Two Guardians, Each Gives a Girl to a Different Man in Marriage

قَضَى أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع فِي امْرَأَةٍ أَنْكَحَهَا أَخُوهَا رَجُلًا ثُمَّ أَنْكَحَتْهَا أُمُّهَا بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ رَجُلًا وَ خَالُهَا أَوْ أَخٌ لَهَا صَغِيرٌ فَدُخِلَ بِهَا فَحَبِلَتْ فَاحْتَكَمَا فِيهَا فَأَقَامَ الْأَوَّلُ الشُّهُودَ فَأَلْحَقَهَا بِالْأَوَّلِ وَ جَعَلَ لَهَا الصَّدَاقَيْنِ جَمِيعاً وَ مَنَعَ زَوْجَهَا الَّذِي حُقَّتْ لَهُ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ بِهَا حَتَّى تَضَعَ حَمْلَهَا ثُمَّ أَلْحَقَ الْوَلَدَ بِأَ

“Abu Ja‘far (a.s.), has said that ’Amir al-Mu’minin (a.s.), issued a judgment. It was about the case of a woman whose brother gave her in marriage to one man and her mother gave her in marriage to another man, her maternal uncle or her brother were younger. He went to bed with her and she became pregnant and the two me

سُئِلَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع وَ أَنَا عِنْدَهُ عَنْ جَارِيَةٍ كَانَ لَهَا أَخَوَانِ زَوَّجَهَا الْأَكْبَرُ بِالْكُوفَةِ وَ زَوَّجَهَا الْأَصْغَرُ بِأَرْضٍ‌ أُخْرَى قَالَ الْأَوَّلُ بِهَا أَوْلَى إِلَّا أَنْ يَكُونَ الْآخَرُ قَدْ دَخَلَ بِهَا فَإِنْ دَخَلَ بِهَا فَهِيَ امْرَأَتُهُ وَ نِكَاحُهُ جَائِزٌ[1].

‘The first has priority unless the other one has gone to bed with her, and if he has gone to bed she is his wife and his marriage is binding.”’

سَأَلَهُ رَجُلٌ عَنْ رَجُلٍ مَاتَ وَ تَرَكَ أَخَوَيْنِ وَ الْبِنْتَ وَ الِابْنَةُ صَغِيرَةٌ فَعَمَدَ أَحَدُ الْأَخَوَيْنِ الْوَصِيُّ فَزَوَّجَ الِابْنَةَ مِنِ ابْنِهِ ثُمَّ مَاتَ أَبُو الِابْنِ الْمُزَوَّجِ فَلَمَّا أَنْ مَاتَ قَالَ الْآخَرُ أَخِي لَمْ يُزَوِّجْ ابْنَهُ فَزَوَّجَ الْجَارِيَةَ مِنِ ابْنِهِ فَقِيلَ لِلْجَارِيَةِ أَيُّ الزَّوْجَيْنِ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْكِ الْأَوَّلُ أَوِ الْآخَرُ قَالَتِ الْآخَرُ ثُمَّ إِنَّ

“Once a man asked him (the Imam) (a.s.), about the case of a man who dies and leaves behind two brothers and a daughter who is small. One brother becomes the executor of the will and gives the girl in marriage to his son. The father of the boy married to the girl dies and thereafter the other brother says that his brot