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bayhaqi:16400Abū Muḥammad al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī b. al-Muʾammal > Abū ʿUthmān ʿAmr b. ʿAbdullāh al-Baṣrī > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Wahhāb > Jaʿfar b. ʿAwn > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Khilās b. ʿAmr > a man Āstaʾjar Arbaʿah

[Machine] A man hired four people to dig a well, and part of it fell on a man and he died. This matter was brought to Ali, who said, "He (the employer) shall bear three-quarters of the blood money, and the remaining one-quarter shall be lifted from the other three." These are the sayings of Khalas from Ali, which cannot be used as evidence to argue for any further actions. This is based on their own judgment, if there was a negligence in the fall of a part due to their actions.  

البيهقي:١٦٤٠٠أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْمُؤَمَّلِ أنبأ أَبُو عُثْمَانَ عَمْرُو بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْبَصْرِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ أنبأ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ عَوْنٍ أنبأ سَعِيدٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ خِلَاسِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو

أَنَّ رَجُلًا اسْتَأْجَرَ أَرْبَعَةً يَحْفِرُونَ بِئْرًا فَسَقَطَ طَائِفَةٌ مِنْهَا عَلَى رَجُلٍ فَمَاتَ فَرُفِعَ ذَلِكَ إِلَى عَلِيٍّ ؓ قَالَ فَجَعَلَ ؓ عَلَى الثَّلَاثَةِ ثَلَاثَةَ أَرْبَاعِ الدِّيَةِ وَرَفَعَ عَنْهُمُ الرُّبُعَ نَصِيبَ الْمَيِّتِ أَحَادِيثُ خِلَاسٍ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ؓ لَا يُحْتَجُّ بِهَا لِإِرْسَالٍ فِيهَا وَهَذَا عَلَى عَوَاقِلِهِمْ إِنْ كَانَ سُقُوطُ طَائِفَةٍ فِيهَا بِفِعْلِهِمْ  


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suyuti:4-2731bKhallās b. ʿAmr
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السيوطي:٤-٢٧٣١b

"عَنْ خَلَّاسِ بنِ عَمْرٍو: أَنَّ رَجُلًا اسْتَأجَرَ أرْبَعَةً يَحْفِرُونَ بِيرًا فَسَقَطَ طَائِفَةٌ مِنْهَا عَلَى رَجُلٍ فَمَاتَ، فَرُفِعَ ذَلِكَ إِلَى عَلِىٍّ، فَجَعَلَ عَلَى الثَّلَاثَةِ ثلاثة أَرْبَاعِ الدِّيَةِ، وَرَفَعَ عَنْهم الرُّبُعَ نَصِيبَ الْمَيِّتِ".  

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