“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  

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent me to Yemen, and we came to some people who had built a trap for a lion. They began to push one another, and one man fell, so he grabbed onto another one, who then grabbed onto another one, until all four of them ended up in the trap and the lion wounded them. Then a man came and killed the lion with a spear, and they all died of their wounds, The next of kin of the first man went to the next of kin of the last man, and they took out weapons to fight, then ʿAli came to them straight away and said: Do you want to fight one another when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ is still alive? I will judge between you, and if you agree then that is the verdict, otherwise keep away from one another until you go to the Prophet ﷺ and he will be the one who judges between you, then whoever transgresses after that will have no right. Collect from the tribes of those who fell into the hole one quarter of the diyah [blood money], one third of the diyah, one half of the diyah and a complete diyah. For the first man (who fell in) there will be one quarter, because he caused the death of the one who came after him; for the second one there is one third of the diyah; and for the third one there is half of the diyah. They refused to accept that, so they went to the Prophet ﷺ when he was at Maqam Ibraheem and told him the story, and he said: “I will judge between you.” One of the people said: ʿAli has already passed judgement. They told him about it and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ approved it. It was narrated from Hanash that ʿAli ؓ said: The fourth one gets the diyah (blood money] in full.  

بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى الْيَمَنِ فَانْتَهَيْنَا إِلَى قَوْمٍ قَدْ بَنَوْا زُبْيَةً لِلْأَسَدِ فَبَيْنَا هُمْ كَذَلِكَ يَتَدَافَعُونَ إِذْ سَقَطَ رَجُلٌ فَتَعَلَّقَ بِآخَرَ ثُمَّ تَعَلَّقَ رَجُلٌ بِآخَرَ حَتَّى صَارُوا فِيهَا أَرْبَعَةً فَجَرَحَهُمِ الْأَسَدُ فَانْتَدَبَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ بِحَرْبَةٍ فَقَتَلَهُ وَمَاتُوا مِنْ جِرَاحَتِهِمْ كُلُّهُمْ فَقَامَ أَوْلِيَاءُ الْأَوَّلِ إِلَى أَوْلِيَاءِ الْآخِرِ فَأَخْرَجُوا السِّلاحَ لِيَقْتَتِلُوا فَأَتَاهُمْ عَلِيٌّ عَلَى تَفِيئَةِ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ تُرِيدُونَ أَنْ تَقَاتَلُوا وَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حَيٌّ؟ إِنِّي أَقْضِي بَيْنَكُمْ قَضَاءً إِنْ رَضِيتُمْ فَهُوَ الْقَضَاءُ وَإِلا حَجَزَ بَعْضُكُمْ عَنْ بَعْضٍ حَتَّى تَأْتُوا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَيَكُونَ هُوَ الَّذِي يَقْضِي بَيْنَكُمْ فَمَنْ عَدَا بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فَلا حَقَّ لَهُ اجْمَعُوا مِنْ قَبَائِلِ الَّذِينَ حَضَرُوا الْبِئْرَ رُبُعَ الدِّيَةِ وَثُلُثَ الدِّيَةِ وَنِصْفَ الدِّيَةِ وَالدِّيَةَ كَامِلَةً فَلِلْأَوَّلِ الرُّبُعُ لِأَنَّهُ هَلَكَ مَنْ فَوْقَهُ وَلِلثَّانِي ثُلُثُ الدِّيَةِ وَلِلثَّالِثِ نِصْفُ الدِّيَةِ فَأَبَوْا أَنْ يَرْضَوْا فَأَتَوْا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَهُوَ عِنْدَ مَقَامِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ فَقَصُّوا عَلَيْهِ الْقِصَّةَ فَقَالَ أَنَا أَقْضِي بَيْنَكُمْ واحْتَبَى فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ إِنَّ عَلِيًّا قَضَى فِينَا فَقَصُّوا عَلَيْهِ الْقِصَّةَ فَأَجَازَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ  

" 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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