سُئِلَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( عليه السلام ) عَنْ رَجُلٍ ضَرَبَ رَجُلًا عَلَى هَامَتِهِ فَادَّعَى الْمَضْرُوبُ أَنَّهُ لَا يُبْصِرُ شَيْئاً وَ لَا يَشَمُّ الرَّائِحَةَ وَ أَنَّهُ قَدْ ذَهَبَ لِسَانُهُ فَقَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( عليه السلام ) إِنْ صَدَقَ فَلَهُ ثَلَاثُ دِيَاتٍ فَقِيلَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ كَيْفَ يُعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ صَادِقٌ فَقَالَ أَمَّا مَا ادَّعَاهُ أَنَّهُ لَا يَشَمُّ الرَّائِحَةَ فَإِنَّهُ يُدْنَى مِنْهُ الْحُرَاقُ فَإِنْ كَانَ كَمَا يَقُولُ وَ إِلَّا نَحَّى رَأْسَهُ وَ دَمَعَتْ عَيْنُهُ وَ أَمَّا مَا ادَّعَاهُ فِي عَيْنِهِ فَإِنَّهُ يُقَابَلُ بِعَيْنِهِ الشَّمْسُ فَإِنْ كَانَ كَاذِباً لَمْ يَتَمَالَكْ حَتَّى يُغَمِّضَ عَيْنَهُ وَ إِنْ كَانَ صَادِقاً بَقِيَتَا مَفْتُوحَتَيْنِ وَ أَمَّا مَا ادَّعَاهُ فِي لِسَانِهِ فَإِنَّهُ يُضْرَبُ عَلَى لِسَانِهِ بِإِبْرَةٍ فَإِنْ خَرَجَ الدَّمُ أَحْمَرَ فَقَدْ كَذَبَ وَ إِنْ خَرَجَ الدَّمُ أَسْوَدَ فَقَدْ صَدَقَ .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Muhammad Bin Al Waleed, from Muhammad Bin Furaat, from Al Asbagh Bin Nabata who said, ‘Amir Al-Momineen<sup>asws</sup> was asked about a man who struck a man upon his head. So the struck one claimed that he could not visualise anything, nor smell the aromas, and that his tongue had gone. So Amir Al-Momineen<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘If he is speaking the truth, there would be three wergilds for him’. So it was said, ‘O Amir Al-Momineen<sup>asws</sup>! And how does one know that he is truthful?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘As for what he claimed that he could not smell the aromas, the tinder (firewood) would be brought near him. So if it was as he is saying, or else he would turn his head away and his eyes would water. And as for what he is claiming regarding his eyes, so he would be made to turn to face the sun with his eyes. So if he was lying, he would not be able to control himself from closing his eyes, and if he was truthful, they would both remain open. And as for what he claims regarding his tongue, so he would be pricked by a needle upon his tongue, so if the red blood comes out, so he has lied, and if the black blood comes out, so he has spoken truthfully’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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