Chapter on One Whose Intentional Act is Considered a Mistake

Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 4|Book 1|Chapter 24

Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh

Volume 4, Book 1, Chapter 24

Chapter on One Whose Intentional Act is Considered a Mistake
2 Aḥadīth
Ḥadīth 5227

5227 - وَ رَوَى اَلْحَسَنُ بْنُ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنْ عَمَّارٍ اَلسَّابَاطِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنْ أَعْمَى فَقَأَ عَيْنَ صَحِيحٍ مُتَعَمِّداً فَقَالَ "يَا أَبَا عُبَيْدَةَ إِنَّ عَمْدَ اَلْأَعْمَى مِثْلُ اَلْخَطَإِ هَذَا فِيهِ اَلدِّيَةُ مِنْ مَالِهِ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ مَالٌ فَإِنَّ دِيَةَ ذَلِكَ عَلَى اَلْإِمَامِ وَ لاَ يُبْطَلُ حَقُّ مُسْلِمٍ ".

Hadith.5227 - Al-Hasan ibn Mahbub narrated from Hisham ibn Salim from Ammar Al-Sabaṭi from Abu Ubaydah, who said: I asked Abu Jafar Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (as) about a blind man who intentionally gouged out the eye of a sighted person. Imam (as) said: "O' Abu Ubaydah, the intentional act of a blind man is treated like a mistake (khaṭaʾ). The blood money (diyyah) must be paid from his wealth. If he has no wealth, then the diyyah is upon the Imam. The right of a Muslim must not be invalidated."

Ḥadīth 5228

5228 - وَ رَوَى إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَبِي زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ "أَنَّ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ رَضِيَ اَللَّهُ عَنْهُ كَتَبَ إِلَى أَمِيرِ اَلْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ : يَسْأَلُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ مَجْنُونٍ قَتَلَ رَجُلاً عَمْداً فَجَعَلَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ اَلدِّيَةَ عَلَى قَوْمِهِ وَ جَعَلَ خَطَأَهُ وَ عَمْدَهُ سَوَاءً".

Hadith.5228 - Ismaʿil ibn Abi Ziyad narrated from Abu Abdullah (as) that Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr (may Allah (swt) be pleased with him) wrote to the Commander of the Faithful (as) asking about a mentally ill man who intentionally killed another man. The Commander of the Faithful (as) ruled that the blood money (diyyah) was upon his tribe (Aqilah) and that both his accidental and intentional acts were to be treated the same.