I asked Ali , "Do you possess anything that is not in the Quran?" On another occasion I asked, "Do you possess anything that other people do not have?"He replied, "By the One who split the seed and created the soul, we have nothing except what is in the Quran, apart from an understanding that Allah grants a man regarding His Book, and what is in this document."I asked, "What is in the document?"He answered, "The rulings on blood-money, the freeing of captives, and that a Muslim is not to be killed in retaliation for a disbeliever."
سألت عليا رضي الله عنه: هل عندكم شيء ما ليس في القرآن. وقال مرة: ما ليس عند الناس؟ فقال: والذي فلق الحبة وبرأ النسمة ما عندنا إلا ما في القرآن- إلا فهما يعطى رجل في كتابه وما في الصحيفة قلت: وما في الصحيفة؟ قال: العقل، وفكاك الأسير، وأن لا يقتل مسلم بكافر.
Bukhari narrated it in the Book of Blood Money (6903) from Sadaqa bin Fadl, who said, Ibn Uyayna informed us, Mutarrif reported to us, he said, I heard Shaybi say, I heard Abu Juhayfa mention it.His saying, "aql" means the blood money. The blood money was named aql, a naming derived from the verbal noun, because the camels used to be tethered (tuqal) in the courtyard of the slain person's next of kin. Then the usage became widespread until aql was applied to the blood money even when it was not camels.Fath al-Bari (12/246).