The Foundations and Arguments for Attaching the Holy Shrines to Haram in terms of Blood Money Increase and Postponement of Executing the Sentence

The present article seeks to answer the question whether from the viewpoint of Imami jurists the holy shrines are attached to Mecca Haram in terms of blood money increase and postponement of executing the sentence. In answering this question, as regards blood money increase, some jurists have accepted the increase and some others have refused it. But as far as postponement of executing the sentence is concerned, jurists are divided into three categories; a group have refused the attachment; a second group have become hesitant and a third group have accepted attachment. The findings of this article show that holy shrines affect blood money increase and postponement of executing the sentence; since most jurists have mentioned respecting the holy shrines as the reason for this attachment. It should be noted that with regard postponement of executing the punishment, in addition to the necessity of respecting these sites, the narrated Hadiths, the principle of precaution and the narrations concerning repellence of Hadd reinforce the attachment opinion.