سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يُقْتَلُ وَ يَتْرُكُ دَيْناً وَ لَيْسَ لَهُ مَالٌ فَيَأْخُذُ أَوْلِيَاؤُهُ الدِّيَةَ أَ عَلَيْهِمْ أَنْ يَقْضُوا دَيْنَهُ قَالَ نَعَمْ قُلْتُ وَ إِنْ لَمْ يَتْرُكْ شَيْئاً قَالَ نَعَمْ إِنَّمَا أَخَذُوا دِيَتَهُ فَعَلَيْهِمْ أَنْ يَقْضُوا دَيْنَهُ .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al Noman, from Yahys Al Azraq who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> about the man who was murdered and left debts, and there was not wealth for him. So his guardians took the wergild. Is it upon them to pay off his debts?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Yes’. I said, ‘And if he had not left anything?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Yes. But rather, they took the wergild, therefore it is upon them that they pay off his debts’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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