وَ رَوَى جَعْفَرُ بْنُ بَشِيرٍ عَنْ مُعَلًّى أَبِي عُثْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ قَوْلِ اَللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: فَمَنْ تَصَدَّقَ بِهِ فَهُوَ كَفّٰارَةٌ لَهُ قَالَ "يُكَفَّرُ عَنْهُ مِنْ ذُنُوبِهِ عَلَى قَدْرِ مَا عَفَا عَنِ اَلْعَمْدِ.
Jafar ibn Bashir narrated from Mualla Abu Uthman from Abu Abdullah (a.s), who said: I asked Imam (a.s) about the saying of Allah (swt), the Almighty and Majestic: "But if one remits it as charity, it is an expiation for him.". (Surah Al-Ma'idah 5:45) Imam (a.s) said: "A portion of his sins will be expiated according to the extent of the forgiveness granted in the case of intentional killing."