Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘It is incumbent upon the Imam to imprison the reckless from among the scholars, the ignorant from among the physicians, and the bankrupt from among the lease-holders.’
Reference:[Tahdhib al-Ahkam, v. 10, p. 142, no. 569]
Description: It is narrated in al-Kafi: Verily the Commander of the Faithful (a.s.) restricted imprisonment to only three cases: a man consuming the property of an orphan unlawfully, or usurping it, or a man who takes off with what he has been entrusted with.
إنّ أميرَ المؤمنينَ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) كانَ لا يَري الحَبْسَ إلّا في ثلاثٍ : رجُلٌ أكلَ مالَ اليَتيمِ، أو غَصَبهُ ، أو رجُلٌ اؤتُمِنَ علي أمانَةٍ فَذَهبَ بِها.
Reference:[From Mizan al Hikmat -- al-Kafi, v. 7, p. 263, no. 21]
Description: Imam al-Sadiq (a.s.) said, ‘A man was brought to the Commander of the Faithful (a.s.), who had bailed the life of another man. He imprisoned him, saying, ‘Ask for your companion now.’
Reference:[From Mizan al Hikmat -- Wasa’il al-Shi’ah, v. 13, p. 156, no. 1]
Description: Imam al-Baqir (a.s.) 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.’
الإمامُ الباقرُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) ـ في رجُلٍ أمَرَ رجُلاً بقَتلِ رجُلٍ فقَتلَهُ ـ : يُقْتَلُ بهِ الّذي قَتَلَهُ ، ويُحْبَسُ الآمِرُ بقَتْلِهِ في السِّجْنِ حتّي يَموتَ.
Reference:[From Mizan al Hikmat -- al-Kafi, v. 7, p. 285, no. 1]
Description: Imam al-Sadiq (a.s.) said, ‘Only three types of people are imprisoned for life: he who holds another hostage to prevent himself from being killed, the woman who becomes an apostate, and the one who steals even after having had his hand and foot cut [as corporal punishment for previous thefts].’
Reference:[From Mizan al Hikmat -- Mustadrak al-Wasa’il, v. 18, p. 36, no. 21943]
Description:
Imam al-Sadiq (a.s.) said, ‘It is the duty of the Imam to release the prisoners on financial charges on Fridays and ‘Ayd [religious festivals] to observe the congregational prayer. He may send them guarded, and when they complete the prayers and the feast, he should return them to the prison.’
الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : علي الإمامِ أنْ يُخرِجَ المَحْبوسينَ في الدَّينِ يَومَ الجُمُعةِ إلي الجُمُعةِ ، ويَومَ العِيدِ إلي العِيدِ ، فيُرسِلَ مَعهُم ، فإذا قَضَوُا الصَّلاةَ والعِيدَ رَدّهُم إلي السِّجنِ .
Reference:[From Mizan al Hikmat -- al-Faqih, v. 3, p. 31, no. 3265]