Al-Kafi 14145

Translation

A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Abu Abdullah, from Abu Al Khazraj, from Fuzayl Bin Usman Al Awr, from Al Zahry who said, ‘I was an office bearer for the Clan of Umayya, so I killed a man. So I asked Ali^asws Bin Al-Husayn^asws after that, how I should deal with it, so he^asws said: ‘Present the wergild to his people’. So I presented it, but they refused, and I strived, but they (still) refused. So I informed Ali^asws Bin Al-Husayn^asws of that, so he^asws said: ‘Go with a number of your people, so let them bear witness upon them’. So I did it, but they refused. So they bore witness upon them. So I returned to Ali^asws Bin Al-Husayn^asws and informed him^asws. He^asws said: ‘Take the wergild and make separate packages of these, then go to the door (of the guardians of the killed one) during the time of <span class="iTxt">Al-Zuhr</span>, or <span class="iTxt">Al-Fajr</span>, so throw these in the doorways. So the one who takes anything, so it would be counted for you with regards to the wergild. So when it is the time of Al-Zuhr and <span class="iTxt">Al-Fajr</span>, during these timings the people of the house come out’. Al-Zahry said, ‘I did that, and had it not been for Ali^asws Bin Al-Husayn^asws, I would have been destroyed’. He (the narrator) said, ‘And one of our companions has narrated to me that Al-Zahry had struck a man with ulcerated wounds, so he had died from his strike’.

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