قَضَى أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( عليه السلام ) فِي رَجُلٍ وُجِدَ مَقْتُولًا لَا يُدْرَى مَنْ قَتَلَهُ قَالَ إِنْ كَانَ عُرِفَ وَ كَانَ لَهُ أَوْلِيَاءُ يَطْلُبُونَ دِيَتَهُ أُعْطُوا دِيَتَهُ مِنْ بَيْتِ مَالِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَ لَا يَبْطُلُ دَمُ امْرِئٍ مُسْلِمٍ لِأَنَّ مِيرَاثَهُ لِلْإِمَامِ ( عليه السلام ) فَكَذَلِكَ تَكُونُ دِيَتُهُ عَلَى الْإِمَامِ وَ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَيْهِ وَ يَدْفِنُونَهُ قَالَ وَ قَضَى فِي رَجُلٍ زَحَمَهُ النَّاسُ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ فِي زِحَامِ النَّاسِ فَمَاتَ أَنَّ دِيَتَهُ مِنْ بَيْتِ مَالِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad and Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, both together from Ibn Mahboub, from Abdullah Bin Sinan, and Abdullah Bin Bukeyr, both together, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> having said: ‘Amir Al-Momineen<sup>asws</sup> judged regarding a man who found a killed person and it was not known who killed him. He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘If it was known and there were guardians who were seeking his wergild, they would be given his wergild from the public treasury of the Muslims, and the blood of a Muslim person would not be invalidated, because his inheritance is for the Imam<sup>asws</sup>. Thus, like that, his wergild would happen to be upon the Imam<sup>asws</sup>, and he<sup>asws</sup> would Pray over him, and bury him’. He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘And he<sup>asws</sup> judged regarding a man who was crushed by the crowd in the throng of the people, so he said, ‘His wergild is from the public treasury of the Muslims’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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