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Hadith 232
Hadith #
232
Book
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume
4
Section
22
Part
Content
Chapter
Chapter on Retaliation (qisas) and the Amount of Blood Money (diyyah)
Source
Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq
۞
Hadith.5201 - Al-Hasan ibn Mahbub narrated from Abd Al-Rahman ibn Al-Hajjaj, who said
I heard Ibn Abi Layla say, "In the pre-Islamic era, the blood money (diyyah) was one hundred camels, and the Messenger of Allah (swt) (peace be upon him and his family) affirmed it. Then he imposed on the people of cattle two hundred cows, on the people of sheep one thousand sheep, and on the people of garments one hundred garments." Abd Al-Rahman said: 'I asked Abu Abdullah (as) about what Ibn Abi Layla narrated, and Imam (as) said: "Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (as) used to say: 'The blood money is one thousand dinars, and the value of a dinar is ten dirhams. For the people of gold, it is one thousand dinars; for the people of silver, it is ten thousand dirhams; for the people of the cities, it is ten thousand; for the people of the deserts, the blood money is one hundred camels; and for the people of the villages, it is two hundred cows or one thousand sheep.'"
5201 - وَ رَوَى اَلْحَسَنُ بْنُ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اَلرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ اَلْحَجَّاجِ قَالَ
سَمِعْتُ اِبْنَ أَبِي لَيْلَى يَقُولُ: كَانَتِ اَلدِّيَةُ فِي اَلْجَاهِلِيَّةِ مِائَةً مِنَ اَلْإِبِلِ فَأَقَرَّهَا رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ فَرَضَ عَلَى أَهْلِ اَلْبَقَرِ مِائَتَيْ بَقَرَةٍ وَ فَرَضَ عَلَى أَهْلِ اَلشَّاةِ أَلْفَ شَاةٍ وَ عَلَى أَهْلِ اَلْحُلَلِ مِائَةَ حُلَّةٍ قَالَ عَبْدُ اَلرَّحْمَنِ فَسَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَمَّا رَوَاهُ اِبْنُ أَبِي لَيْلَى فَقَالَ "كَانَ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ يَقُولُ "اَلدِّيَةُ أَلْفُ دِينَارٍ وَ قِيمَةُ اَلدِّينَارِ عَشَرَةُ دَرَاهِمَ وَ عَلَى أَهْلِ اَلذَّهَبِ أَلْفُ دِينَارٍ وَ عَلَى أَهْلِ اَلْوَرِقِ عَشَرَةُ آلاَفِ دِرْهَمٍ وَ عَشَرَةُ آلاَفٍ لِأَهْلِ اَلْأَمْصَارِ وَ لِأَهْلِ اَلْبَوَادِي اَلدِّيَةُ مِائَةٌ مِنَ اَلْإِبِلِ وَ لِأَهْلِ اَلسَّوَادِ مِائَتَا بَقَرَةٍ أَوْ أَلْفُ شَاةٍ" ".
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