Chapter on What is Obligatory Upon One Who Approaches a Sleeping Man, and When He Turns on His Back, He Awakens and Kills Him

Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 4|Book 1|Chapter 55

Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh

Volume 4, Book 1, Chapter 55

Chapter on What is Obligatory Upon One Who Approaches a Sleeping Man, and When He Turns on His Back, He Awakens and Kills Him
1 hadith
Hadith 1

رَوَى اَلْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ عَنْ أَبِي اَلْحَسَنِ اَلْأَوَّلِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: أَنَّهُ سُئِلَ عَنْ رَجُلٍ أَتَى رَجُلاً وَ هُوَ رَاقِدٌ فَلَمَّا صَارَ عَلَى ظَهْرِهِ اِنْتَبَهَ فَبَعَجَهُ بَعْجَةً فَقَتَلَهُ قَالَ "لاَ دِيَةَ لَهُ وَ لاَ قَوَدَ".

Al-Husayn ibn Khalid narrated from Abu Al-Hasan Al-Awwal (a.s) that he was asked about a man who approached another man while he was lying down. When he got on top of him, the man woke up and struck him with a severe blow, killing him. Imam (a.s) said: "There is neither blood money (compensation) for him nor retaliation (legal retribution)."