440 - مَن يُخَلَّدُ فِي السِّجنِ‏

440. The One Imprisoned for Life

1361.الإمامُ الباقرُ عليه السلام - في رجُلٍ أمَرَ رجُلاً بقَتلِ‏رجُلٍ فقَتلَهُ - : يُقْتَلُ بهِ الّذي قَتَلَهُ ، ويُحْبَسُ الآمِرُ بقَتْلِهِ في السِّجْنِ حتّى‏ يَموتَ .¹

1361.Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, about a man who had ordered another man to kill someone, which he had done - 'He who killed him must be killed, and he who ordered the killing must be imprisoned until he dies.' ²

1362.الإمامُ الصّادق عليه السلام: قَضى‏ عَلِيٌّ عليه السلام في رَجُلَينِ أمسَكَ أحَدُهُما وقَتَلَ الآخَرُ فَقالَ : يُقتَلُ القاتِلُ ويُحبَسُ‏الآخَرُ حَتّى‏ يَموتَ غَمّاً كَما حَبَسَهُ عَلَيهِ حَتّى‏ ماتَ غَمّاً³ .

1362.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'Imam Ali (AS) passed on a judgment between two people, jailing one and killing the other, and he (AS) said, 'The killer is to be killed and the other is to be jailed until he dies with dismay the same way he jailed the prisoner and made him die in dismay.' ⁴