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2348. It was narrated that Zaid bin Arqam said: "A case was brought to 'Ali bin Abu Tālib when he was in Yemen, concerning three men who had had intercourse with a woman during one period of being free from menses. He asked two of them: "Do you affirm that this child belongs to (the third man)?" And they said: "No." He asked another two of them: "Do you affirm that this child belongs to (the third man)?" And they said: "No." Every time he asked two of them whether they affirmed that the child belonged to the third, they would say no. So he cast lots between them, and attributed the child to the one whose name was
chosen in this manner, and obliged him to pay two thirds of the Diyah.[1] The Prophet ﷺ was told of this, and he smiled so broadly that his back teeth became visible. (Da'if)
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A free human cannot be sold at all; therefore, the human cannot be priced. But in case of a mistaken killing, etc., the blood money is fixed at one hundred camels. 'Ali ﷺ proved this amount as a price of the victim.
If a case were to come about for which there is no exact and precise information in the Qur'an and Hadith, then the decision should be made in the light of dedicated jurisprudence and analogy. But following the juristic and analogical opinion, in the presence of clear and precise wording of the Shari'ah, is unlawful.
Although the habit of laughing a lot is disliked, if a matter of happiness or surprise occurs, then laughing for it is not contrary to the virtue of a scholar or an elderly person.
