Chapter on Those Who Have No Blood Money in Cases of Injury or

"While the Messenger of Allah (swt) (peace be upon him and his family) was in one of his rooms, a man peeked through a crack in the door. The Messenger of Allah (swt) (peace be upon him and his family) had a combing stick in his hand and said: 'If I were close to you, I would have gouged out your eye with it.'"

I asked Abu Abdullah (as) about a man who spies on a group of people to look at their private matters, and they strike him, killing him, injuring him, or gouging out his eye. Imam (as) said: "There is no blood money (diyyah) for him. The Messenger of Allah (swt) (peace be upon him and his family) once had a man peep into his room through a crack, so the Messenger of Allah (swt) (peace be upon him and his family) approached him with an arrowhead to gouge out his eye, but he found that the man had left. The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) then called out to him, saying: 'O' wicked one! Had you remained there, I would have gouged out your eye with it.'"

Hadith.5184 - Abu Jafar Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (as) and Abu Abdullah Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) said: "Whoever is killed through legal retribution (qisas), there is no blood money (diyyah) for him."

Abu Abdullah (as) said: "Whoever initiates aggression and is then retaliated against, there is no retribution (qisas) for him."

"There is nothing upon him (no liability)."

"During the time of the Commander of the Faithful (as), some children were playing with their arrows. One of them shot his arrow and broke his companion's front tooth. The matter was brought to the Commander of the Faithful (as). The shooter presented evidence that he had warned by saying, 'Be careful!' So, the Commander of the Faithful (as) dismissed the retribution (qisas) from him and then said: 'The one who gives a warning has fulfilled his responsibility.'"

I heard Abu Abdullah (as) say regarding a man who tried to force himself unlawfully upon a woman, and she struck him with a stone, causing his death. Imam (as) said: "There is nothing upon her in what is between her and Allah (swt), the Majestic. And if she is brought before a just Imam, he will dismiss his (attackers') blood (declare it as wasted)."

"If any man attacks another man to strike him, and the latter defends himself and injures or kills the attacker, then there is nothing upon him (no liability)."

I asked Abu Jafar Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (as) about a man who killed a mentally ill person. Imam (as) said: "If the mentally ill person had intended to harm him and the man defended himself and killed him, then there is neither retribution (qisas) nor blood money (diyyah) upon him. However, his heirs should be given the blood money from the public treasury (Bayt Al-Mal) of the Muslims." Imam (as) further said: "But if the man killed him without the mentally ill person intending to harm him, then there is no retribution for someone who cannot be avenged, but I believe that the killer must pay the blood money from his own wealth to the heirs of the mentally ill person. He must also seek forgiveness from Allah (swt), the Almighty and Majestic, and repent to Him (swt)."

I asked Imam (as) about a man who was approached by an animal that was about to trample him, and fearing harm from it, he shouted at the animal, causing it to panic and throw off its rider, resulting in injury or something similar. Imam (as) said: "There is no liability upon him. He merely repelled the harm from himself, and the animal (dabbah) is considered Al-jubar (i.e., its resulting harm carries no compensation)."

"The privacy (awrah) of a believer is forbidden upon another believer." Imam (as) also said: "Whoever spies on a believer in his home, his eyes are lawful to the believer in that situation. Whoever forcefully enters upon a believer in his home without his permission, his blood is lawful to the believer in that situation. And whoever denies the Prophethood of a divinely sent prophet and rejects him, his blood is lawful." I then asked Imam (as): "What about someone who rejects the Imam from among you (Ahlulbayt (as)) - what is his status?" Imam (as) replied: "Whoever rejects an Imam has disassociated from Allah (swt), and Allah (swt) has disassociated from him, as well as from his religion. He is a disbeliever, an apostate from Islam, because the Imam is appointed by Allah (swt), and his religion is the religion of Allah (swt). Whoever disassociates from the religion of Allah (swt) is a disbeliever, and his blood is lawful in that situation unless he repents and returns to Allah (swt), the Almighty and Majestic, from what he has said." Imam (as) further said: "Whoever attacks a believer intending to harm his wealth or his life, his blood is lawful to the believer in that situation."

"There is no liability upon the one below."