The Case of One Who Kisses His Wife or Looks at Her With or Without Lust, or Looks at Someone Else

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الْمُحْرِمِ يَضَعُ يَدَهُ مِنْ غَيْرِ شَهْوَةٍ عَلَى امْرَأَتِهِ قَالَ نَعَمْ يُصْلِحُ عَلَيْهَا خِمَارَهَا وَ يُصْلِحُ عَلَيْهَا ثَوْبَهَا وَ مَحْمِلَهَا قُلْتُ أَ فَيَمَسُّهَا وَ هِيَ مُحْرِمَةٌ قَالَ نَعَمْ‌ قُلْتُ الْمُحْرِمُ يَضَعُ يَدَهُ بِشَهْوَةٍ قَالَ يُهَرِيقُ دَمَ شَاةٍ قُلْتُ فَإِنْ قَبَّلَ قَالَ هَذَا أَشَدُّ يَنْحَرُ بَدَنَةً.

“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about a man who is in the state of Ihram and places his hand on his wife without lust. He (the Imam) said, ‘Yes, he can secure her veil or her cloth or her carriage.’ I then asked, ‘Can he touch her while she is in the state of Ihram?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Yes, he can do so.’ I then

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ قَبَّلَ امْرَأَتَهُ وَ هُوَ مُحْرِمٌ قَالَ عَلَيْهِ بَدَنَةٌ وَ إِنْ لَمْ يُنْزِلْ وَ لَيْسَ لَهُ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ مِنْهَا.

“I once asked abu al-Hassan (a.s.), about a man who is in the state of Ihram and kisses his wife. He (the Imam) said, ‘There is one badanah on him and he must not eat from its meat even if he does not discharge any semen.’”

قَالَ لِي أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‌ يَا أَبَا سَيَّارٍ إِنَّ حَالَ الْمُحْرِمِ ضَيِّقَةٌ فَمَنْ قَبَّلَ امْرَأَتَهُ عَلَى غَيْرِ شَهْوَةٍ وَ هُوَ مُحْرِمٌ فَعَلَيْهِ دَمُ شَاةٍ وَ مَنْ قَبَّلَ امْرَأَتَهُ عَلَى شَهْوَةٍ فَأَمْنَى فَعَلَيْهِ جَزُورٌ وَ يَسْتَغْفِرُ رَبَّهُ وَ مَنْ مَسَّ امْرَأَتَهُ بِيَدِهِ وَ هُوَ مُحْرِمٌ عَلَى شَهْوَةٍ فَعَلَيْهِ دَمُ شَاةٍ وَ مَنْ نَظَرَ إِلَى امْرَأَتِهِ نَظَرَ شَهْوَةٍ فَأَمْنَى ف

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), once said to me, ‘O abu Sayyar the condition of one in the state of Ihram is restricted. If one kisses his wife without lust while in the state of Ihram, he owes one sheep; if one does so with lust and discharges semen, he owes a Jazur (slaughtering a camel) and must ask his Lord for forgiveness

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ ع عَنِ الْمُحْرِمِ يَعْبَثُ بِأَهْلِهِ حَتَّى يُمْنِيَ مِنْ غَيْرِ جِمَاعٍ أَوْ يَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ فِي شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ مَا ذَا عَلَيْهِمَا[4] قَالَ عَلَيْهِمَا جَمِيعاً الْكَفَّارَةُ مِثْلُ مَا عَلَى الَّذِي يُجَامِعُ.

“I once asked abu al-Hassan (a.s.), about a man who is in the state of Ihram and plays with his wife until he discharges semen without intercourse; or if it is in the month of Ramadan what he will owe. He (the Imam) said, ‘There is kaffarah (expiation) on both of them just as for sexual intercourse.’”

قُلْتُ لَهُ مَا تَقُولُ فِي مُحْرِمٍ عَبِثَ بِذَكَرِهِ فَأَمْنَى قَالَ أَرَى عَلَيْهِ مِثْلَ مَا عَلَى مَنْ أَتَى أَهْلَهُ وَ هُوَ مُحْرِمٌ بَدَنَةً وَ الْحَجَّ مِنْ قَابِلٍ.

“I once asked abu al-Hassan (a.s.), about a man who is in the state of Ihram, plays with his penis and discharges semen. He (the Imam) said, ‘It is like one who, while in the state of Ihram, performs sexual intercourse with his wife; he owes badanah and al-Hajj in future.’”

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ رَجُلٍ نَظَرَ إِلَى سَاقِ امْرَأَةٍ فَأَمْنَى قَالَ إِنْ كَانَ مُوسِراً فَعَلَيْهِ بَدَنَةٌ وَ إِنْ كَانَ بَيْنَ ذَلِكَ فَبَقَرَةٌ وَ إِنْ كَانَ فَقِيراً فَشَاةٌ أَمَا إِنِّي لَمْ أَجْعَلْ ذَلِكَ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْلِ الْمَاءِ وَ لَكِنْ مِنْ أَجْلِ أَنَّهُ نَظَرَ إِلَى مَا لَا يَحِلُّ لَهُ.

“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about a man who is in the state of Ihram, looks at the leg of a woman and discharges semen. He (the Imam) said, ‘If he is affluent, he owes badanah; if he is not so much affluent, then it is a cow; if he is poor then it is a sheep. I do not place it on him because of semen but it is

عَلَيْهِ دَمٌ لِأَنَّهُ نَظَرَ إِلَى غَيْرِ مَا يَحِلُّ لَهُ وَ إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ أَنْزَلَ فَلْيَتَّقِ اللَّهَ وَ لَا يَعُدْ وَ لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ شَيْ‌ءٌ.

“About a man who in the state of Ihram, looks to those other than his wife and discharges semen, he (the Imam) (a.s.), said, ‘He owes an animal offering because of looking at what is not lawful for him. If there is no semen discharge, he must maintain piety before Allah, he must not repeat and there is not anything on

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنِ الْمُحْرِمِ يُقَبِّلُ أُمَّهُ قَالَ لَا بَأْسَ هَذِهِ قُبْلَةُ رَحْمَةٍ إِنَّمَا يُكْرَهُ قُبْلَةُ الشَّهْوَةِ.

‘It is not harmful; it is a kiss of blessing, only kissing with lust is despised.’”

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ رَجُلٍ يَسْمَعُ كَلَامَ امْرَأَةٍ مِنْ خَلْفِ حَائِطٍ وَ هُوَ مُحْرِمٌ فَتَشَهَّى حَتَّى أَنْزَلَ قَالَ لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ شَيْ‌ءٌ.

“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about a man who in the state of Ihram, hears a woman speaking from behind the wall and because of lust he discharges semen. He (the Imam) said, ‘There is nothing on him.’”

فِي مُحْرِمٍ اسْتَمَعَ عَلَى رَجُلٍ يُجَامِعُ أَهْلَهُ فَأَمْنَى قَالَ لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ شَيْ‌ءٌ[2].

“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about a man who is in the state of Ihram, hears a man performing sexual intercourse with his wife and he also discharges semen. He (the Imam) said, ‘There is nothing on him.’”

فِي الْمُحْرِمِ تُنْعَتُ لَهُ الْمَرْأَةُ الْجَمِيلَةُ الْخِلْقَةِ فَيُمْنِي قَالَ لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ شَيْ‌ءٌ[3].

“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about a man who is in the state of Ihram, a beautiful woman describes her beauty and he discharges semen. He (the Imam) said, ‘There is nothing on him.’”