سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) عَنْ رَجُلٍ قُتِلَ وَ لَهُ أَوْلَادٌ صِغَارٌ وَ كِبَارٌ أَ رَأَيْتَ إِنْ عَفَا الْأَوْلَادُ الْكِبَارُ قَالَ فَقَالَ لَا يُقْتَلُ وَ يَجُوزُ عَفْوُ الْأَوْلَادِ الْكِبَارِ فِي حِصَصِهِمْ فَإِذَا كَبِرَ الصِّغَارُ كَانَ لَهُمْ أَنْ يَطْلُبُوا حِصَصَهُمْ مِنَ الدِّيَةِ .
Translation
Ibn Mahboub, from Abu Wallad who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> about a man who was killed and for him were young children, and older ones. What is your<sup>asws</sup> view that if the older children forgive?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘He would not be killed, and the forgiveness of the older children is allowed regarding their share. So when the young ones become older, it would be for them to invalidate (forgive) their shares from the wergild’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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