Withholding Mahr in the Case of Her Violation

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع أَتَزَوَّجُ الْمَرْأَةَ شَهْراً فَتُرِيدُ مِنِّي الْمَهْرَ كَمَلًا وَ أَتَخَوَّفُ أَنْ تُخْلِفَنِي فَقَالَ لَا يَجُوزُ أَنْ تَحْبِسَ مَا قَدَرْتَ عَلَيْهِ فَإِنْ هِيَ‌ أَخْلَفَتْكَ فَخُذْ مِنْهَا بِقَدْرِ مَا تُخْلِفُكَ.

“This is concerning my question before abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), about if I marry a woman for one month and she wants all of the mahr (dower) from me, but I am afraid of her acting against me. He (the Imam) said, ‘You cannot withhold the mahr (dower) that is set but when she acts against the terms of marriage then you ca

إِذَا بَقِيَ عَلَيْهِ شَيْ‌ءٌ مِنَ الْمَهْرِ وَ عَلِمَ أَنَّ لَهَا زَوْجاً فَمَا أَخَذَتْهُ فَلَهَا بِمَا اسْتَحَلَّ مِنْ فَرْجِهَا[1] وَ يَحْبِسُ عَنْهَا مَا بَقِيَ عِنْدَهُ.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘If something of mahr (dower) remains due on him and he learns that she has a husband, then what she has received belongs to her because of its making his going to bed with her lawful and he can withhold the remaining of mahr (dower).”’

قُلْتُ لَهُ أَتَزَوَّجُ الْمَرْأَةَ شَهْراً فَأَحْبِسُ عَنْهَا شَيْئاً قَالَ نَعَمْ خُذْ مِنْهَا بِقَدْرِ مَا تُخْلِفُكَ إِنْ كَانَ نِصْفَ شَهْرٍ فَالنِّصْفَ وَ إِنْ كَانَ ثُلُثاً فَالثُّلُثَ. - مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ حَنْظَلَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‌ مِثْلَهُ.

“I once said to abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), ‘I marry a woman for one month and withhold a certain amount from her mahr (dower). He (the Imam) said, ‘Yes, you can do so for what is equal to her violation of the condition. If the violation is half of the month you can withhold one-half, if it is one-third then withhold one-th

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي الْحَسَنِ ع الرَّجُلُ يَتَزَوَّجُ الْمَرْأَةَ مُتْعَةً تَشْتَرِطُ لَهُ أَنْ تَأْتِيَهُ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ حَتَّى تُوَفِّيَهُ شَرْطَهُ أَوْ تَشْتَرِطُ أَيَّاماً مَعْلُومَةً تَأْتِيهِ فِيهَا فَتَغْدِرُ بِهِ فَلَا تَأْتِيهِ عَلَى مَا شَرَطَهُ عَلَيْهَا فَهَلْ يَصْلُحُ لَهُ أَنْ يُحَاسِبَهَا عَلَى مَا لَمْ تَأْتِهِ مِنَ الْأَيَّامِ فَيَحْبِسَ عَنْهَا مِنْ مَهْرِهَا بِحِسَابِ ذَلِكَ قَالَ نَعَمْ يَنْظُرُ مَا قَطَ

“About the case of a man who marries a woman in the manner of al-Mut‘ah (advantageous marriage) with the condition that she must come to him every day to comply with the condition, or sets a condition to come to him in certain days; but she asks to be excused and does not come to comply with the condition; if it is pro

كَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ‌ الرَّيَّانُ بْنُ شَبِيبٍ يَعْنِي أَبَا الْحَسَنِ ع‌ الرَّجُلُ يَتَزَوَّجُ الْمَرْأَةَ مُتْعَةً بِمَهْرٍ إِلَى أَجَلٍ مَعْلُومٍ- وَ أَعْطَاهَا بَعْضَ مَهْرِهَا وَ أَخَّرَتْهُ بِالْبَاقِي ثُمَّ دَخَلَ بِهَا وَ عَلِمَ بَعْدَ دُخُولِهِ بِهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ يُوَفِّيَهَا بَاقِيَ مَهْرِهَا أَنَّمَا زَوَّجَتْهُ نَفْسَهَا وَ لَهَا زَوْجٌ مُقِيمٌ مَعَهَا أَ يَجُوزُ لَهُ حَبْسُ بَاقِي مَهْرِهَا أَمْ لَا يَجُوزُ فَ

“Al-Rayyan ibn Shabib wrote to abu al-Hassan (a.s.), asking about a man who marries in the manner of al-Mut‘ah (advantageous marriage) for a certain amount of mahr (dower) for a certain number of days, pays her a part of her mahr (dower) and withholds the rest, then he goes to bed with her and before paying her the res