People who push one another into a well or water

Simak said that Hanash bin al-Mu'tamir said: A pit was dug in Yemen for a lion, and the lion fell into it. The people were pushing and shoving one another at the edge of the well when suddenly a man began to fall into it. He caught hold of a second man, and the second of a third, and in this way four people in all fell into that pit, and all of them died. The people did not understand what they should do about this matter. Then Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) came and said: "If you wish, I will give a judgment between you that will remain in force among you until you reach the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)." And he said: "I will place the burden of the blood money on those who were present at the edge of the well." He made a quarter of the blood money due for the first man who fell into the well, a third of the blood money for the second, half the blood money for the third, and the full blood money for the fourth. They all agreed to this, until they came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and told him (peace and blessings be upon him) of the judgment of Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) upheld that judgment.

Amir said that Masruq said: Six boys went to swim, and one of them drowned. Then three boys testified against two that those two had drowned him, and two testified against three that those three had drowned him. Upon this, Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) ruled that two-fifths of the blood money would be due from those three boys, and three-fifths of the blood money would be due from those two boys.

Al-Sha'bi said that Masruq divided the blood money into seven parts: four parts on three, and three parts on four.

Qatadah said that Khilas said: A man hired four men to dig a well for him. They dug it, and the well caved in on them, and one of them died. The matter was presented to Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), and he made those three liable for three-quarters of the blood money and relieved them of one quarter of the blood money.

Abu Malik said that Ali bin al-Aqmar said: A man hired three men to dig his wall. All of them struck at its foundation and the wall fell on them, and one of them died. They brought the dispute to Shurayh, and he ruled that the remaining two owed two-thirds of the blood money.

Ma'mar said that al-Zuhri was asked about labourers who had been hired to demolish a wall, and the wall fell on them and some of them died. Al-Zuhri made some of them liable for others, so that the blood money is due from those who remain.

Musa bin Ali said that his father said: In the time of Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), a blind man was reciting this verse to the people: "O people, I have met with something unreasonable. Shall a blind man also pay blood money for a sound, seeing man, when the two of them fell together and both had their bones broken?"

Waki' said: They were of the view that a sound man was leading a blind man, and the two of them fell into a well, and the blind man fell on him and either killed him or wounded him, so the blind man was made liable.