Hadith 386
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Hadith.5355 - Al-Husayn ibn Khalid narrated from Abu Al-Hasan Imam Musa ibn Jafar Al-Kadhim (as), who said
"The diyyah (blood money) for a fetus, if its mother is struck and it is miscarried before the soul is breathed into it, is one hundred dinars, and this belongs to its heirs.
As for the diyyah of a deceased person whose head is severed and whose abdomen is cut open, it does not go to his heirs; rather, it belongs to him alone."
I asked: "What is the difference between the two cases?"
Imam (as) said: "The fetus represents a future life, and its benefit is anticipated. But the deceased has already passed away, and his benefit has ceased. Therefore, when he is mutilated after death, the diyyah for the mutilation is his alone, not for others. It is to be used to perform Hajj on his behalf or for acts of charity and other good deeds."
I then asked: "What if a man enters to dig a grave to wash the deceased, but while digging, he loses focus, and his shovel slips from his hand and strikes the abdomen of the deceased, cutting it open? What is required of him?"
Imam (as) said: "If it happened in this manner, it is considered unintentional (khata'), and he is required to perform kaffarah (expiation): to free a slave, or fast for two consecutive months, or feed sixty poor people, giving each one a mudd (a measure) according to the mudd of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him and his family."
5355 - رَوَى اَلْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ عَنْ أَبِي اَلْحَسَنِ مُوسَى عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ
"دِيَةُ اَلْجَنِينِ إِذَا ضُرِبَتْ أُمُّهُ فَسَقَطَ مِنْ بَطْنِهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ تُنْشَأَ فِيهِ اَلرُّوحُ مِائَةُ دِينَارٍ وَ هِيَ لِوَرَثَتِهِ وَ دِيَةُ اَلْمَيِّتِ إِذَا قُطِعَ رَأْسُهُ وَ شُقَّ بَطْنُهُ فَلَيْسَتْ هِيَ لِوَرَثَتِهِ إِنَّمَا هِيَ لَهُ دُونَ اَلْوَرَثَةِ" فَقُلْتُ وَ مَا اَلْفَرْقُ بَيْنَهُمَا فَقَالَ "إِنَّ اَلْجَنِينَ أَمْرٌ مُسْتَقْبِلٌ يُرْجَى نَفْعُهُ وَ إِنَّ هَذَا قَدْ مَضَى وَ ذَهَبَتْ مَنْفَعَتُهُ فَلَمَّا مُثِّلَ بِهِ بَعْدَ وَفَاتِهِ صَارَتْ دِيَةُ اَلْمُثْلَةِ لَهُ لاَ لِغَيْرِهِ يُحَجُّ بِهَا عَنْهُ أَوْ يُفْعَلُ بِهَا أَبْوَابُ اَلْبِرِّ مِنْ صَدَقَةٍ وَ غَيْرِ ذَلِكَ " قُلْتُ فَإِنَّهُ دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ لِيَحْفِرَ لَهُ بِئْراً يُغَسِّلُهُ فِيهَا فَسَدِرَ اَلرَّجُلُ فِيمَا يَحْفِرُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ فَمَالَتْ مِسْحَاتُهُ فِي يَدِهِ فَأَصَابَتْ بَطْنَهُ فَشَقَّتْهُ فَمَا عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ "إِنْ كَانَ هَكَذَا فَهُوَ خَطَأٌ وَ إِنَّمَا عَلَيْهِ اَلْكَفَّارَةُ عِتْقُ رَقَبَةٍ أَوْ صِيَامُ شَهْرَيْنِ مُتَتَابِعَيْنِ أَوْ صَدَقَةٌ عَلَى سِتِّينَ مِسْكِيناً مُدٌّ لِكُلِّ مِسْكِينٍ بِمُدِّ اَلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ ".