Children & Parenting

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ لَاعَنَ امْرَأَتَهُ فَحَلَفَ أَرْبَعَ شَهَادَاتٍ بِاللَّهِ ثُمَّ نَكَلَ فِي الْخَامِسَةِ قَالَ إِنْ نَكَلَ فِي الْخَامِسَةِ فَهِيَ امْرَأَتُهُ وَ جُلِدَ وَ إِنْ نَكَلَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ إِذَا كَانَتِ الْيَمِينُ عَلَيْهَا فَعَلَيْهَا مِثْلُ ذَلِكَ قَالَ وَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الْمُلَاعَنَةِ قَائِماً يُلَاعِنُ أَوْ قَاعِداً قَالَ الْمُلَاعَنَةُ وَ مَا أَشْبَهَهَا مِنْ قِيَامٍ قَالَ وَ سَأَلْت

“I once asked him (the Imam) (a.s.), about the case of a man who goes through the process of al-Li ‘an (condemnation) against his woman and testifies swearing by Allah four times but declines the fifth time. He (the Imam) said, ‘If he declines the fifth time she is his woman but he is whipped. If the woman declines whe

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ رَجُلٍ لَاعَنَ امْرَأَتَهُ وَ هِيَ حُبْلَى قَدِ اسْتَبَانَ حَمْلُهَا فَأَنْكَرَ مَا فِي بَطْنِهَا فَلَمَّا وَضَعَتْ ادَّعَاهُ وَ أَقَرَّ بِهِ وَ زَعَمَ أَنَّهُ مِنْهُ قَالَ فَقَالَ يُرَدُّ إِلَيْهِ وَلَدُهُ وَ يَرِثُهُ وَ لَا يُجْلَدُ لِأَنَّ اللِّعَانَ قَدْ مَضَى.

“I once asked abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of a man who has gone through the process of al-Li‘an (condemnation) against his wife who is pregnant and her pregnancy has become clear but denies what is in her womb. When the child is born, he claims the child, keeps him close, and thinks that the child is his chi

لَا يَكُونُ اللِّعَانُ إِلَّا بِنَفْيِ وَلَدٍ وَ قَالَ إِذَا قَذَفَ الرَّجُلُ امْرَأَتَهُ لَاعَنَهَا[1].

‘al-Li‘an (condemnation) does not take place without denying the child.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘When a man accuses his woman he can go through the process of al-Li‘an (condemnation) against her.’”

إِنَّ ابْنَ شُبْرُمَةَ قَالَ الطَّلَاقُ لِلرَّجُلِ فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع الطَّلَاقُ لِلنِّسَاءِ وَ تِبْيَانُ ذَلِكَ أَنَّ الْعَبْدَ يَكُونُ تَحْتَهُ الْحُرَّةُ فَيَكُونُ تَطْلِيقُهَا ثَلَاثاً وَ يَكُونُ الْحُرُّ تَحْتَهُ الْأَمَةُ فَيَكُونُ طَلَاقُهَا تَطْلِيقَتَيْنِ.

Abu Ali Al Ashary, from Muhammad Bin Abdul Jabbar, and Al Razzaz, from Ayoub Bin Nuh, from Safwan Bin Yahya, from Ays Bin Al Qasim who said, ‘Ibn Shubrama (a judge) said, ‘The divorce is for the men’. So Abu Abdullah asws said: ‘The divorce is for the women, and the proof of that is that the slave happens to have the f

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنِ الْأَمَةِ إِذَا طُلِّقَتْ مَا عِدَّتُهَا قَالَ حَيْضَتَانِ‌ أَوْ شَهْرَانِ حَتَّى تَحِيضَ قُلْتُ فَإِنْ تُوُفِّيَ عَنْهَا زَوْجُهَا فَقَالَ إِنَّ عَلِيّاً ع قَالَ فِي أُمَّهَاتِ الْأَوْلَادِ لَا يَتَزَوَّجْنَ حَتَّى يَعْتَدِدْنَ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَ عَشْراً وَ هُنَّ إِمَاءٌ.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al Noman, from Ibn Muskan, from Suleyman Bin Khalid who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah asws about the slave girl when she is divorced, what is her waiting period?’ He asws said: ‘Two menstruations, or two months, until she menstruates’. I said, ‘Supposing her husba

فِي رَجُلٍ كَانَتْ لَهُ أَمَةٌ فَوَطِئَهَا ثُمَّ أَعْتَقَهَا وَ قَدْ حَاضَتْ عِنْدَهُ حَيْضَةً بَعْدَ مَا وَطِئَهَا قَالَ تَعْتَدُّ بِحَيْضَتَيْنِ. - قَالَ ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ وَ فِي حَدِيثٍ آخَرَ تَعْتَدُّ بِثَلَاثِ حِيَضٍ‌

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hammad, from Al Halby, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said regarding a man who had a slave girl for him, so he copulated with her, then freed her, and she had menstruated when with him, a menstruation after him having copulated with her. H

فِي رَجُلٍ أَعْتَقَ أُمَّ وَلَدِهِ ثُمَّ تُوُفِّيَ عَنْهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ تَنْقَضِيَ عِدَّتُهَا قَالَ تَعْتَدُّ بِأَرْبَعَةِ أَشْهُرٍ وَ عَشْرٍ وَ إِنْ كَانَتْ حُبْلَى اعْتَدَّتْ بِأَبْعَدِ الْأَجَلَيْنِ‌[3].

Ali, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Jameel Bin Darraj, from one of his companions, ‘He asws said regarding a man who emancipated a mother of his children, then died from her before she had fulfilled her waiting period. He asws said: ‘She would observe the waiting period of four months and ten (days), and if

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ أَعْتَقَ وَلِيدَتَهُ عِنْدَ الْمَوْتِ فَقَالَ عِدَّتُهَا عِدَّةُ الْحُرَّةِ الْمُتَوَفَّى عَنْهَا زَوْجُهَا أَرْبَعَةُ أَشْهُرٍ وَ عَشْرٌ قَالَ وَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ أَعْتَقَ وَلِيدَتَهُ وَ هُوَ حَيٌّ وَ قَدْ كَانَ يَطَؤُهَا فَقَالَ عِدَّتُهَا عِدَّةُ الْحُرَّةِ الْمُطَلَّقَةِ ثَلَاثَةُ قُرُوءٍ.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Ali Bin Abu Hamza, from Abu Baseer, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws , said, ‘I asked him asws about a man who emancipated a mother of his child during the death. So he asws said: ‘Her waiting period is a waiting period of the free wo

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع الرَّجُلُ تَكُونُ عِنْدَهُ السُّرِّيَّةُ لَهُ وَ قَدْ وَلَدَتْ مِنْهُ وَ قَدْ مَاتَ وَلَدُهَا ثُمَّ يُعْتِقُهَا قَالَ لَا يَحِلُّ لَهَا أَنْ تَتَزَوَّجَ حَتَّى تَنْقَضِيَ عِدَّتُهَا ثَلَاثَةُ أَشْهُرٍ.

Ibn Mahboub, from Sa’dan Bin Muslim, from Abu Baseer who said, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah asws , ‘The man happens to have a concubine of his with him, and she had given birth from him, and her child had died. Then he emancipated her’. He asws said: ‘It is not Permissible for her that he marries until she fulfills her wait

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ‌ كَانَتْ لَهُ أُمُّ وَلَدٍ فَزَوَّجَهَا مِنْ رَجُلٍ فَأَوْلَدَهَا غُلَاماً ثُمَّ إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ مَاتَ فَرَجَعَتْ إِلَى سَيِّدِهَا أَ لَهُ أَنْ يَطَأَهَا قَالَ تَعْتَدُّ مِنَ الزَّوْجِ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَ عَشَرَةَ أَيَّامٍ ثُمَّ يَطَؤُهَا بِالْمِلْكِ بِغَيْرِ نِكَاحٍ.

Ibn Mahboub, from Wahab Bin Abd Rabbihi, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws , said, ‘I asked him asws about a man who had a mother of his child for him, so he married her to a man, so she gave birth to a boy. Then the man died. So she returned to her master. Is it for him that he copulates with her?’ He asws

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ حُرٍّ كَانَتْ تَحْتَهُ أَمَةٌ فَطَلَّقَهَا طَلَاقاً بَائِناً ثُمَّ اشْتَرَاهَا هَلْ يَحِلُّ لَهُ أَنْ يَطَأَهَا قَالَ لَا. - قَالَ ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ وَ فِي حَدِيثٍ آخَرَ حَلَّ لَهُ فَرْجُهَا مِنْ أَجْلِ شِرَائِهَا وَ الْحُرُّ وَ الْعَبْدُ فِي ذَلِكَ سَوَاءٌ

Ali, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hammad, from Al Halby, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws , said, ‘I asked him asws about a free man who had a slave girl under him. So he divorced her with an irrevocable divorce, then bought her. Is it Permissible for him that he copulates with her?’ He asws s

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ع عَنِ الْمُرْتَدِّ فَقَالَ مَنْ رَغِبَ عَنِ الْإِسْلَامِ وَ كَفَرَ بِمَا أُنْزِلَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ ص بَعْدَ إِسْلَامِهِ فَلَا تَوْبَةَ لَهُ وَ قَدْ وَجَبَ قَتْلُهُ وَ بَانَتْ مِنْهُ امْرَأَتُهُ وَ يُقْسَمُ مَا تَرَكَ عَلَى وُلْدِهِ.

And from him, from Al A’ala, from Muhammad Bin Muslim who said, ‘I asked Abu Ja’far asws about the apostate. So he asws said: ‘The one who wishes to be away from Al-Islam, and disbelieve with what was Revealed unto Muhammad saww after his Islam. So there is no repentance for him, and his being killed is Obligated, and

نَعَمْ وَ عِدَّتُهَا مِنَ النَّصْرَانِيِّ إِذَا أَسْلَمَتْ عِدَّةُ الْحُرَّةِ الْمُطَلَّقَةِ ثَلَاثَةُ أَشْهُرٍ أَوْ ثَلَاثَةُ قُرُوءٍ فَإِذَا انْقَضَتْ عِدَّتُهَا فَلْيَتَزَوَّجْهَا إِنْ شَاءَتْ.

And by his chain, from Ibn Mahboub, from Ali Bin Raib, from Humran, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far asws regarding a mother of a child of a Christian man, became a Muslim, can the Muslim man marry her?’ He asws said: ‘Yes, and her waiting period from the Christian man when she became a Muslim, is a waiting perio

إِذَا مَلَكَ الرَّجُلُ وَالِدَيْهِ أَوْ أُخْتَهُ أَوْ خَالَتَهُ أَوْ عَمَّتَهُ عَتَقُوا عَلَيْهِ وَ يَمْلِكُ ابْنَ أَخِيهِ وَ عَمَّهُ وَ يَمْلِكُ أَخَاهُ وَ عَمَّهُ وَ خَالَهُ مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ[1].

Abu Ja’far Muhammad Bin Yaqoub Al Kulayni said, ‘It was narrated to us by Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Safwan Bin Yahya, from Al Aa’la Bin Razeyn, from Muhammad Bin Muslim, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far asws the 1 st having said: ‘When the man owns his parents, or his sister, or hi

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنِ الْمَرْأَةِ مَا تَمْلِكُ مِنْ قَرَابَتِهَا قَالَ كُلَّ أَحَدٍ إِلَّا خَمْسَةً أَبَاهَا وَ أُمَّهَا وَ ابْنَهَا وَ ابْنَتَهَا وَ زَوْجَهَا.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al Hajjal, from Asad Bin Abu Al Aa’la, from Abu Hamza who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah asws about the woman, what she can own from her relatives?’ He asws said: ‘Everyone except for five – her father, and her mother, and her son, and her daughter, and her husband’.

إِذَا مَلَكَ الرَّجُلُ وَالِدَيْهِ أَوْ أُخْتَهُ أَوْ عَمَّتَهُ أَوْ خَالَتَهُ عَتَقُوا- وَ يَمْلِكُ ابْنَ أَخِيهِ وَ عَمَّهُ وَ خَالَهُ وَ يَمْلِكُ أَخَاهُ وَ عَمَّهُ وَ خَالَهُ مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Fazzal, from Ibn Bukeyr, from Ubeyd Bin Zurara, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘When the man owns his parents, or his sister, or his paternal aunt, or his maternal aunt, they would be emancipated (liberated), and he can own a son of his b

فِي امْرَأَةٍ أَرْضَعَتِ ابْنَ جَارِيَتِهَا قَالَ تُعْتِقُهُ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hammad, from Al Halby, and Ibn Sinan, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said regarding a woman who breast-fed a son of her slave girl. He asws said: ‘She would emancipate (liberate) him’.

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَمَّا يَمْلِكُ الرَّجُلُ مِنْ ذَوِي قَرَابَتِهِ قَالَ لَا يَمْلِكُ وَالِدَهُ وَ لَا وَالِدَتَهُ وَ لَا أُخْتَهُ وَ لَا ابْنَةَ أَخِيهِ وَ لَا ابْنَةَ أُخْتِهِ وَ لَا عَمَّتَهُ وَ لَا خَالَتَهُ وَ يَمْلِكُ مَا سِوَى ذَلِكَ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ مِنْ ذَوِي قَرَابَتِهِ وَ لَا يَمْلِكُ أُمَّهُ مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, form Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Muawiya Bin Wahab, from Ubeyd Bin Zurara who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah asws about what the man can own from his relatives. He asws said: ‘He cannot own his father, nor his mother, nor his sister, nor a daughter of his brother, nor a daughter of

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يُعْتِقُ مَمْلُوكَهُ وَ يُزَوِّجُهُ ابْنَتَهُ وَ يَشْتَرِطُ عَلَيْهِ إِنْ هُوَ أَغَارَهَا أَنْ يَرُدَّهُ فِي الرِّقِّ قَالَ لَهُ شَرْطُهُ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Al Husayn Bin Usman, and Muhammad Bin Abu Hamza, from Is’haq Bin Ammar, and someone else, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws , said, ‘I asked him asws about the man who emancipated his owned slave, and married him to his own daughter, and stipulated

لِعَبْدِهِ أَعْتَقْتُكَ عَلَى أَنْ أُزَوِّجَكَ‌ ابْنَتِي فَإِنْ تَزَوَّجْتَ عَلَيْهَا أَوْ تَسَرَّيْتَ فَعَلَيْكَ مِائَةُ دِينَارٍ فَأَعْتَقَهُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ وَ زَوَّجَهُ فَتَسَرَّى أَوْ تَزَوَّجَ قَالَ لِمَوْلَاهُ عَلَيْهِ شَرْطُهُ الْأَوَّلُ.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Muhammad Bin Al Husayn, from Safwan Bin Yahya, from Al Aa’la Bin Razeyn, from Muhammad Bin Muslim, (It has been narrated) from one of the two (5 th or 6 th Imam asws ) regarding the man who is saying to his slave, ‘I will emancipate you upon (the condition) if you marry my daughter. So if you w

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الصَّبِيِّ يُعْتِقُهُ الرَّجُلُ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ قَدْ أَعْتَقَ عَلِيٌّ ع وِلْدَاناً كَثِيرَةً.

Muhammad, from Ahmad, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, and Safwan Bin Yahya, from Al Aa’la Bin Razeyn, from Muhammad Bin Muslim, (It has been narrated) from one of the two (5 th or 6 th Imam asws ), said, ‘I asked him asws about the children whom the man emancipates. So he asws said: ‘Yes, Ali asws had emancipated numerous child

لَا بَأْسَ بِأَنْ يُعْتَقَ وَلَدُ الزِّنَا.

Muhammad, from Ahmad, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Umar Bin Hafs, from Saeed Bin Yasaar, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘There is no problem with emancipating a son of adultery (bastard)’.

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ امْرَأَةٍ دَبَّرَتْ جَارِيَةً لَهَا فَوَلَدَتِ الْجَارِيَةُ جَارِيَةً نَفِيسَةً فَلَمْ تَعْلَمِ الْمَرْأَةُ حَالَ الْمَوْلُودَةِ مُدَبَّرَةٌ هِيَ أَوْ غَيْرُ مُدَبَّرَةٍ فَقَالَ لِي مَتَى كَانَ الْحَمْلُ بِالْمُدَبَّرَةِ أَ قَبْلَ أَنْ دَبَّرَتْ أَوْ بَعْدَ مَا دَبَّرَتْ فَقُلْتُ لَسْتُ أَدْرِي وَ لَكِنْ أَجِبْنِي فِيهِمَا جَمِيعاً فَقَالَ إِنْ كَانَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ دَبَّرَتْ وَ بِهَا حَبَلٌ وَ لَمْ تَذ

A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Usman Bin Isa Al Kilaby, (It has been narrated) from Abu Al-Hassan asws the 1 st , said, ‘I asked him asws about a woman who arranged (the emancipation of) her slave girl of hers. So, the slave girl have birth to a gem of a girl. So the woman does not know the s

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ رَجُلٍ دَبَّرَ مَمْلُوكَتَهُ ثُمَّ زَوَّجَهَا مِنْ رَجُلٍ آخَرَ فَوَلَدَتْ مِنْهُ أَوْلَاداً ثُمَّ مَاتَ زَوْجُهَا وَ تَرَكَ أَوْلَادَهُ مِنْهَا فَقَالَ أَوْلَادُهُ مِنْهَا كَهَيْئَتِهَا فَإِذَا مَاتَ الَّذِي دَبَّرَ أُمَّهُمْ فَهُمْ أَحْرَارٌ قُلْتُ لَهُ أَ يَجُوزُ لِلَّذِي دَبَّرَ أُمَّهُمْ أَنْ يَرُدَّ فِي تَدْبِيرِهِ إِذَا احْتَاجَ قَالَ نَعَمْ قُلْتُ أَ رَأَيْتَ إِنْ مَاتَتْ

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Mahboub, from Abu Ayoub, from Aban Bin Taghlub who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah asws about a man who arranged (the emancipation of) his slave girl. Then he got her married to another man. So she gave birth to children from him. Then her husband died, and left the chi

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ع عَنْ رَجُلٍ دَبَّرَ مَمْلُوكاً لَهُ تَاجِراً مُوسِراً فَاشْتَرَى الْمُدَبَّرُ جَارِيَةً بِأَمْرِ مَوْلَاهُ فَوَلَدَتْ مِنْهُ أَوْلَاداً ثُمَّ إِنَّ الْمُدَبَّرَ مَاتَ قَبْلَ سَيِّدِهِ قَالَ فَقَالَ أَرَى أَنَّ جَمِيعَ مَا تَرَكَ الْمُدَبَّرُ مِنْ مَالٍ أَوْ مَتَاعٍ فَهُوَ لِلَّذِي دَبَّرَهُ وَ أَرَى أَنَّ أُمَّ وَلَدِهِ لِلَّذِي دَبَّرَهُ وَ أَرَى أَنَّ وُلْدَهَا مُدَبَّرُونَ كَهَيْئَةِ أَبِ

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Mahboub, from Ali Bin Raib, from Bureyd Bin Muawiya Al Ajaly who said, ‘I asked Abu Ja’far asws about a man who arranged (the emancipation) of an owned slave of his, a businessman, financially affluent. So the arranged slave buys a slave girl by the order of his mas

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ كَاتَبَ عَبْداً لَهُ عَلَى أَلْفِ دِرْهَمٍ وَ لَمْ يَشْتَرِطْ عَلَيْهِ حِينَ كَاتَبَهُ إِنْ هُوَ عَجَزَ عَنْ مُكَاتَبَتِهِ فَهُوَ رَدٌّ فِي الرِّقِّ وَ إِنَّ الْمُكَاتَبَ أَدَّى إِلَى مَوْلَاهُ خَمْسَمِائَةِ دِرْهَمٍ ثُمَّ مَاتَ الْمُكَاتَبُ وَ تَرَكَ مَالًا وَ تَرَكَ ابْناً لَهُ مُدْرِكاً فَقَالَ نِصْفُ مَا تَرَكَ الْمُكَاتَبُ مِنْ شَيْ‌ءٍ فَإِنَّهُ لِمَوْلَاهُ الَّذِي كَاتَبَهُ وَ النِّصْفُ ا

Ibn Mahboub, from Umar Bin Yazeed, from Bureyd Al Ajaly who said, ‘I asked him asws about a man who contracted a slave of his upon a thousand Dirhams, and did not stipulate upon him when he contracted him that if he was frustrated from (paying off) his contract, so he would be returned into the slavery, and that the co

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ كَانَ لَهُ أَبٌ مَمْلُوكٌ وَ كَانَتْ لِأَبِيهِ امْرَأَةٌ مُكَاتَبَةٌ قَدْ أَدَّتْ بَعْضَ مَا عَلَيْهَا فَقَالَ لَهَا ابْنُ الْعَبْدِ هَلْ لَكِ أَنْ أُعِينَكِ فِي مُكَاتَبَتِكِ حَتَّى تُؤَدِّي مَا عَلَيْكِ بِشَرْطِ أَنْ لَا يَكُونَ لَكِ الْخِيَارُ عَلَى أَبِي إِذَا أَنْتِ مَلَكْتِ نَفْسَكِ قَالَتْ نَعَمْ فَأَعْطَاهَا فِي مُكَاتَبَتِهَا عَلَى أَنْ لَا يَكُونَ لَهَا الْخِيَارُ عَلَيْهِ بَعْدَ مَا

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Mahboub, from Malik Bin Atiyya, from Suleyman Bin Khalid, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws , said, ‘I asked him asws about a man who had a father of an owned slave, and for his father was a wife, a contracted slave girl, who had paid off part of what wa

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ كَاتَبَ مَمْلُوكَهُ فَقَالَ بَعْدَ مَا كَاتَبَهُ هَبْ لِي بَعْضاً وَ أُعَجِّلَ لَكَ مَا كَانَ مُكَاتَبَتِي أَ يَحِلُّ ذَلِكَ قَالَ إِذَا كَانَ هِبَةً فَلَا بَأْسَ وَ إِنْ قَالَ حُطَّ عَنِّي وَ أُعَجِّلَ لَكَ فَلَا يَصْلُحُ.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Al Amraky Bin Ali, (It has been narrated) from Ali son of Ja’far asws , from his brother asws Abu Al-Hassan asws , said, ‘I asked him asws about a man who contracted his slave. So he said after having contracted him, ‘Gift me part of it, and I will hasten for you what was in my contract’. Is th

فِي مُكَاتَبَةٍ يَطَؤُهَا مَوْلَاهَا فَتَحْمِلُ قَالَ يَرُدُّ عَلَيْهَا مَهْرَ مِثْلِهَا وَ تَسْعَى فِي قِيمَتِهَا فَإِنْ عَجَزَتْ فَهِيَ مِنْ أُمَّهَاتِ الْأَوْلَادِ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from hi sfather, from Al Nowfaly, from Al Sakuny, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws that Amir Al-Momineen asws having said regarding a contracted slave girl, her master copulated with her. He asws said: ‘A similar dower would be returned to her, and she would work regarding her price. So if

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ أُمِّ الْوَلَدِ قَالَ أَمَةٌ تُبَاعُ وَ تُورَثُ وَ تُوهَبُ وَ حَدُّهَا

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Mahboub, from Ali Bin Raib, from Zurara, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far asws , said, ‘I asked him asws about a mother of the child. He asws said: ‘She can be sold, and inherited, and gifted, and her legal penalty ( Hadd ) is a legal penalty ( Hadd ) of the slave girl’.

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ أُمِّ الْوَلَدِ تُبَاعُ فِي الدَّيْنِ قَالَ نَعَمْ فِي ثَمَنِ رَقَبَتِهَا[2].

قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع‌ أَيُّمَا رَجُلٍ تَرَكَ سُرِّيَّةً لَهَا وَلَدٌ أَوْ فِي بَطْنِهَا وَلَدٌ أَوْ لَا وَلَدَ لَهَا فَإِنْ أَعْتَقَهَا رَبُّهَا عَتَقَتْ وَ إِنْ لَمْ يُعْتِقْهَا حَتَّى تُوُفِّيَ فَقَدْ سَبَقَ فِيهَا كِتَابُ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‌[3] وَ كِتَابُ اللَّهِ أَحَقُّ فَإِنْ كَانَ لَهَا وَلَدٌ فَتَرَكَ مَالًا جُعِلَتْ فِي نَصِيبِ وَلَدِهَا قَالَ وَ قَضَى أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع فِي رَجُلٍ تَرَكَ ج

إِنْ شَاءُوا بَاعُوهَا فِي الدَّيْنِ الَّذِي يَكُونُ عَلَى مَوْلَاهَا مِنْ ثَمَنِهَا وَ إِنْ كَانَ لَهَا وَلَدٌ قُوِّمَتْ عَلَى وَلَدِهَا مِنْ نَصِيبِهِ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from one of our companions, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws regarding a man who bought a slave girl (and) copulated with her. So she gave birth for him to a child, and her child died. So he asws said: ‘If he so desires to, he sells her regarding the de

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع أَوْ قَالَ لِأَبِي إِبْرَاهِيمَ ع أَسْأَلُكَ فَقَالَ سَلْ فَقُلْتُ لِمَ بَاعَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع أُمَّهَاتِ الْأَوْلَادِ قَالَ فِي فَكَاكِ رِقَابِهِنَّ قُلْتُ وَ كَيْفَ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ أَيُّمَا رَجُلٍ اشْتَرَى جَارِيَةً فَأَوْلَدَهَا ثُمَّ لَمْ يُؤَدِّ ثَمَنَهَا وَ لَمْ يَدَعْ مِنَ الْمَالِ مَا يُؤَدَّى عَنْهَا أُخِذَ وَلَدُهَا مِنْهَا وَ بِيعَتْ فَأُدِّيَ ثَمَنُهَا قُلْتُ فَيُبَع

فِي أُمِّ وَلَدٍ لَيْسَ لَهَا وَلَدٌ مَاتَ وَلَدُهَا وَ مَاتَ عَنْهَا صَاحِبُهَا وَ لَمْ يُعْتِقْهَا هَلْ يَحِلُّ لِأَحَدٍ تَزْوِيجُهَا قَالَ لَا هِيَ أَمَةٌ لَا يَحِلُّ لِأَحَدٍ تَزْوِيجُهَا إِلَّا بِعِتْقٍ مِنَ الْوَرَثَةِ فَإِنْ كَانَ لَهَا وَلَدٌ وَ لَيْسَ عَلَى الْمَيِّتِ دَيْنٌ فَهِيَ لِلْوَلَدِ وَ إِذَا مَلَكَهَا الْوَلَدُ فَقَدْ عَتَقَتْ بِمِلْكِ وَلَدِهَا لَهَا وَ إِنْ كَانَتْ بَيْنَ شُرَكَاءَ فَقَدْ عَتَقَت

دَخَلَ ابْنُ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْمُكَارِي عَلَى أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الرِّضَا ع فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبْلَغَ اللَّهُ مِنْ قَدْرِكَ أَنْ تَدَّعِيَ مَا ادَّعَى أَبُوكَ فَقَالَ لَهُ مَا لَكَ أَطْفَأَ اللَّهُ نُورَكَ وَ أَدْخَلَ الْفَقْرَ بَيْتَكَ أَ مَا عَلِمْتَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى أَوْحَى إِلَى عِمْرَانَ أَنِّي وَاهِبٌ لَكَ ذَكَراً فَوَهَبَ لَهُ مَرْيَمَ وَ وَهَبَ لِمَرْيَمَ عِيسَى ع- فَعِيسَى مِنْ مَرْيَمَ وَ مَرْيَم

قَضَى أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع فِي رَجُلٍ نَكَحَ وَلِيدَةَ رَجُلٍ أَعْتَقَ رَبُّهَا أَوَّلَ وَلَدٍ تَلِدُهُ فَوَلَدَتْ تَوْأَماً فَقَالَ أُعْتِقَ كِلَاهُمَا.

A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Abu Abdullah, from his father, from Abdullah Bin Al Fazl Al Hashimy, from his father, raising it, ‘He asws said: ‘Amir Al-Momineen asws judged regarding a man who married a child of a man whose lord had emancipated the first child she gave birth to. So she gave birth to twins.

إِنِّي جَالِسَةٌ بِفِنَاءِ الْكَعْبَةِ إِذْ أَقْبَلَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع فَلَمَّا رَآنِي مَالَ إِلَيَّ فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيَّ فَقَالَ مَا يُجْلِسُكِ هَاهُنَا فَقُلْتُ أَنْتَظِرُ مَوْلًى لَنَا قَالَتْ فَقَالَ لِي أَعْتَقْتُمُوهُ قُلْتُ لَا وَ لَكِنْ أَعْتَقْنَا أَبَاهُ فَقَالَ لَيْسَ ذَلِكِ مَوْلَاكُمْ هَذَا أَخُوكُمْ وَ ابْنُ عَمِّكُمْ إِنَّمَا الْمَوْلَى الَّذِي جَرَتْ عَلَيْهِ النِّعْمَةُ فَإِذَا جَرَتْ عَلَى أَبِيهِ

A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Suleym Al Farra, from Al Hassan Bin Muslim who said, ‘My maternal aunt narrated to me. She said, ‘I was seated by the courtyard of the Kabah, when Abu Abdullah asws came over. So when he asws saw me, altered his asws course towards me. So

قَالَ: إِنَّمَا الْمَوْلَى الْجَلِيبُ الْعَتِيقُ وَ ابْنُهُ عَرَبِيٌّ وَ ابْنُ ابْنِهِ مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ.

From him, from Al Barqy, from Sa’ad Bin Sa’ad, from Abdullah Bin Jundab, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far asws having said: ‘But rather the slave of Al-Jaleed is old, and his son is an Arab, and a son of his son, is from himself’.

دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع وَ مَعِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ فَقَالَ لِي مَنْ هَذَا فَقُلْتُ مَوْلًى لَنَا فَقَالَ أَعْتَقْتُمُوهُ أَوْ أَبَاهُ فَقُلْتُ بَلْ أَبَاهُ فَقَالَ لَيْسَ هَذَا مَوْلَاكَ هَذَا أَخُوكَ وَ ابْنُ عَمِّكَ وَ إِنَّمَا الْمَوْلَى هُوَ الَّذِي جَرَتْ عَلَيْهِ النِّعْمَةُ فَإِذَا جَرَتْ عَلَى أَبِيهِ فَهُوَ أَخُوكَ وَ ابْنُ عَمِّكَ.

Al Husayn Bin Muhammad, from Ahmad Bin Is’haq, and Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, altogether, from Bakr Bin Muhammad Al Azdy who said, ‘I went over to Abu Abdullah asws and with me was Ali Bin Abdul Aziz. So he asws said to me: ‘Who is this?’ So I said, ‘A slave of ours’. So he asws said: ‘Have you emancipated him,

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ جَارِيَةٍ مُدَبَّرَةٍ أَبَقَتْ مِنْ سَيِّدِهَا مُدَّةَ سِنِينَ كَثِيرَةٍ ثُمَّ جَاءَتْ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا مَاتَ سَيِّدُهَا بِأَوْلَادٍ وَ مَتَاعٍ كَثِيرٍ وَ شَهِدَ لَهَا شَاهِدَانِ أَنَّ سَيِّدَهَا قَدْ كَانَ دَبَّرَهَا فِي حَيَاتِهِ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ تَأْبِقَ قَالَ فَقَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع أَرَى أَنَّهَا وَ جَمِيعَ مَا مَعَهَا فَهُوَ لِلْوَرَثَةِ قُلْتُ لَا تُعْتَقُ مِنْ ثُلُثِ سَيِّدِهَا قَالَ لَا لِأَن

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Muhammad Bin Al Husayn, from Muhammad Bin Abdullah Bin Hilal, from Muhammad Bin Muslim, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far asws the 1 st , said, ‘I asked him asws about a slave girl with an arranged emancipation who absconded from her master for a period of several years. Then she came back

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ جُعْلِ الْآبِقِ وَ الضَّالَّةِ قَالَ لَا بَأْسَ بِهِ.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Al Amraky Bin Ali, (It has been narrated) from Ali son of Ja’far asws , from his brother asws Abu Al-Hassan asws , said, ‘I asked him asws about making the absconding slave suffer humiliation. He asws said: ‘There is no problem with it’.

كُلْ مِنْهُ وَ إِنْ وَقَعَ فِي الْمَاءِ مِنْ رَمْيَتِكَ فَمَاتَ فَلَا تَأْكُلْ مِنْهُ. - عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ عَنِ الْحَلَبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‌ مِثْلَهُ‌- مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنْ سَمَاعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‌ مِثْلَهُ.

2. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid from ‘Uthman ibn ‘Isa from Sama‘ah who has said the following: “Once abu ‘Abd Allah, ‘Alayhi al-Salam, was asked about the case of a man who shoots a prey on a mountain or wall. The arrow pierces into it and it dies. He (the Imam) said, ‘You can

أَقْرَأَنِي أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع شَيْئاً مِنْ كِتَابِ عَلِيٍّ ع فَإِذَا فِيهِ أَنْهَاكُمْ عَنِ الْجِرِّيِّ وَ الزِّمِّيرِ وَ الْمَارْمَاهِي وَ الطَّافِي وَ الطِّحَالِ قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ يَرْحَمُكَ اللَّهُ إِنَّا نُؤْتَى بِالسَّمَكِ لَيْسَ لَهُ قِشْرٌ فَقَالَ كُلْ مَا لَهُ قِشْرٌ مِنَ السَّمَكِ وَ مَا لَيْسَ لَهُ قِشْرٌ فَلَا تَأْكُلْهُ.

“Once abu Ja‘far (a.s.), made me read something from the books of ‘Ali (a.s.). Therein I found this: I prohibit you from using eel for food, al-Zimir, (a certain kind of fish), Mar mahi (something like fish), snake fish, dead fish floating on water and the spleen.’ I then asked, ‘O child of the Messenger of Allah, may

لَا تَأْكُلُوا الْقُنْبُرَةَ وَ لَا تَسُبُّوهَا وَ لَا تُعْطُوهَا الصِّبْيَانَ يَلْعَبُونَ بِهَا فَإِنَّهَا كَثِيرَةُ التَّسْبِيحِ لِلَّهِ تَعَالَى وَ تَسْبِيحُهَا لَعَنَ اللَّهُ مُبْغِضِي آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ ع.

’Do not use lark for food, do not abuse it and do not give it to children to play with; it says Tasbih a great deal and it is, ‘O Allah, condemn those who hate Muhammad and his family, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause.’”

قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ ع‌ الْقُنْزُعَةُ[2] الَّتِي عَلَى رَأْسِ الْقُنْبُرَةِ مِنْ مَسْحَةِ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ دَاوُدَ وَ ذَلِكَ أَنَّ الذَّكَرَ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَسْفَدَ أُنْثَاهُ‌[3] فَامْتَنَعَتْ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ لَهَا لَا تَمْتَنِعِي فَمَا أُرِيدُ إِلَّا أَنْ يُخْرِجَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ مِنِّي نَسَمَةً تُذْكَرُ بِهِ فَأَجَابَتْهُ إِلَى مَا طَلَبَ فَلَمَّا أَرَادَتْ أَنْ تَبِيضَ قَالَ لَهَا أَيْنَ تُرِيدِينَ

4. Muhammad ibn al-Hassan and Ali ibn Ibrahim al-Hashimiy have narrated from certain persons of our people from Sulayman al- Ja‘fariy who has said the following: “Abu al-Hassan, al-Rida’ (a.s.), has said that Ali ibn al-Husayn, has said, ‘The crest on the head of lark is because of wiping of Solomon ibn David (a.s.). I

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الشَّاةِ يَذْبَحُهَا وَ فِي بَطْنِهَا وَلَدٌ وَ قَدْ أَشْعَرَ فَقَالَ ع ذَكَاتُهُ ذَكَاةُ أُمِّهِ.

“I once asked him (the Imam) (a.s.), about a sheep which is slaughtered and its young, which has grown its wool, is found inside. He (the Imam) said, ‘Slaughtering for it is the slaughtering of its mother.’”

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ ذَبِيحَةِ الصَّبِيِّ فَقَالَ إِذَا تَحَرَّكَ‌[2] وَ كَانَ لَهُ خَمْسَةُ أَشْبَارٍ- وَ أَطَاقَ الشَّفْرَةَ وَ عَنْ ذَبِيحَةِ الْمَرْأَةِ فَقَالَ إِنْ كُنَّ نِسَاءً لَيْسَ مَعَهُنَّ رَجُلٌ فَلْتَذْبَحْ أَعْقَلُهُنَّ وَ لْتَذْكُرِ اسْمَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ عَلَيْهَا.

“I once asked abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), about an animal slaughtered by a child. He (the Imam) said, ‘It is acceptable if the child is intelligent, five shibr (a certain unit of measurement) in height and able to use the knife.’ About women he (the Imam) said, ‘If they are all women and no men among them, then the one mos

سُئِلَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ ذَبِيحَةِ الْغُلَامِ قَالَ إِذَا قَوِيَ عَلَى الذَّبْحِ وَ كَانَ يُحْسِنُ أَنْ يَذْبَحَ وَ ذَكَرَ اسْمَ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهَا فَكُلْ قَالَ وَ سُئِلَ عَنْ ذَبِيحَةِ الْمَرْأَةِ فَقَالَ إِذَا كَانَتْ مُسْلِمَةً فَذَكَرَتِ اسْمَ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهَا فَكُلْ.

“Once abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), was asked about the animal slaughtered by a boy. He (the Imam) said, ‘If he is strong enough, slaughters properly and mentions the name of Allah on it, you can use it for food.’ He (the Imam) was asked about women’s slaughtering. He (the Imam) said, ‘If she is Muslimah and has mentioned the

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ ذَبِيحَةِ الْغُلَامِ وَ الْمَرْأَةِ هَلْ تُؤْكَلُ فَقَالَ إِذَا كَانَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ مُسْلِمَةً وَ ذَكَرَتِ اسْمَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ عَلَى ذَبِيحَتِهَا حَلَّتْ ذَبِيحَتُهَا وَ كَذَلِكَ الْغُلَامُ إِذَا قَوِيَ عَلَى الذَّبِيحَةِ وَ ذَكَرَ اسْمَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ عَلَيْهَا وَ ذَلِكَ إِذَا خِيفَ فَوْتُ الذَّبِيحَةِ وَ لَمْ يُوجَدْ مَنْ يَذْبَحُ غَيْرُهُمَا.

“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the slaughtering by a boy and women if it can be used for food. He (the Imam) said, ‘If she is Muslimah and has mentioned the name of Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, on the animal to be slaughtered, then what she has slaughtered is lawful and so also is the boy if he is s