1. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn Khalid from Muhammad ibn Ali from Muhammad ibn Aslam from Ibrahim ibn al-Fadl from Aban ibn Taghlib who has said the following: “I once said to abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), ‘I may find on my way a beautiful woman but I am not certain if she is married or is a prostitute.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘It is not your responsibility; you can accept her words.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

2. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from al-Husayn ibn Sa‘id from Fadalah from Muyassir who has said the following: “I once said to abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), ‘I may find a woman in the wilderness where she has no one and I ask her if she has a husband. She says that she does not have a husband; if I can marry her. He (the Imam) said, ‘Yes, you can do so; her words are accepted.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.