Chapter on Settling Debt From Blood Money (diyyah)

Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 4|Book 1|Chapter 118

Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh

Volume 4, Book 1, Chapter 118

Chapter on Settling Debt From Blood Money (diyyah)
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Ḥadīth 5532

5532 - رَوَى صَفْوَانُ بْنُ يَحْيَى اَلْأَزْرَقُ عَنْ أَبِي اَلْحَسَنِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ : فِي اَلرَّجُلِ يُقْتَلُ وَ عَلَيْهِ دَيْنٌ وَ لَمْ يَتْرُكْ مَالاً فَأَخَذَ أَهْلُهُ اَلدِّيَةَ مِنْ قَاتِلِهِ عَلَيْهِمْ أَنْ يَقْضُوا دَيْنَهُ قَالَ "نَعَمْ" قُلْتُ وَ هُوَ لَمْ يَتْرُكْ شَيْئاً قَالَ "إِنَّمَا أَخَذُوا دِيَتَهُ فَعَلَيْهِمْ أَنْ يَقْضُوا دَيْنَهُ".

Hadith.5532 - Safwan ibn Yahya Al-Azraq narrated from Abu Al-Hasan (as), regarding a man who was killed while owing a debt and left behind no wealth. His family took the blood money (diyyah) from his killer. Should they use it to settle his debt? Imam (as) said: "Yes." I asked: "Even though he left nothing behind?" Imam (as) replied: "They took his blood money, so they must use it to settle his debt."