5274 - وَ رَوَى اِبْنُ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ رِئَابٍ عَنْ أَبِي اَلْوَرْدِ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ قَتَلَ عَبْداً خَطَأً قَالَ "عَلَيْهِ قِيمَتُهُ وَ لاَ يُجَاوَزُ بِقِيمَتِهِ عَشَرَةَ آلاَفِ دِرْهَمٍ" قُلْتُ وَ مَنْ يُقَوِّمُهُ وَ هُوَ مَيِّتٌ قَالَ "إِنْ كَانَ لِمَوْلاَهُ شُهُودٌ أَنَّ قِيمَتَهُ يَوْمَ قَتَلَهُ كَذَا وَ كَذَا أُخِذَ بِهَا قَاتِلُهُ وَ إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِمَوْلاَهُ شُهُودٌ كَانَتِ اَلْقِيمَةُ عَلَى اَلَّذِي قَتَلَهُ مَعَ يَمِينِهِ يَشْهَدُ أَرْبَعَ مَرَّاتٍ بِاللَّهِ مَا لَهُ قِيمَةٌ أَكْثَرَ مِمَّا قَوَّمْتُهُ وَ إِنْ أَبَى أَنْ يَحْلِفَ وَ رَدَّ اَلْيَمِينَ عَلَى اَلْمَوْلَى أُعْطِيَ اَلْمَوْلَى مَا حَلَفَ عَلَيْهِ وَ لاَ يُجَاوَزُ بِقِيمَتِهِ عَشَرَةَ آلاَفِ دِرْهَمٍ" قَالَ "وَ إِنْ كَانَ اَلْعَبْدُ مُؤْمِناً فَقَتَلَهُ عَمْداً أُغْرِمَ قِيمَتَهُ وَ أَعْتَقَ رَقَبَةً وَ صَامَ شَهْرَيْنِ مُتَتَابِعَيْنِ وَ أَطْعَمَ سِتِّينَ مِسْكِيناً وَ تَابَ إِلَى اَللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ".
Hadith.5274 - Ibn Mahbub narrated from Ali bin Ri'ab from Abu Al-Ward who said:
I asked Abu Jafar Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir 
about a man who accidentally killed a slave.
Imam said: "He must pay the slave's value, and his value should not exceed ten thousand dirhams."
I asked: "Who will appraise his value when he is dead?"
Imam replied: "If the master has witnesses that his value on the day he was killed was such and such, then the killer must pay that amount. If the master has no witnesses, the killer must swear four times by Allah (swt) that the slave's value was no more than what he has appraised. If he refuses to swear and the oath is passed to the master, then the master is given the amount he swore upon, but the value must not exceed ten thousand dirhams."
Imam further said: "If the slave was a believer and he was killed intentionally, the killer must pay his value, free a slave, fast for two consecutive months, feed sixty needy people, and repent to Allah (swt), the Mighty and Majestic."
