Al-Kāfi - The Book of Haj

Chapter: Expiation for Hunting Wild Animals in the State of al-’ Ihram ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ أَبِي نَصْرٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي حَ٠ْزَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠َى ظَبْياً فَأَصَابَهُ فِي يَدِهِ فَعَرَجَ ٠ِنْهَا قَالَ إِنْ كَانَ الظَّبْيُ ٠َشَى عَلَيْهَا وَرَعَى فَعَلَيْهِ رُبُعُ قِي٠َتِهِ وَإِنْ كَانَ ذَهَبَ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ فَلَ٠َا صَنَعَ فَعَلَيْهِ الْفِدَاءُ لأَنَّهُ لا يَدْرِي لَعَلَّهُ قَدْ هَلَكَ.

He (the Imam) said, ‘If the deer walks and grazes he must pay one-fourth of its value and if it goes away and no one knows what happened to it, he must pay the ransom because he does not know; perhaps it died.’” شهور - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (17/373))