كَانَ عَلِيٌّ ( عليه السلام ) يَقُولُ تُسْتَأْدَى دِيَةُ الْخَطَإِ فِي ثَلَاثِ سِنِينَ وَ تُسْتَأْدَى دِيَةُ الْعَمْدِ فِي سَنَةٍ .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, and Ali Bin Ibrahim from his father, both together from Ibn Mahboub, from Abu Wallad, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> having said: ‘Ali<sup>asws</sup> was saying: ‘You have to pay the wergild of the erroneous (killing) within three years, and you have to pay the wergild of the deliberate (killing) within one year’.
Book (Kitab)كِتَابُ الدِّيَاتِ
Chapter (Bab)باب الدِّيَةِ فِي قَتْلِ الْعَمْدِ وَ الْخَطَإِ
CollectionAl-Kafi
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