Al-Kafi 14296

Translation

And by the first chain, He^asws said: ‘And when the upper lip is cut and is eradicated, so its wergild is five hundred Dinars. So whatever was cut from it, so its accounting would be based upon that. So, when it is cut to the extent that the teeth emerge from it, then medication is applied and it is cured and complete, so its wergild is one hundred Dinars. So that is a fifth of the wergild of the lip when it is cut and is eradicated, and whatever was cut from it, so its accounting would be by that. So if it is torn, so it manifests an ugliness, so its wergild is one hundred and thirty three Dinars and one-third of a Dinar. And wergild of the lower lip when it is eradicated, is one-third of the wergild, being six hundred and sixty six Dinars and two-thirds of a Dinar. So whatever is cut from it, so it would be based upon that accounting. So if it is torn to the extent that the teeth emerge from it, then it is cured and complete, so its wergild is one hundred and thirty three Dinars and one-third of a Dinar. And if it is hit, so it manifests an ugliness, so its wergild is three hundred and thirty three Dinars and one-third of a Dinar, and that is half its wergild’. And in a report of Zareyf Bin Nasih who said, ‘So I asked Abu Abdullah^asws about that, so he^asws said: ‘It has reached us^asws that Amir Al-Momineen^asws preferred it (the lower lip) because it withholds the food along with the teeth, therefore it was due to that, that he^asws preferred it in his^asws judgements’.

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