Cheating in Marriage

إِنْ كَانَ الَّذِي زَوَّجَهَا إِيَّاهُ مِنْ غَيْرِ مَوَالِيهَا فَالنِّكَاحُ فَاسِدٌ قُلْتُ فَكَيْفَ يَصْنَعُ بِالْمَهْرِ الَّذِي أَخَذَتْ مِنْهُ قَالَ إِنْ وَجَدَ مِمَّا أَعْطَاهَا شَيْئاً فَلْيَأْخُذْهُ وَ إِنْ لَمْ يَجِدْ شَيْئاً فَلَا شَيْ‌ءَ لَهُ عَلَيْهَا وَ إِنْ كَانَ زَوَّجَهَا إِيَّاهُ وَلِيٌّ لَهَا ارْتَجَعَ عَلَى وَلِيِّهَا بِمَا أَخَذَتْ مِنْهُ وَ لِمَوَالِيهَا عَلَيْهِ عُشْرُ ثَمَنِهَا إِنْ كَانَتْ بِكْرا

“About the case of a man who marries a free woman and finds her to be a slave who has disguised herself before him, abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘If the one who has given her in marriage is not one of her masters, the marriage is invalid.’ I then asked, ‘What should he do about mahr (dower) that she has taken?’ He

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ مَمْلُوكَةِ قَوْمٍ أَتَتْ قَبِيلَةً غَيْرَ قَبِيلَتِهَا وَ أَخْبَرَتْهُمْ أَنَّهَا حُرَّةٌ فَتَزَوَّجَهَا رَجُلٌ مِنْهُمْ فَوَلَدَتْ لَهُ قَالَ وُلْدُهُ مَمْلُوكُونَ إِلَّا أَنْ يُقِيمَ الْبَيِّنَةَ أَنَّهُ شَهِدَ لَهَا شَاهِدٌ[2] أَنَّهَا حُرَّةٌ فَلَا تُمْلَكُ وُلْدُهُ وَ يَكُونُونَ أَحْرَاراً.

“This is concerning my question before him (the Imam); ‘Alayhi al-Salam, about the case of a slave- girl of a people who goes to a tribe other than her tribe and tells that she is free. A man marries her and she gives birth for him. He (the Imam) said, ‘Her children are slaves unless testimony is established to prove t

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع أَمَةٌ أَبَقَتْ مِنْ مَوَالِيهَا فَأَتَتْ قَبِيلَةً غَيْرَ قَبِيلَتِهَا فَادَّعَتْ أَنَّهَا حُرَّةٌ فَوَثَبَ عَلَيْهَا رَجُلٌ فَتَزَوَّجَهَا فَظَفِرَ بِهَا مَوْلَاهَا بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ وَ قَدْ وَلَدَتْ أَوْلَاداً فَقَالَ إِنْ أَقَامَ الْبَيِّنَةَ الزَّوْجُ عَلَى أَنَّهُ تَزَوَّجَهَا عَلَى أَنَّهَا حُرَّةٌ أُعْتِقَ وُلْدُهَا وَ ذَهَبَ الْقَوْمُ بِأَمَتِهِمْ فَإِنْ لَمْ يُقِمِ الْبَيِّنَةَ أ

“This is concerning my question before abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of a slave girl who runs away from her masters, comes to another tribe and claims that she is free. A man in a hurry comes forward, marries her and her master then succeeds to find her out when she has already given birth to children. He (the

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ خَطَبَ إِلَى رَجُلٍ ابْنَةً لَهُ مِنْ مَهِيرَةٍ فَلَمَّا كَانَ لَيْلَةُ دُخُولِهَا عَلَى زَوْجِهَا أَدْخَلَ عَلَيْهِ ابْنَةً لَهُ أُخْرَى مِنْ أَمَةٍ قَالَ تُرَدُّ عَلَى أَبِيهَا وَ تُرَدُّ إِلَيْهِ امْرَأَتُهُ وَ يَكُونُ مَهْرُهَا عَلَى أَبِيهَا.

“This is concerning my question before abu Ja‘far (a.s.), about the case of a man who proposes marriage to a man for his daughter for a certain amount of mahr (dower) but in the night of their going to bed he sends his other daughter who is from a slave-girl. He (the Imam) said, ‘He returns her to her father who must s

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع- عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يَخْطُبُ إِلَى الرَّجُلِ ابْنَتَهُ مِنْ مَهِيرَةٍ فَأَتَاهُ بِغَيْرِهَا قَالَ تُرَدُّ إِلَيْهِ الَّتِي سُمِّيَتْ لَهُ بِمَهْرٍ آخَرَ مِنْ عِنْدِ أَبِيهَا وَ الْمَهْرُ الْأَوَّلُ لِلَّتِي دَخَلَ بِهَا.

“This is concerning my question before abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of a man who proposes marriage to a man for his daughter for a certain amount of mahr (dower) but he sends someone other than her. He (the Imam) said, ‘The one identified in marriage must be sent to him with mahr (dower) paid by her father and

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ تَزَوَّجَ إِلَى قَوْمٍ فَإِذَا امْرَأَتُهُ عَوْرَاءُ[2] وَ لَمْ يُبَيِّنُوا لَهُ قَالَ يُرَدُّ النِّكَاحُ مِنَ الْبَرَصِ وَ الْجُذَامِ وَ الْجُنُونِ وَ الْعَفَلِ‌[3].

“This is concerning my question before abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of a man who marries from a people but finds out that his wife is blind about which he was not informed. He (the Imam) said, ‘Marriage is revoked only because of al-Bars (albino), leprosy, insanity and al-‘Afal (growth of something in woman’s

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع- عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يَتَزَوَّجُ الْمَرْأَةَ بِهَا الْجُنُونُ وَ الْبَرَصُ وَ شِبْهُ ذَلِكَ قَالَ هُوَ ضَامِنٌ لِلْمَهْرِ[4].

“This is concerning my question before abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of a man who marries a woman who is insane or has leprosy and so on. He (the Imam) said, ‘He is responsible for mahr (dower).”’

تُرَدُّ الْبَرْصَاءُ وَ الْمَجْنُونَةُ وَ الْمَجْذُومَةُ قُلْتُ الْعَوْرَاءُ قَالَ لَا.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘Marriage of a woman with illness of al-Bars (albino), insanity and leprosy is revoked and invalid.’ I asked about a blind. He (the Imam) said, ‘No, it does not apply to her.’”

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع الْمَحْدُودُ وَ الْمَحْدُودَةُ هَلْ تُرَدُّ مِنَ النِّكَاحِ قَالَ لَا قَالَ رِفَاعَةُ وَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الْبَرْصَاءِ فَقَالَ قَضَى أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع فِي امْرَأَةٍ زَوَّجَهَا وَلِيُّهَا وَ هِيَ بَرْصَاءُ أَنَّ لَهَا الْمَهْرَ بِمَا اسْتَحَلَّ مِنْ فَرْجِهَا وَ أَنَّ الْمَهْرَ عَلَى الَّذِي زَوَّجَهَا وَ إِنَّمَا صَارَ الْمَهْرُ عَلَيْهِ لِأَنَّهُ دَلَّسَهَا وَ لَوْ أَنَّ رَجُلًا

“I once asked him (the Imam) (a.s.), about the case of a woman who suffers from al-Bars (albino). He (the Imam) said, ‘’Amir al-Mu’minin (a.s.), issued a judgment, in the case of a woman who was given in marriage by her guardian when she suffered from al-Bars, that she deserves mahr (dower) which must be paid by the on

يُؤْخَذُ الْمَهْرُ مِنْهَا وَ لَا يَكُونُ عَلَى الَّذِي زَوَّجَهَا شَيْ‌ءٌ[2].

About the case of a man who is appointed by a woman to manage her affairs or a relative or a neighbor who does not know about her cheating and he finds her as cheating about a defect which exists in her. He (the Imam) said, ‘She must pay back the mahr (dower) and the one who has given her in marriage does not owe anyth

لِكُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا الصَّدَاقُ بِالْغِشْيَانِ وَ إِنْ كَانَ وَلِيُّهُمَا تَعَمَّدَ ذَلِكَ أُغْرِمَ الصَّدَاقَ وَ لَا يَقْرَبُ وَاحِدٌ مِنْهُمَا امْرَأَتَهُ حَتَّى تَنْقَضِيَ الْعِدَّةُ فَإِذَا انْقَضَتِ الْعِدَّةُ صَارَتْ كُلُّ وَاحِدَةٍ مِنْهُمَا إِلَى زَوْجِهَا بِالنِّكَاحِ الْأَوَّلِ قِيلَ لَهُ فَإِنْ مَاتَتَا قَبْلَ انْقِضَاءِ الْعِدَّةِ قَالَ فَقَالَ يَرْجِعُ الزَّوْجَانِ بِنِصْفِ الصَّدَاقِ عَلَى وَرَثَتِ

“In the case of two sisters who were given (in marriage) as a gift to two brothers and who in the night of going to bed with them each one went to bed with the woman of the other one, abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘Each one must pay mahr (dower) because of going to bed and if their guardians had known it and ignored

قَالَ: فِي الرَّجُلِ إِذَا تَزَوَّجَ الْمَرْأَةَ فَوَجَدَ بِهَا قَرْناً وَ هُوَ الْعَفَلُ أَوْ بَيَاضاً أَوْ جُذَاماً إِنَّهُ يَرُدُّهَا مَا لَمْ يَدْخُلْ بِهَا[1].

“About the case of a man who marries a woman and finds Qarn or al- ‘Afal (growth of a substance in her vagina that prevents sexual intercourse) with her or whiteness or leprosy, he (the Imam) (a.s.), has said that he can revoke the marriage if he has not gone to bed with her.’”

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع- عَنْ رَجُلٍ نَظَرَ إِلَى امْرَأَةٍ فَأَعْجَبَتْهُ فَسَأَلَ عَنْهَا فَقِيلَ هِيَ ابْنَةُ فُلَانٍ فَأَتَى أَبَاهَا فَقَالَ زَوِّجْنِي ابْنَتَكَ فَزَوَّجَهُ غَيْرَهَا فَوَلَدَتْ مِنْهُ فَعَلِمَ أَنَّهَا غَيْرُ ابْنَتِهِ وَ أَنَّهَا أَمَةٌ فَقَالَ يَرُدُّ الْوَلِيدَةَ عَلَى مَوْلَاهَا وَ الْوَلَدُ لِلرَّجُلِ وَ عَلَى الَّذِي زَوَّجَهُ قِيمَةُ ثَمَنِ الْوَلَدِ يُعْطِيهِ مَوَالِيَ الْوَلِيد

“This is concerning my question before abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of a man who looks at a woman, likes her, asks about her and it is said that she is daughter of so and so. He goes to her father and asks him to give his daughter in marriage to him but he gives another woman in marriage to him and she gives b

فِي رَجُلٍ تَزَوَّجَ امْرَأَةً مِنْ وَلِيِّهَا فَوَجَدَ بِهَا عَيْباً بَعْدَ مَا دَخَلَ بِهَا قَالَ فَقَالَ إِذَا دُلِّسَتِ الْعَفْلَاءُ وَ الْبَرْصَاءُ وَ الْمَجْنُونَةُ وَ الْمُفْضَاةُ وَ مَنْ كَانَ بِهَا زَمَانَةٌ ظَاهِرَةٌ فَإِنَّهَا تُرَدُّ عَلَى أَهْلِهَا مِنْ غَيْرِ طَلَاقٍ وَ يَأْخُذُ الزَّوْجُ الْمَهْرَ مِنْ وَلِيِّهَا الَّذِي كَانَ دَلَّسَهَا فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ وَلِيُّهَا عَلِمَ بِشَيْ‌ءٍ مِنْ ذَلِكَ فَلَا

“About the case of a man who marries a woman by the approval of her guardian and finds a defect in her after going to bed with her, abu Ja’far (a.s.), has said, ‘If the defect is al-‘Afal, al-Bars (albino), insanity, or ‘Ifda’ (an injury that cuts into her feces and urine passages), one who has an apparent defect and i

عَنِ الْمَرْأَةِ تَلِدُ مِنَ الزِّنَا وَ لَا يَعْلَمُ بِذَلِكَ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا وَلِيُّهَا أَ يَصْلُحُ لَهُ أَنْ يُزَوِّجَهَا وَ يَسْكُتَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ إِذَا كَانَ قَدْ رَأَى مِنْهَا تَوْبَةً أَوْ مَعْرُوفاً فَقَالَ‌ إِنْ لَمْ يَذْكُرْ ذَلِكَ لِزَوْجِهَا ثُمَّ عَلِمَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فَشَاءَ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ صَدَاقَهَا مِنْ وَلِيِّهَا بِمَا دَلَّسَ عَلَيْهِ كَانَ لَهُ ذَلِكَ عَلَى وَلِيِّهَا وَ كَانَ الصَّدَاقُ الَّذِي أَخَذَت

“This is concerning my question before abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of a woman who gives birth because of going to bed with a man out of wedlock and no one except her guardian knows it, if it is proper for him to give her in marriage and remain quiet about it, provided, he has seen her repenting or good deeds.

الْمَرْأَةُ تُرَدُّ مِنْ أَرْبَعَةِ أَشْيَاءَ مِنَ الْبَرَصِ وَ الْجُذَامِ وَ الْجُنُونِ وَ الْقَرَنِ وَ هُوَ الْعَفَلُ مَا لَمْ يَقَعْ عَلَيْهَا فَإِذَا وَقَعَ عَلَيْهَا فَلَا.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘A woman can be returned because of four things: al- Bars (albino, a form of leprosy), leprosy, insanity and al-Qarn which is al-‘Afal, (growth of a substance in her vagina that prevents sexual intercourse) if he has not yet gone to bed with her, and if so then she cannot be returned.’

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ رَجُلٍ تَزَوَّجَ امْرَأَةً فَوَجَدَ بِهَا قَرْناً قَالَ هَذِهِ لَا تَحْبَلُ [تُرَدُّ عَلَى أَهْلِهَا مَنْ‌] يَنْقَبِضُ زَوْجُهَا عَنْ مُجَامَعَتِهَا تُرَدُّ عَلَى أَهْلِهَا قُلْتُ فَإِنْ كَانَ دَخَلَ بِهَا قَالَ إِنْ كَانَ عَلِمَ بِهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ يُجَامِعَهَا ثُمَّ جَامَعَهَا فَقَدْ رَضِيَ بِهَا وَ إِنْ لَمْ يَعْلَمْ إِلَّا بَعْدَ مَا جَامَعَهَا فَإِنْ شَاءَ بَعْدُ أَمْسَكَهَا وَ

“This is concerning my question before abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of a man who marries and finds Qarn in her. He (the Imam) said, ‘She cannot become pregnant, so she is returned to her family and the husband abstains from going to bed with her to return her to her family.’ I then asked, ‘What happens if he h

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع- عَنْ رَجُلٍ تَزَوَّجَ امْرَأَةً فَوَجَدَ بِهَا قَرْناً قَالَ فَقَالَ هَذِهِ لَا تَحْبَلُ وَ لَا يَقْدِرُ زَوْجُهَا عَلَى مُجَامَعَتِهَا يَرُدُّهَا عَلَى أَهْلِهَا صَاغِرَةً وَ لَا مَهْرَ لَهَا قُلْتُ فَإِنْ كَانَ دَخَلَ بِهَا قَالَ إِنْ كَانَ عَلِمَ بِذَلِكَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَنْكِحَهَا يَعْنِي الْمُجَامَعَةَ ثُمَّ جَامَعَهَا فَقَدْ رَضِيَ بِهَا وَ إِنْ لَمْ يَعْلَمْ إِلَّا بَعْدَ مَا جَام

“This is concerning my question before abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of a man who marries and finds Qarn in her. He (the Imam) said, ‘She cannot become pregnant and her husband cannot go to bed with her, so she is compelled to return to her family and she has no mahr (dower).’ I then asked, ‘What happens if he

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ع- عَنْ رَجُلٍ تَزَوَّجَ امْرَأَةً فَزَفَّتْهَا إِلَيْهِ‌[2] أُخْتُهَا وَ كَانَتْ أَكْبَرَ مِنْهَا فَأَدْخَلَتْ مَنْزِلَ زَوْجِهَا لَيْلًا فَعَمَدَتْ إِلَى ثِيَابِ امْرَأَتِهِ فَنَزَعَتْهَا مِنْهَا وَ لَبِسَتْهَا ثُمَّ قَعَدَتْ فِي حَجَلَةِ أُخْتِهَا وَ نَحَّتِ امْرَأَتَهُ وَ أَطْفَتِ الْمِصْبَاحَ وَ اسْتَحْيَتِ الْجَارِيَةُ أَنْ تَتَكَلَّمَ فَدَخَلَ الزَّوْجُ الْحَجَلَةَ فَوَاقَعَهَا وَ هُوَ

“This is concerning my question before abu Ja‘far (a.s.), about the case of a man who marries a woman but her sister who is older than her goes to the house of the man, takes away the clothes of his wife, wears them, lies down in her room, moves her away and switches off the light. The girl cannot speak because of shyn