Marriage

إِذَا وَقَعَ الْحُرُّ وَ الْعَبْدُ وَ الْمُشْرِكُ بِامْرَأَةٍ فِي طُهْرٍ وَاحِدٍ فَادَّعَوُا الْوَلَدَ أُقْرِعَ بَيْنَهُمْ فَكَانَ الْوَلَدُ لِلَّذِي يَخْرُجُ سَهْمُهُ‌[3].

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hammad, from Al Halby, and Muhammad Bin Muslim, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws ) having said: ‘When the free man and the slave and the Polytheist fall with one woman in one pure period, so the child is claimed for, a lot would be drawn between th

بَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص- عَلِيّاً ع إِلَى الْيَمَنِ فَقَالَ لَهُ حِينَ قَدِمَ حَدِّثْنِي بِأَعْجَبِ مَا وَرَدَ عَلَيْكَ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَتَانِي قَوْمٌ قَدْ تَبَايَعُوا جَارِيَةً فَوَطِئُوهَا جَمِيعاً فِي طُهْرٍ وَاحِدٍ فَوَلَدَتْ غُلَاماً وَ احْتَجُّوا فِيهِ كُلُّهُمْ يَدَّعِيهِ فَأَسْهَمْتُ بَيْنَهُمْ وَ جَعَلْتُهُ لِلَّذِي خَرَجَ سَهْمُهُ وَ ضَمَّنْتُهُ نَصِيبَهُمْ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ مِ

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Najran, from Aasim, Bin Humeyd, from Abu Baseer, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah saww sent Ali asws to Al-Yemen, so he saww said to him asws when he asws came back: ‘Narrate to me saww with the wonder of what you asws encountered’. He

إِذَا كَانَ لِلرَّجُلِ مِنْكُمُ الْجَارِيَةُ يَطَؤُهَا فَيُعْتِقُهَا فَاعْتَدَّتْ وَ نَكَحَتْ فَإِنْ وَضَعَتْ لِخَمْسَةِ أَشْهُرٍ فَإِنَّهُ مِنْ مَوْلَاهَا الَّذِي أَعْتَقَهَا وَ إِنْ وَضَعَتْ بَعْدَ مَا تَزَوَّجَتْ لِسِتَّةِ أَشْهُرٍ فَإِنَّهُ لِزَوْجِهَا الْأَخِيرِ.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Mahboub, from Ibn Raib, from Al Halby, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘When there was the slave girl for one of you, so he sleeps with her, and then frees her, so she observes the waiting period and marries. So if she gives birth in five

سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ‌ وَ سُئِلَ عَنْ رَجُلٍ اشْتَرَى جَارِيَةً ثُمَّ وَقَعَ عَلَيْهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ يَسْتَبْرِئَ رَحِمَهَا قَالَ بِئْسَ مَا صَنَعَ يَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ وَ لَا يَعُودُ قُلْتُ فَإِنَّهُ بَاعَهَا مِنْ آخَرَ وَ لَمْ يَسْتَبْرِئْ رَحِمَهَا ثُمَّ بَاعَهَا الثَّانِي مِنْ رَجُلٍ آخَرَ فَوَقَعَ عَلَيْهَا وَ لَمْ يَسْتَبْرِئْ رَحِمَهَا فَاسْتَبَانَ حَمْلُهَا عِنْدَ الثَّالِثِ فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع الْوَلَد

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Aban Bin Usman, from Al Hassan Al Sayqal, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws , said, ‘I heard him asws saying, and he asws had been asked about a man who bought a slave girl, then fell upon her before her womb had been cleared. He asws

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلَيْنِ وَقَعَا عَلَى جَارِيَةٍ فِي طُهْرٍ وَاحِدٍ لِمَنْ يَكُونُ الْوَلَدُ قَالَ لِلَّذِي عِنْدَهُ لِقَوْلِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص الْوَلَدُ لِلْفِرَاشِ وَ لِلْعَاهِرِ الْحَجَرُ.

Abu Ali Al Ashary, from Muhammad Bin Abdul Jabbar, and Humeyd Bin Ziyad, from Ibn Sama’at, altogether from Safwan, from Saeed Al Araby, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws , said, ‘I asked him asws about two men who fell upon a slave girl during one pure period, for whom would the child come to be?’ He asws s

يَذْهَبُ إِلَى الْحُرِّ مِنْهُمَا.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Muhammad Bin Abu Hamza, and Al Hakam Bin Miskeen, from Jameel, and Ibn Bukeyr, ‘With regards to the child from the free man and the slave woman, he asws said: ‘He would go to the free one from them’.

حُرٌّ فَقُلْتُ وَ الْحُرُّ يَتَزَوَّجُ الْمَمْلُوكَةَ قَالَ يُلْحَقُ الْوَلَدُ بِالْحُرِّيَّةِ حَيْثُ كَانَتْ إِنْ كَانَتِ الْأُمُّ حُرَّةً أُعْتِقَ بِأُمِّهِ وَ إِنْ كَانَ الْأَبُ حُرّاً أُعْتِقَ بِأَبِيهِ.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Muhammad Bin Ismail, from Abu Ismail, from Abu Al Fazl Al Makfouf, author of Al Arabiyya, from Abu Ja’far Al Ahowl Al Taaqy, from a man, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having been asked about the owned slave who marries a free woman, what would be the sta

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ‌ إِذَا تَزَوَّجَ الْعَبْدُ الْحُرَّةَ فَوُلْدُهُ أَحْرَارٌ وَ إِذَا تَزَوَّجَ الْحُرُّ الْأَمَةَ فَوُلْدُهُ أَحْرَارٌ.

Ahmad Bin Muhammad Al Asaamy, from Ali Bin Al Hassan Al Taymi, from Ali Bin Asbaat, from Al Hakam Bin Miseen, from Jameel Bin Darraj who said, ‘I heard Abu Abdullah asws saying: ‘When the slave marries the free woman, so his children would be free ones, and when the free man marries the slave woman, so his children wou

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنِ الْحُرِّ يَتَزَوَّجُ الْأَمَةَ أَوْ عَبْدٍ يَتَزَوَّجُ حُرَّةً قَالَ فَقَالَ لِي لَيْسَ يُسْتَرَقُّ الْوَلَدُ إِذَا كَانَ أَحَدُ أَبَوَيْهِ حُرّاً إِنَّهُ يُلْحَقُ بِالْحُرِّ مِنْهُمَا أَيَّهُمَا كَانَ أَباً كَانَ أَوْ أُمّاً.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al Hakam and Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Abu Nasr, from Al Hakam Bin Miskeen, from Jameel Bin Darraj who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah asws about the free man marrying the slave woman, or a slave marrying a free woman. So he asws said to me: ‘The child would not be ens

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ‌ إِذَا تَزَوَّجَ الْعَبْدُ الْحُرَّةَ فَوُلْدُهُ أَحْرَارٌ وَ إِذَا تَزَوَّجَ الْحُرُّ الْأَمَةَ فَوُلْدُهُ أَحْرَارٌ.

Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Ali Bin Asbaat, and Muhammad Bin Al Husayn, altogether from Al Hakam Bin Miskeen, from Jameel Bin Darraj who said, ‘I heard Abu Abdullah asws saying: ‘When the slave marries the free woman, so his children would be free, and when the free man marries the slave woman, so his children would (also) be

فِي الْعَبْدِ تَكُونُ تَحْتَهُ الْحُرَّةُ قَالَ وُلْدُهُ أَحْرَارٌ فَإِنْ أُعْتِقَ الْمَمْلُوكُ لَحِقَ بِأَبِيهِ‌[1].

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Abdullah Bin Sinan, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said regarding the slave who happens to have the free woman under him (as a wife). He asws said: ‘His children would be free. So if the slave is emancipated, it would be attached with its

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الرَّجُلِ الْحُرِّ يَتَزَوَّجُ بِأَمَةِ قَوْمٍ الْوُلْدُ مَمَالِيكُ أَوْ أَحْرَارٌ قَالَ إِذَا كَانَ أَحَدُ أَبَوَيْهِ حُرّاً فَالْوُلْدُ أَحْرَارٌ. - عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ مِثْلَهُ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from one of our companions, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws , said, ‘I asked him asws about the free man marrying a slave girl of a group of people, would the children be slaves or free ones?’ He asws said: ‘When it was such that one of its parents was

قَضَى أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع فِي امْرَأَةٍ أَمْكَنَتْ نَفْسَهَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ لَهَا فَنَكَحَهَا أَنْ تُضْرَبَ مِائَةً وَ يُضْرَبَ الْعَبْدُ خَمْسِينَ جَلْدَةً وَ يُبَاعَ بِصُغْرٍ مِنْهَا[2] قَالَ وَ يَحْرُمُ عَلَى كُلِّ مُسْلِمٍ أَنْ يَبِيعَهَا عَبْداً مُدْرِكاً بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Muhammad Bin Al Husayn, from Muhammad Bin Abdullah Bin Hilal, from Al A’ala Bin Razeyn, from Muhammad Bin Muslim, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far asws having said: ‘Amir Al-Momineen asws judged regarding a woman who let herself be enabled upon from a slave of hers, so he slept with her,

سَأَلْتُهُ‌[3] عَنِ الْمَرْأَةِ الْحُرَّةِ تَكُونُ تَحْتَ الْمَمْلُوكِ فَتَشْتَرِيهِ هَلْ يُبْطِلُ ذَلِكَ نِكَاحَهُ قَالَ نَعَمْ لِأَنَّهُ عَبْدٌ مَمْلُوكٌ‌ لا يَقْدِرُ عَلى‌ شَيْ‌ءٍ.

Muhammad Bin Ja’far Abu Al Abbas, from Ayoub Bin Nuh, from Safwan, from Saeed Bin Yasaar who said, ‘I asked him asws about the free woman who happens to be under the slave (as his wife), would that invalidate his marriage?’ He asws said: ‘Yes, because an owned slave has no power over anything’.

رَأَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص امْرَأَةً فَأَعْجَبَتْهُ فَدَخَلَ عَلَى أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ وَ كَانَ يَوْمُهَا فَأَصَابَ مِنْهَا وَ خَرَجَ إِلَى النَّاسِ وَ رَأْسُهُ يَقْطُرُ فَقَالَ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّمَا النَّظَرُ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ فَمَنْ وَجَدَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ شَيْئاً فَلْيَأْتِ أَهْلَهُ.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, once saw a woman and he (the Messenger of Allah) liked her. He (the Messenger of Allah) then went to the house of ‘Umm Salamah because it was her day, and he (the

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‌ إِذَا نَظَرَ أَحَدُكُمْ إِلَى الْمَرْأَةِ الْحَسْنَاءِ فَلْيَأْتِ أَهْلَهُ فَإِنَّ الَّذِي مَعَهَا مِثْلُ الَّذِي مَعَ تِلْكَ فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ أَهْلٌ فَمَا يَصْنَعُ قَالَ فَلْيَرْفَعْ نَظَرَهُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ وَ لْيُرَاقِبْهُ وَ لْيَسْأَلْهُ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, has said, ‘If anyone of you looks to a beautiful woman he must go to his wife because what she has is just like what she has.’ A man then stood up and asked, ‘O Me

جَاءَتِ امْرَأَةُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ مَظْعُونٍ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ص فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ عُثْمَانَ يَصُومُ النَّهَارَ وَ يَقُومُ اللَّيْلَ فَخَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص مُغْضَباً يَحْمِلُ نَعْلَيْهِ حَتَّى جَاءَ إِلَى عُثْمَانَ فَوَجَدَهُ يُصَلِّي فَانْصَرَفَ عُثْمَانُ حِينَ رَأَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص فَقَالَ لَهُ يَا عُثْمَانُ لَمْ يُرْسِلْنِي اللَّهُ تَعَالَى بِالرَّهْبَانِيَّةِ وَ لَكِنْ بَعَثَنِي بِالْحَنِيفِي

“Abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that once wife of ‘Uthman ibn Maz‘un came to the Holy Prophet, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, and said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, ‘Uthman, fasts during the day and stands up for Salat (prayer) during the night.’ The Messenger

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ لِرَجُلٍ أَصْبَحْتَ صَائِماً قَالَ لَا قَالَ فَأَطْعَمْتَ مِسْكِيناً قَالَ لَا قَالَ فَارْجِعْ إِلَى أَهْلِكَ فَإِنَّهُ مِنْكَ عَلَيْهِمْ صَدَقَةٌ.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, once asked a man, ‘Are you fasting this morning?’ The man replied, ‘No, I am not fasting.’ He (the Messenger of Allah) asked, ‘Have you fed a destitute person?’ He

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع- عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يَكُونُ مَعَهُ أَهْلُهُ فِي السَّفَرِ لَا يَجِدُ الْمَاءَ أَ يَأْتِي أَهْلَهُ قَالَ مَا أُحِبُّ أَنْ يَفْعَلَ إِلَّا أَنْ يَخَافَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ‌[1] قَالَ قُلْتُ طَلَبَ بِذَلِكَ اللَّذَّةَ أَوْ يَكُونُ شَبِقاً إِلَى النِّسَاءِ[2] قَالَ إِنَّ الشَّبِقَ يَخَافُ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ- قُلْتُ يَطْلُبُ بِذَلِكَ اللَّذَّةَ قَالَ هُوَ حَلَالٌ قُلْتُ فَإِنَّهُ يُرْوَى عَنِ النَّبِيِّ

“This is concerning my question before abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of a man who is on a journey with his wife and they cannot find water; if he can go to bed with his wife. He (the Imam) said, ‘I do not like it unless he is afraid for himself.’ I then asked, ‘Is it about the case of seeking to satisfy one’s l

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ‌ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص دَخَلَ بَيْتَ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ فَشَمَّ رِيحاً طَيِّبَةً فَقَالَ أَتَتْكُمُ الْحَوْلَاءُ فَقَالَتْ هُوَ ذَا هِيَ تَشْكُو زَوْجَهَا فَخَرَجَتْ عَلَيْهِ الْحَوْلَاءُ فَقَالَتْ بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَ أُمِّي إِنَّ زَوْجِي عَنِّي مُعْرِضٌ فَقَالَ زِيدِيهِ يَا حَوْلَاءُ[2] قَالَتْ مَا أَتْرُكُ شَيْئاً طَيِّباً مِمَّا أَتَطَيَّبُ لَهُ بِهِ وَ هُوَ عَنِّي مُعْرِضٌ فَقَ

“I once heard abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), saying that the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, once went to the house of ‘Umm Salamah, smelled a fine fragrance and asked, ’Had al-Hawla’ come to you?’ She replied, ’She is here, complaining against

إِنَّ ثَلَاثَ نِسْوَةٍ أَتَيْنَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص فَقَالَتْ إِحْدَاهُنَّ إِنَّ زَوْجِي لَا يَأْكُلُ اللَّحْمَ وَ قَالَتِ الْأُخْرَى إِنَّ زَوْجِي لَا يَشَمُّ الطِّيبَ وَ قَالَتِ الْأُخْرَى إِنَّ زَوْجِي لَا يَقْرَبُ النِّسَاءَ فَخَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَجُرُّ رِدَاءَهُ حَتَّى صَعِدَ الْمِنْبَرَ فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَ أَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ مَا بَالُ أَقْوَامٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِي لَا يَأْكُلُونَ اللَّحْمَ وَ لَا يَشَ

‘Three women came to the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, and one of them said, “My husband does not eat meat.” The other one said, “My husband does not smell perfume.” The other one said, “My husband does not go near the woman.” The Mess

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‌ مَنْ أَحَبَّ أَنْ يَكُونَ عَلَى فِطْرَتِي فَلْيَسْتَنَّ بِسُنَّتِي وَ إِنَّ مِنْ سُنَّتِيَ النِّكَاحَ.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, has said, ‘Whoever loves to follow my nature (culture), he must follow my Sunnah; and of my Sunnah is marriage.’”

كَانَ لَنَا جَارٌ شَيْخٌ لَهُ جَارِيَةٌ فَارِهَةٌ قَدْ أَعْطَى بِهَا ثَلَاثِينَ أَلْفَ دِرْهَمٍ فَكَانَ لَا يَبْلُغُ مِنْهَا مَا يُرِيدُ وَ كَانَتْ تَقُولُ اجْعَلْ يَدَكَ كَذَا بَيْنَ شُفْرَيَ‌[1] فَإِنِّي أَجِدُ لِذَلِكَ لَذَّةً وَ كَانَ يَكْرَهُ أَنْ يَفْعَلَ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ لِزُرَارَةَ اسْأَلْ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ هَذَا فَسَأَلَهُ فَقَالَ لَا بَأْسَ أَنْ يَسْتَعِينَ بِكُلِّ شَيْ‌ءٍ مِنْ جَسَدِهِ عَلَيْهَا وَ

“In our neighborhood there lived an old man who had a beautiful slave-girl for whom he had paid thirty thousand dirham; but he was not able to reach the satisfaction from her what he wanted and she would say, ‘Place your hand between my two flanges, I feel the pleasure’, but he did not like to do so. He asked Zurarah t

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‌ إِذَا جَامَعَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلَا يَأْتِيهِنَّ كَمَا يَأْتِي الطَّيْرُ لِيَمْكُثْ وَ لْيَلْبَثْ قَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ وَ لْيَتَلَبَّثْ‌[2].

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, has said, ‘When anyone of you goes to bed (for sexual intercourse) with his wife, he must not go like birds do. He must stay in and persist.’ Certain ones have sai

فِي الرَّجُلِ يُجَامِعُ فَيَقَعُ عَنْهُ ثَوْبُهُ قَالَ لَا بَأْسَ.

“About the case of a man whose clothes during going to bed with his wife fall off, abu al-Hassan (a.s.), has said, ‘It is not unlawful.’”

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ ع- عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يُقَبِّلُ قُبُلَ الْمَرْأَةِ قَالَ لَا بَأْسَ.

“I once asked abu al-Hassan (a.s.), about the case of a man who kisses the vagina of a woman. He (the Imam) said, ‘It is not unlawful.’”

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع أَ يَنْظُرُ الرَّجُلُ إِلَى فَرْجِ امْرَأَتِهِ وَ هُوَ يُجَامِعُهَا فَقَالَ لَا بَأْسَ‌[3].

“This is concerning my question before abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), if a man can look at the vagina of his wife during sexual intercourse. He (the Imam) said, ‘It is not unlawful.’”

لَا بَأْسَ بِذَلِكَ وَ هَلِ اللَّذَّةُ إِلَّا ذَلِكَ.

“About the case of a man who looks at his wife when she is nude, abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘It is not unlawful. Pleasure is but in such things.’”

قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‌ اتَّقُوا الْكَلَامَ عِنْدَ مُلْتَقَى الْخِتَانَيْنِ فَإِنَّهُ يُورِثُ الْخَرَسَ.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘Beware of speaking when two sexual organs meet; it may cause dumbness and muteness.’”

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ‌ لَا يُجَامِعُ الْمُخْتَضِبُ قُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ لِمَ لَا يُجَامِعُ الْمُخْتَضِبُ قَالَ لِأَنَّهُ مُحْتَصَرٌ[2].

’One who has dyed (his hairs) does not go to bed with his wife/ I then asked, ‘Why one who has dyed does not go to bed with his wife?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Because he is confined/”

قُلْتُ لَهُ هَلْ يُكْرَهُ الْجِمَاعُ فِي وَقْتٍ مِنْ الْأَوْقَاتِ وَ إِنْ كَانَ حَلَالًا قَالَ نَعَمْ مَا بَيْنَ طُلُوعِ الْفَجْرِ إِلَى طُلُوعِ الشَّمْسِ وَ مِنْ مَغِيبِ الشَّمْسِ إِلَى مَغِيبِ الشَّفَقِ وَ فِي الْيَوْمِ الَّذِي تَنْكَسِفُ فِيهِ الشَّمْسُ وَ فِي اللَّيْلَةِ الَّتِي يَنْخَسِفُ فِيهَا الْقَمَرُ وَ فِي اللَّيْلَةِ وَ فِي الْيَوْمِ اللَّذَيْنِ يَكُونُ فِيهِمَا الرِّيحُ السَّوْدَاءُ وَ الرِّيحُ الْحَمْرَ

“I once asked abu Ja’far (a.s.), about going to bed with one’s wife; if it is detestable anytime even though it is lawful.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Yes, it is detestable between dawn and sunrise, from sunset to the disappearance of brightness in the west, on the day of sun eclipse, in the night of moon eclipse, in the day

مَنْ أَتَى أَهْلَهُ فِي مُحَاقِ الشَّهْرِ فَلْيُسَلِّمْ لِسِقْطِ الْوَلَدِ.

“Abu al-Hassan, Alayhi al-Salam, has said, ‘One who goes to bed with his wife in the night of the end of a lunar month when the moon is not visible at all may not remain safe from (misfortune of) premature birth of the child.’”

إِنَّ فِيمَا أَوْصَى بِهِ- رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص عَلِيّاً ع قَالَ يَا عَلِيُّ لَا تُجَامِعْ أَهْلَكَ فِي أَوَّلِ لَيْلَةٍ مِنَ الْهِلَالِ وَ لَا فِي لَيْلَةِ النِّصْفِ وَ لَا فِي آخِرِ لَيْلَةٍ فَإِنَّهُ يُتَخَوَّفُ عَلَى وَلَدِ مَنْ يَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ الْخَبَلُ‌[1] فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ ع وَ لِمَ ذَاكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ إِنَّ الْجِنَّ يُكْثِرُونَ غِشْيَانَ نِسَائِهِمْ فِي أَوَّلِ لَيْلَةٍ مِنَ الْهِلَالِ وَ لَيْلَةِ ال

‘Of the issues that the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, taught Ali, Alayhi al-Salam, as advice were the following: O Ali, you must not go to bed with your wife in the first night of a lunar month, in the night of the middle of the month,

يُكْرَهُ لِلرَّجُلِ إِذَا قَدِمَ مِنَ السَّفَرِ أَنْ يَطْرُقَ أَهْلَهُ لَيْلًا حَتَّى يُصْبِحَ.

‘It is detestable for a man to go to bed with his wife in the night of his arrival from a journey until the morning.’”

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‌ أَكْرَهُ لِأُمَّتِي أَنْ يَغْشَى الرَّجُلُ أَهْلَهُ فِي النِّصْفِ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ أَوْ فِي غُرَّةِ الْهِلَالِ فَإِنَّ مَرَدَةَ الشَّيْطَانِ وَ الْجِنِّ تَغْشَى بَنِي آدَمَ فَيُجَنَّنُونَ وَ يُخَبَّلُونَ أَ مَا رَأَيْتُمُ الْمُصَابَ يُصْرَعُ فِي النِّصْفِ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ وَ عِنْدَ غُرَّةِ الْهِلَالِ.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, has said, ‘I dislike for my followers that one of them goes to bed with his wife in the middle of the month or when it is new moon because the rebels of satans and

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ‌ لَا يُجَامِعِ الرَّجُلُ امْرَأَتَهُ وَ لَا جَارِيَتَهُ وَ فِي الْبَيْتِ صَبِيٌّ فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ مِمَّا يُورِثُ الزِّنَا.

“Abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘A man with his wife must not go to bed in a house where a child exits because it leads to fornication.

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‌ وَ الَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَوْ أَنَّ رَجُلًا غَشِيَ امْرَأَتَهُ وَ فِي الْبَيْتِ صَبِيٌّ مُسْتَيْقِظٌ يَرَاهُمَا وَ يَسْمَعُ كَلَامَهُمَا وَ نَفَسَهُمَا مَا أَفْلَحَ أَبَداً إِذَا كَانَ غُلَاماً كَانَ زَانِياً أَوْ جَارِيَةً كَانَتْ زَانِيَةً وَ كَانَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ ع إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَغْشَى أَهْلَهُ أَغْلَقَ الْبَابَ وَ أَرْخَى السُّتُورَ وَ أَخْرَجَ الْخَدَمَ.

2. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from ‘Abd Allah ibn al-Husayn ibn Zayd from his father who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah, ‘Alayhi al-Salam, has said that the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, has said, ‘By the One

سَمِعْتُ رَجُلًا وَ هُوَ يَقُولُ لِأَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ إِنِّي رَجُلٌ قَدْ أَسْنَنْتُ وَ قَدْ تَزَوَّجْتُ امْرَأَةً بِكْراً صَغِيرَةً وَ لَمْ أَدْخُلْ بِهَا وَ أَنَا أَخَافُ أَنَّهَا إِذَا دَخَلَتْ عَلَيَّ تَرَانِي أَنْ تَكْرَهَنِي لِخِضَابِي وَ كِبَرِي فَقَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع إِذَا دَخَلَتْ فَمُرْهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ تَصِلَ إِلَيْكَ أَنْ تَكُونَ مُتَوَضِّئَةً ثُمَّ أَنْتَ لَا تَصِلُ إِلَيْهَا حَتَّى تَوَضَّ

1. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa and A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn abu ‘ Abd Allah from ibn Mahbub from Jamil ibn Salih from abu Basir who has said the following: “I heard a man saying to abu Ja‘far, ‘Alayhi al-Salam, ‘I pray to Allah to keep my soul in service f

إِذَا دَخَلْتَ بِأَهْلِكَ فَخُذْ بِنَاصِيَتِهَا وَ اسْتَقْبِلِ الْقِبْلَةَ وَ قُلِ اللَّهُمَّ بِأَمَانَتِكَ أَخَذْتُهَا وَ بِكَلِمَاتِكَ اسْتَحْلَلْتُهَا فَإِنْ قَضَيْتَ لِي مِنْهَا وَلَداً فَاجْعَلْهُ مُبَارَكاً تَقِيّاً مِنْ شِيعَةِ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ لَا تَجْعَلْ لِلشَّيْطَانِ فِيهِ شِرْكاً وَ لَا نَصِيباً[1].

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘When you meet your wife hold to her forehead and face al-Qiblah (al-Ka’bah) and say, ‘O Lord, in Your trust I have taken her (in marriage) and with Your words I have made her lawful. If You have destined for me from her a child, then make the child a blessed one, pious, of the Shi ’ah

قَالَ لِي أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع إِذَا تَزَوَّجَ أَحَدُكُمْ كَيْفَ يَصْنَعُ قُلْتُ لَا أَدْرِي قَالَ إِذَا هَمَّ بِذَلِكَ فَلْيُصَلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَ لْيَحْمَدِ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ- اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَتَزَوَّجَ فَقَدِّرْ لِي مِنَ النِّسَاءِ أَعَفَّهُنَّ فَرْجاً وَ أَحْفَظَهُنَّ لِي فِي نَفْسِهَا وَ مَالِي وَ أَوْسَعَهُنَّ رِزْقاً وَ أَعْظَمَهُنَّ بَرَكَةً وَ قَدِّرْ لِي وَلَداً طَيِّباً تَجْع

3. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa and A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn abu ‘Abd Allah from al-Qasim ibn Yahya from his grandfather, al-Hassan ibn Rashid from abu Basir who has said the following: “Abu Ja‘far, ‘Alayhi al-Salam, once asked me, ‘When one of you marries,

أَتَى رَجُلٌ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع فَقَالَ لَهُ إِنِّي تَزَوَّجْتُ فَادْعُ اللَّهَ لِي فَقَالَ قُلِ- اللَّهُمَّ بِكَلِمَاتِكَ اسْتَحْلَلْتُهَا وَ بِأَمَانَتِكَ أَخَذْتُهَا اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْهَا وَلُوداً وَدُوداً لَا تَفْرَكُ تَأْكُلُ مِمَّا رَاحَ وَ لَا تَسْأَلُ عَمَّا سَرَحَ‌[2].

4. It is narrated from the narrator of the previous Hadith from abu Yusuf from al-Mithamiy in a marfu’ manner has said the following: “Once, a man came to ’Amir al-Mu’minin (a.s.), and said, ‘I have just married, pray for me to Allah.’ He (the Imam) said, ’Say, 0 Lord, with Your words I have made her marriage lawful an

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ‌ إِذَا أَرَادَ الرَّجُلُ أَنْ يَتَزَوَّجَ الْمَرْأَةَ فَلْيَقُلْ أَقْرَرْتُ بِالْمِيثَاقِ الَّذِي أَخَذَ اللَّهُ إِمْسَاكٌ‌ بِمَعْرُوفٍ أَوْ تَسْرِيحٌ بِإِحْسانٍ‌

“I once heard abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), saying, ‘When a man wants to marry a woman he should say, “I authenticate my covenant with Allah which is: “maintain in a reasonable way or allow to go with kindness.” (2:229)’”

قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‌ فِي الرَّجُلِ إِذَا أَتَى أَهْلَهُ فَخَشِيَ أَنْ يُشَارِكَهُ الشَّيْطَانُ قَالَ يَقُولُ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَ يَتَعَوَّذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ.

‘In the name of Allah’ and seek protection with Allah against Satan.’”

قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‌ يَا أَبَا مُحَمَّدٍ أَيَّ شَيْ‌ءٍ يَقُولُ الرَّجُلُ مِنْكُمْ إِذَا دَخَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ امْرَأَتُهُ قُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ أَ يَسْتَطِيعُ الرَّجُلُ أَنْ يَقُولَ شَيْئاً فَقَالَ أَ لَا أُعَلِّمُكَ مَا تَقُولُ قُلْتُ بَلَى قَالَ تَقُولُ- بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ اسْتَحْلَلْتُ فَرْجَهَا وَ فِي أَمَانَةِ اللَّهِ أَخَذْتُهَا اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ قَضَيْتَ لِي فِي رَحِمِهَا شَيْئاً فَاجْعَلْهُ بَارّاً تَقِ

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), once said to me, ‘O abu Muhammad, what does one of you say when his wife comes to him?’ I replied, ‘I pray to Allah to keep my soul in service for your cause, can a man say anything?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Will you like if I teach you what to say?’ I replied, ‘Yes, please teach me.’ He (the Imam)

قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع‌ إِذَا جَامَعَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَقُلْ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَ بِاللَّهِ- اللَّهُمَّ جَنِّبْنِي الشَّيْطَانَ وَ جَنِّبِ الشَّيْطَانَ مَا رَزَقْتَنِي قَالَ فَإِنْ قَضَى اللَّهُ بَيْنَهُمَا وَلَداً لَا يَضُرُّهُ الشَّيْطَانُ بِشَيْ‌ءٍ أَبَداً.

“In the name of Allah, by the help of Allah, O Lord, keep Satan away from me and from what You have granted me.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘If Allah decides to grant them a child Satan will never be able to harm the child.’”

كُنْتُ عِنْدَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع جَالِساً فَذَكَرَ شِرْكَ الشَّيْطَانِ فَعَظَّمَهُ حَتَّى أَفْزَعَنِي قُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ فَمَا الْمَخْرَجُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ قَالَ إِذَا أَرَدْتَ الْجِمَاعَ فَقُلْ‌ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ* الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ بَدِيعُ السَّماواتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ* اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ قَضَيْتَ مِنِّي فِي هَذِهِ اللَّيْلَةِ خَلِيفَةً فَلَا تَجْعَلْ لِلشَّيْطَانِ فِيهِ شِرْكاً وَ لَا نَ

“I once was with abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.). He (the Imam) mentioned Satan and called him greatly dangerous so much so that it frightened me and I said, ‘I pray to Allah to keep my soul in service for your cause, what is the way out from it?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘When you decide to go to bed with your wife say, “In the name

قَالَ لِي أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَا أَبَا مُحَمَّدٍ إِذَا أَتَيْتَ أَهْلَكَ فَأَيَّ شَيْ‌ءٍ تَقُولُ قَالَ قُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ وَ أُطِيقُ أَنْ أَقُولَ شَيْئاً قَالَ بَلَى قُلِ- اللَّهُمَّ بِكَلِمَاتِكَ اسْتَحْلَلْتُ فَرْجَهَا وَ بِأَمَانَتِكَ أَخَذْتُهَا فَإِنْ قَضَيْتَ فِي رَحِمِهَا شَيْئاً فَاجْعَلْهُ تَقِيّاً زَكِيّاً وَ لَا تَجْعَلْ لِلشَّيْطَانِ فِيهِ شِرْكاً قَالَ قُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ وَ يَكُونُ فِيهِ شِ

5. It is narrated from the narrator of the previous Hadith from his father from Hamzah ibn ‘Abd Allah from Jamil ibn Darraj from abu al- Walid from abu Basir who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah, ‘Alayhi al-Salam, once said to me, ‘O abu Muhammad, what do you say when you go to bed with your wife?’ I said, ‘I pr

أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع رُبَّمَا خُلِقَ مِنْ أَحَدِهِمَا وَ رُبَّمَا خُلِقَ مِنْهُمَا جَمِيعاً.

“About the case of the seeds which are from man and Satan when they share, abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘Perhaps it is created from one of them or perhaps from both of them together.’”

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنِ الْعَزْلِ فَقَالَ ذَاكَ إِلَى الرَّجُلِ‌[1].

“This is concerning my question before abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about withdrawing before semen discharge. He (the Imam) said, ‘It is up to the man’s choice.’”

لَا بَأْسَ بِالْعَزْلِ عَنِ الْمَرْأَةِ الْحُرَّةِ إِنْ أَحَبَّ صَاحِبُهَا وَ إِنْ كَرِهَتْ لَيْسَ لَهَا مِنَ الْأَمْرِ شَيْ‌ءٌ.

“Abu Ja‘far (a.s.), has said, ‘It is not unlawful to withdraw before semen discharge from the woman who is free, if he likes even if she may not like. She does not have any say in it.’”