Hazrat Sha’bah says that I asked Hazrat Hakam and Hazrat Hammad about a person who threw fire into the house of some people and as a result those people were burnt. What is the ruling regarding him? Both of these gentlemen replied: There will be no qisas (retaliation) upon him; he will not be killed.

Hazrat Abdul Aziz bin Husain narrates that Hazrat Yahya bin Yahya Ghassani said that a man burned straw in his open land, and the flames of the fire spread until they burned something belonging to his neighbor. He says that I wrote a letter to Hazrat Umar bin Abdul Aziz regarding this matter, and he replied to me: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: There is no compensation for the injury caused by an animal, and in my opinion, there will also be no compensation for the damage caused by fire.

Hazrat Sha’bah states that I asked Hazrat Hakam and Hazrat Hammad about a person who set a house on fire and burned the people inside it. Both of them said: This person will not be killed.