alkafi-9515Vol. 5, p. 353-354
قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ص إِيَّاكُمْ وَ تَزْوِيجَ الْحَمْقَاءِ فَإِنَّ صُحْبَتَهَا بَلَاءٌ وَ وُلْدَهَا ضِيَاعٌ.
’Beware of marriage with dimwitted ones, living with her is a tragedy and her children are a loss.’”
Detestability of Marriage with Dimwitted and Insane People
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alkafi-9516Vol. 5, p. 354
زَوِّجُوا الْأَحْمَقَ وَ لَا تُزَوِّجُوا الْحَمْقَاءَ فَإِنَّ الْأَحْمَقَ يَنْجُبُ وَ الْحَمْقَاءَ لَا تَنْجُبُ.
“Abu ’Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘You can give in marriage to a dimwitted man but do not marry a dimwitted woman; a dimwitted man can have children (healthy ones) but a dimwitted woman cannot.”’
alkafi-9517Vol. 5, p. 354
سَأَلَهُ بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنِ الرَّجُلِ الْمُسْلِمِ تُعْجِبُهُ الْمَرْأَةُ الْحَسْنَاءُ أَ يَصْلُحُ لَهُ أَنْ يَتَزَوَّجَهَا وَ هِيَ مَجْنُونَةٌ قَالَ لَا وَ لَكِنْ إِنْ كَانَتْ عِنْدَهُ أَمَةٌ مَجْنُونَةٌ فَلَا بَأْسَ بِأَنْ يَطَأَهَا وَ لَا يَطْلُبَ وَلَدَهَا.
“Certain persons of our people once asked abu Ja’far (a.s.), about the case of a Muslim man who likes a beautiful woman; if he can marry her and she is insane. He (the Imam) said, ’No, however, if he has an insane slave-girl he can go to bed with her but must not seek her children (he must use contraceptives).”’