Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent me to Yemen. I came to some people who had prepared a pit for a lion. While they were there, they began pushing one another. One man among them (began to fall into the pit); he caught hold of a second, and the second caught hold of a third, until four persons fell into it. The lion came and wounded them; then one of the rest took a spear and killed the lion, and all four of those people died from the lion's wounds. The heirs of the first man came to the heirs of the second man and drew their weapons in order to kill him. Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) came to those people; this was immediately after the incident. Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Do you want to kill one another while the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is alive among you? I will give you a judgment; if you are pleased with it, that will count as the judgment. Otherwise, restrain one another (from acting) and then go to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) will judge between you. Whoever transgresses after that will have no right. Collect for me, from the tribes whose people took part in digging this pit, one quarter of a blood money, one third of a blood money, one half of a blood money and one full blood money. The first man will receive a quarter of the blood money, because he caused the destruction of those above him; the second will receive a third of the blood money, and the third will receive half of the blood money." They refused to accept this. Then those people came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) while the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was standing near the Station of Ibrahim, and they told the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) the whole incident. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I will judge between you." Then he sat in the ihtiba' posture (with his knees drawn up). A man among those present said: "Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) has given a judgment about this," and then they related the whole incident, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) upheld that judgment.
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الديات / 10724
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسنادہ ضعیف
Hadith Takhrij«اخرجه احمد فى المسند (573) ، أخرجه مسند أحمد برقم: 574، وأخرجه مسند البزار برقم: 732، وأخرجه إتحاف الخيرة المهرة بزوائد المسانيد العشرة برقم: 4898»