“Woe to you! Would you kill two hundred people for four men? Come and I will judge between you, if you accept it (all well and good), otherwise refer the matter to the Prophet ﷺ.” He ruled that one quarter of the diyah should be given for the first one, one third of the diyah for the second one, half of the diyah for the third one and the complete diyah for the fourth one. Some of them accepted it and some of them did not like it. And he imposed the diyah on the tribes of the people who had crowded one another in that place. So they referred the matter to the Prophet ﷺ. Bahz said: Hammad said: I think he said: He was reclining, then he sat up and said: “I shall judge between you.” Then he was told that ‘Ali ؓ had issued such and such a verdict, and he approved of it, ʿAffan said: ʿI shall judge between you.”  

أَنَّ عَلِيًّا كَانَ بِالْيَمَنِ فَاحْتَفَرُوا زُبْيَةً لِلأسَدِ فَجَاءَ حَتَّى وَقَعَ فِيهَارَجُلٌ وَتَعَلَّقَ بِآخَرَ وَتَعَلَّقَ الْآخَرُ بِآخَرَ وَتَعَلَّقَ الْآخَرُ بِآخَرَ حَتَّى صَارُوا أَرْبَعَةً فَجَرَحَهُمِ الْأَسَدُ فِيهَا فَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ مَاتَ فِيهَا وَمِنْهُمْ مَنِ أخْرِجَ فَمَاتَ قَالَ فَتَنَازَعُوا فِي ذَلِكَ حَتَّى أَخَذُوا السِّلاحَ قَالَ فَأَتَاهُمْ عَلِيٌّ فَقَالَ وَيْلَكُمْ تَقْتُلُونَ مِائَتَيِ إنْسَانٍ فِي شَأْنِ أَرْبَعَةِ أَنَاسِيَّ تَعَالَوْا أَقْضِ بَيْنَكُمْ بِقَضَاءٍ فَإِنْ رَضِيتُمْ بِهِ وَإِلا فَارْتَفِعُوا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ فَقَضَى لِلأوَّلِ رُبُعَ دِيَتِهٍ وَلِلثَّانِي ثُلُثَ دِِيَتِهِ وَلِلثَّالِثِ نِصْفَ دِيَتِهِ وَلِلرَّابِعِ الدِّيَةُ كَامِلَةً قَالَ فَرَضِيَ بَعْضُهُمْ وَكَرِهَ بَعْضُهُمْ وَجَعَلَ الدِّيَةَ عَلَى قَبَائِلِ الَّذِينَ ازْدَحَمُوا قَالَ فَارْتَفَعُوا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ بَهْزٌ قَالَ حَمَّادٌ أَحْسَبُهُ قَالَ كَانَ مُتَّكِئًا فَاحْتَبَى قَالَ سَأَقْضِي بَيْنَكُمْ بِقَضَاءٍ قَالَ فَأُخْبِرَ أَنَّ عَلِيًّا قَضَى بِكَذَا وَكَذَا قَالَ فَأَمْضَى قَضَاءَهُ قَالَ عَفَّانُ سَأَقْضِي بَيْنَكُمْ  

[Machine] "When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent me to Yemen, a group of people dug a pit for the lion, and the people crowded around the pit. A man fell into it and another man held onto him, and the others held onto one another until there were four of them. The lion injured them in the pit and they all perished. The people then took up arms and almost fought amongst themselves. I came to them and said, 'Are you willing to kill two hundred men for the sake of four individuals? Come, let me decide between you through a just judgment. If you agree to it, it will be a fair judgment between you. But if you refuse, I will refer the matter to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , who is the most rightful to judge.' So, I decided that the owner of the pit should pay one-fourth of the blood money (diyah) for the first person, one-third for the second person, half for the third person, and the full blood money for the fourth person. The blood money was to be paid by those present at the pit, from the four different tribes. Some of them were displeased, while others were satisfied. Then they all came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and narrated the story to him. He said, 'I will decide between you,' and then a person said, 'Ali has already judged between us.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was informed about Ali's judgment, and he said, 'The judgment is as Ali has judged.' This narration is from Hammad, and Qays also reported it. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ confirmed Ali's judgment."  

لَمَّا بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى الْيَمَنِ حَفَرَ قَوْمٌ زُبْيَةً لِلْأَسَدِ فَازْدَحَمَ النَّاسُ عَلَى الزُّبْيَةِ وَوَقَعَ فِيهَا الْأَسَدُ فَوَقَعَ فِيهَا رَجُلٌ وَتَعَلَّقَ بِرَجُلٍ وَتَعَلَّقَ الْآخَرُ بِآخَرَ حَتَّى صَارُوا أَرْبَعَةً فَجَرَحَهُمُ الْأَسَدُ فِيهَا فَهَلَكُوا وَحَمَلَ الْقَوْمُ السِّلَاحَ فَكَادَ أَنْ يَكُونَ بَيْنَهُمْ قِتَالٌ قَالَ فَأَتَيْتُهُمْ فَقُلْتُ أَتَقْتُلُونَ مِائَتَيْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَجْلِ أَرْبَعَةِ أُنَاسٍ تَعَالَوْا أَقْضِ بَيْنَكُمْ بِقَضَاءٍ فَإِنْ رَضِيتُمُوهُ فَهُوَ قَضَاءٌ بَيْنَكُمْ وَإِنْ أَبَيْتُمْ رَفَعْتُمْ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِالْقَضَاءِ قَالَ فَجَعَلَ لِلْأَوَّلِ رُبُعَ الدِّيَةِ وَجَعَلَ لِلثَّانِي ثُلُثَ الدِّيَةِ وَجَعَلَ لِلثَّالِثِ نِصْفَ الدِّيَةِ وَجَعَلَ لِلرَّابِعِ الدِّيَةَ وَجَعَلَ الدِّيَاتِ عَلَى مَنْ حَضَرَ الزُّبْيَةَ عَلَى الْقَبَائِلِ الْأَرْبَعَةِ فَسَخِطَ بَعْضُهُمْ وَرَضِيَ بَعْضُهُمْ ثُمَّ قَدِمُوا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَصُّوا عَلَيْهِ الْقِصَّةَ فَقَالَ أَنَا أَقْضِي بَيْنَكُمْ فَقَالَ قَائِلٌ فَإِنَّ عَلِيًّا ؓ قَدْ قَضَى بَيْنَنَا فَأَخْبَرَهُ بِمَا قَضَى عَلِيٌّ ؓ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْقَضَاءُ كَمَا يَقْضِي عَلِيٌّ قَالَ هَذَا حَمَّادٌ وَقَالَ قَيْسٌ فَأَمْضَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَضَاءَ عَلِيٍّ ؓ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent me to Yemen and mentioned this story. Then Ali said, "Gather together the tribes who have contributed a fourth of the diya (blood money), a third of the diya, half of the diya, and those who have paid the diya in full. The first fourth is to be paid because it has caused the death of the one who should be paid the diya, the second third is to be paid because it has caused the death of the one above it, the third half is to be paid because it has caused the death of the one above it, and the fourth full diya is to be paid." Hannash claimed that some of the people disliked this, so they came to the Prophet ﷺ and met him at the station of Ibrahim, ﷺ , and told him the story. The Prophet ﷺ covered himself with his garment and then said, "I will decide among you." A man from the people said, "Ali has decided among us," so they informed him of the story, and he approved it. This hadith was sent in its entirety, and Hannash ibn Al-Mutamir is not reliable in it.  

بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى الْيَمَنِ فَذَكَرَ هَذِهِ الْقِصَّةَ ثُمَّ قَالَ قَالَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ اجْمَعُوا فِي الْقَبَائِلِ الَّذِينَ حَضَرُوا رُبُعَ الدِّيَةِ وَثُلُثَ الدِّيَةِ وَنِصْفَ الدِّيَةِ وَالدِّيَةَ كَامِلَةً فَلِلْأَوَّلِ الرُّبُعُ مِنْ أَجْلِ أَنَّهُ أَهْلَكَ مَنْ يَلِيهِ وَالثَّانِي ثُلُثُ الدِّيَةِ مِنْ أَجْلِ أَنَّهُ أَهْلَكَ مَنْ فَوْقَهُ وَالثَّالِثُ نِصْفُ الدِّيَةِ مِنْ أَجْلِ أَنَّهُ أَهْلَكَ مَنْ فَوْقَهُ وَالرَّابِعُ الدِّيَةُ كَامِلَةً فَزَعَمَ حَنَشٌ أَنَّ بَعْضَ الْقَوْمِ كَرِهَ ذَلِكَ حَتَّى أَتَوَا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَلَقُوهُ عِنْدَ مَقَامِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فَقَصُّوا عَلَيْهِ الْقِصَّةَ فَاحْتَبَى بُرْدَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَنَا أَقْضِي بَيْنَكُمْ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ إِنَّ عَلِيًّا قَضَى بَيْنَنَا فَقَصُّوا عَلَيْهِ الْقِصَّةَ فَأَجَازَهُ فَهَذَا الْحَدِيثُ قَدْ أُرْسِلَ آخِرُهُ وَحَنَشُ بْنُ الْمُعْتَمِرِ غَيْرُ مُحْتَجٍّ بِهِ  

" عن عَلِىٍّ قالَ: بَعَثَنِى رَسولُ الله ﷺ إلَى اليَمنِ فَانْتَهَينَا إِلَى قَوْمٍ قَدْ بَنَوا زُبْيةً لِلأَسَدِ، فَبيْنمَا هُم كَذَلِكَ يَتَدَافَعونَ إذْ سَقَطَ رَجُلٌ فَتعَلَّقَ بآخَرَ، ثُمَّ تَعَلَّقَ رَجُلٌ بآخَرَ حَتَّى صَاروا فِيهَا أَرْبَعةً فَجَرحَهمُ الأسَدُ، فَانْتَدَبَ لَه رَجُلٌ بحَرْبَة فَقَتَلَه، وَمَاتُوا مِنْ جِرَاحِهِم كُلُّهُمْ فَقَامَ أوْلِياءُ الأَوَّلِ إلَى أوْلِياء الثَّانى فَأَخرَجوا السِّلَاحَ ليَقْتتِلوا فَأَتاهُم عَلِىُّ عَلَى تَفِيئَةِ ذَلِك، فَقَالَ: تُرِيدون أَنْ تَقْتَتِلُواَ ورَسولُ الله ﷺ حَىٌّ، إِنِّى أَقْضِى بَيْنَكُم بقَضَاءٍ إنْ رَضِيتُم فَهُو القَضاءُ، وإلاَّ حَجَزَ بَعْضُكُم عَلَى بَعْضٍ حَتَّى تأتُوا النَّبِىَّ ﷺ فَيَكُونَ هُو الَّذى يَقْضِى بَيْنَكم، فَمَنْ عَدَا بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فَلاَ حَقَّ لهُ، اجْمَعُوا منْ قَبَائِلِ الذَّين حَفَرُوا البِئْرَ رُبُعَ الِّديَةِ وَثُلُثَ الدِّيَةِ، وَنِصْفَ الدِّيَةِ كَاملَةً، فللأَوَّلِ الرُّبُعُ؛ لأِنَّه هَلَكَ مَنْ فَوْقَهُ، وللَثَّانِى ثُلُثُ الدِّيَةِ، وللِثَّالِثِ نِصْفُ الدِّيَةِ، وللرَّابع الدِّيَةُ، فَأبَوْا أَنْ يَرْضَوْا، فَأَتَوُا النَّبِىَّ ﷺ وَهو عِندَ مَقَامِ إبرَاهيمَ فَقَصُّوا عَلَيْهَ القصَّةَ فقَال: أَنَا أَقْضِى بَيْنَكُم، واحْتَبى، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ القَومِ إنَّ عَليًّا قَضَى بَيْنَنَا، فَقَصُّوا عَلَيْه، فَأجَازَه النَّبِىُّ ﷺ وَفِى لَفْظٍ: فَقَال النَّبِىُّ ﷺ : القَضَاءُ كَما قَضَى عَلِىٌّ ".

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