you take an oath to do something which is an act of disobedience you do not owe anything if you did not do it; other than these which are not virtuous or of disobedience do not have any valid effect.’”

“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about a man who is involved in hunting matters of the egg of ostrich while in the state of Ihram. He (the Imam) said, ‘He must send male camel on female camel equal to the number of eggs affected.’ I then said, ‘Eggs may all become spoiled or all of them may hatch.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Whatever the product is, as offering it must reach al- Ka‘bah; and if there is no product one does not owe anything. If one cannot find camels, then for every egg he must pay one sheep; and if one cannot find this also, then one must give charity to ten destitute people, one mud (a certain measurement) to each one and if one cannot afford this also then must fast three days.’”

“I once asked abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), about a man who is in the state of Ihram and he kills an ostrich or a wild donkey. He (the Imam) said, ‘He must pay one badanah.’ I then asked, ‘What happens if he cannot afford?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘He must feed sixty destitute people.’ I asked, ‘What happens if he cannot afford?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘He must fast for eighteen days and charity is one mud (a certain measurement) to every destitute person.’ I then asked about one who in the state of Ihram hunts a cow. He (the Imam) said, ‘He must pay one cow.’ I then asked, ‘What happens if he cannot afford? He (the Imam) said, ‘He must feed thirty destitute people.’ I then asked, ‘What happens if he cannot afford? He (the Imam) said, ‘He must fast nine days.’ I then asked, ‘What happens if he hunts a deer?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘He must pay one sheep.’ I then asked, ‘What happens if he cannot afford?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘He must feed ten destitute people and if he cannot afford this, he must fast three days.’”

“I once asked abu al-Hassan (a.s.), about a man who is in the state of Ihram and is involved in sexual relation with his wife. He (the Imam) said, ‘He has done a great awfull thing.’ I said, ‘Grant us a Fatwa.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘I despise it, does he not despise it?’ I then said, ‘Grant us a Fatwa about both of them.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘If she despised it, there are two badanah on him, if she did not despise, there is one badanah on him and she owes one badanah. They must stay away from each other from that place until they reach Makkah and they owe al-Hajj in future.’ I then said, ‘When they arrive in Makkah will she be his wife as before?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Yes, she is his wife as before and when they arrive at the place where it had happened they still remain separated until they come out of the state of Ihram; it then ends. This is what my father (a.s.), has said.’” In another Hadith it is said that if he cannot offer badanah he must feed sixty destitute people, one mud (a certain measurement) to each person, and if he cannot do this also he must fast eighteen days and the same rule applies to her case also.