قَضَى أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع فِي امْرَأَةٍ حُرَّةٍ دَلَّسَ لَهَا عَبْدٌ فَنَكَحَهَا وَ لَمْ تَعْلَمْ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ حُرٌّ قَالَ يُفَرَّقُ بَيْنَهُمَا إِنْ شَاءَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ.
“Abu Ja‘far (a.s.), has said that ’Amir al-Mu’minin (a.s.), issued a judgment about the case of a free woman who was cheated by a slave who married her and she did not know him to be other than a free man. He (the Imam) said, ‘They must be separated if the woman so wanted.’”
سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ع- عَنِ امْرَأَةٍ حُرَّةٍ تَزَوَّجَتْ مَمْلُوكاً عَلَى أَنَّهُ حُرٌّ فَعَلِمَتْ بَعْدُ أَنَّهُ مَمْلُوكٌ قَالَ هِيَ أَمْلَكُ بِنَفْسِهَا إِنْ شَاءَتْ أَقَرَّتْ مَعَهُ وَ إِنْ شَاءَتْ فَلَا فَإِنْ كَانَ دَخَلَ بِهَا فَلَهَا الصَّدَاقُ وَ إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ دَخَلَ بِهَا فَلَيْسَ لَهَا شَيْءٌ فَإِنْ هُوَ دَخَلَ بِهَا بَعْدَ مَا عَلِمَتْ أَنَّهُ مَمْلُوكٌ وَ أَقَرَّتْ بِذَلِكَ فَهُوَ أَمْلَكُ بِهَا
“This is concerning my question before abu Ja‘far (a.s.), about the case of a woman who is free and marries a slave thinking that he is free and then finds out that he is a slave. He (the Imam) said, ‘She has all the control of herself; if she wants she can stay with him or not stay with him. If he has gone to be bed w
فَقَالَ يُفَرَّقُ بَيْنَهُمَا إِنْ شَاءَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ وَ يُوجَعُ رَأْسُهُ وَ إِنْ رَضِيَتْ بِهِ وَ أَقَامَتْ مَعَهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهَا بَعْدَ رِضَاهَا بِهِ أَنْ تَأْبَاهُ.
“About the case of a castrated man who cheats and marries a Muslim woman, one of the two Imam, (abu Ja’far or abu ‘Abd Allah), ‘Alayhim al-Salam, has said, ‘They are separated from each other if she wants and he will have a headache, but if she agrees and stays with him, after her agreement she cannot deny him.’”
فِي الْعِنِّينِ إِذَا عُلِمَ أَنَّهُ عِنِّينٌ لَا يَأْتِي النِّسَاءَ فُرِّقَ بَيْنَهُمَا وَ إِذَا وَقَعَ عَلَيْهَا وَقْعَةً وَاحِدَةً لَمْ يُفَرَّقْ بَيْنَهُمَا وَ الرَّجُلُ لَا يُرَدُّ مِنْ عَيْبٍ.
“About the case of a man who is impotent, abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘When it is found out that he is impotent and cannot sleep with women, they are separated from each other; and if he goes to bed with her even once then they are not separated from each other; man is not turned away because of defect.’”
سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع- عَنِ امْرَأَةٍ ابْتُلِيَ زَوْجُهَا فَلَا يَقْدِرُ عَلَى الْجِمَاعِ أَ تُفَارِقُهُ قَالَ نَعَمْ إِنْ شَاءَتْ قَالَ ابْنُ مُسْكَانَ وَ فِي حَدِيثٍ آخَرَ تَنْتَظِرُ سَنَةً فَإِنْ أَتَاهَا وَ إِلَّا فَارَقَتْهُ فَإِنْ أَحَبَّتْ أَنْ تُقِيمَ مَعَهُ فَلْتُقِمْ.
“This is concerning my question before abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of a woman who tries her husband but he is not able to go to bed with her; if they must be separated from each other. He (the Imam) said, ‘Yes, if she wants separation.’ Ibn Muskan has said that in another Hadith he (the Imam) has said that sh
يُفَرَّقُ بَيْنَهُمَا وَ تَأْخُذُ الْمَرْأَةُ مِنْهُ صَدَاقَهَا وَ يُوجَعُ ظَهْرُهُ كَمَا دَلَّسَ نَفْسَهُ.
“About the case of a man who is castrated but he cheats and marries a woman, abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘They are separated from each other and the women takes her mahr (dower) from him and he will have a backache (punishment) because of his cheating.’”
سَمِعْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ع يَقُولُ إِذَا تَزَوَّجَ الرَّجُلُ الْمَرْأَةَ الثَّيِّبَ الَّتِي قَدْ تَزَوَّجَتْ زَوْجاً غَيْرَهُ فَزَعَمَتْ أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَقْرَبْهَا مُنْذُ دَخَلَ بِهَا فَإِنَّ الْقَوْلَ فِي ذَلِكَ قَوْلُ الرَّجُلِ وَ عَلَيْهِ أَنْ يَحْلِفَ بِاللَّهِ لَقَدْ جَامَعَهَا لِأَنَّهَا الْمُدَّعِيَةُ قَالَ فَإِنْ تَزَوَّجَهَا وَ هِيَ بِكْرٌ فَزَعَمَتْ أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَصِلْ إِلَيْهَا فَإِنَّ مِثْلَ هَذَا يَعْرِفُ
“I once heard abu Ja‘far (a.s.), saying, ‘If a man marries a woman who was married before to another man and she alleges that the man has not come close to her from the time he entered with her in such case, the words of the man are accepted on oath by Allah that he has gone to bed with her because she is a plaintiff.
قَالَتِ امْرَأَةٌ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع وَ سَأَلَهُ رَجُلٌ عَنْ رَجُلٍ تَدَّعِي عَلَيْهِ امْرَأَتُهُ أَنَّهُ عِنِّينٌ وَ يُنْكِرُ الرَّجُلُ قَالَ تَحْشُوهَا الْقَابِلَةُ بِالْخَلُوقِ[1] وَ لَا تُعْلِمُ الرَّجُلَ وَ يَدْخُلُ عَلَيْهَا الرَّجُلُ فَإِنْ خَرَجَ وَ عَلَى ذَكَرِهِ الْخَلُوقُ صَدَقَ وَ كَذَبَتْ وَ إِلَّا صَدَقَتْ وَ كَذَبَ.
8. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn Khalid from his father from ‘Abd Allah ibn al-Fadl al- Hashimiy from certain persons of his teachers who have said the following: “It is about the case of a woman before abu ‘Abd Allah, ‘Alayhi al-Salam, when a man asked him (the Imam) about a man
إِنْ كَانَ لَا يَقْدِرُ عَلَى إِتْيَانِ غَيْرِهَا مِنَ النِّسَاءِ فَلَا يُمْسِكْهَا إِلَّا بِرِضَاهَا بِذَلِكَ وَ إِنْ كَانَ يَقْدِرُ عَلَى غَيْرِهَا فَلَا بَأْسَ بِإِمْسَاكِهَا.
“Once abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), was asked about the case of a man who is held back (by magic) and cannot go to bed with his wife. He (the Imam) said, ‘If he cannot go to bed with other woman also, he must not keep her on hold without her consent; but if he is able to go to bed with other women then it is not unlawful to k
قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع مَنْ أَتَى امْرَأَتَهُ مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً ثُمَّ أُخِّذَ عَنْهَا فَلَا خِيَارَ لَهَا.
“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that ’Amir al-Mu’minin (a.s.), has said, ‘If a man only once goes to bed with his wife then is held back (by magic), no choice then remains for her (to revoke the marriage).”’
ادَّعَتِ امْرَأَةٌ عَلَى زَوْجِهَا عَلَى عَهْدِ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ أَنَّهُ لَا يُجَامِعُهَا وَ ادَّعَى أَنَّهُ يُجَامِعُهَا فَأَمَرَهَا أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع أَنْ تَسْتَذْفِرَ بِالزَّعْفَرَانِ[2] ثُمَّ يَغْسِلَ ذَكَرَهُ فَإِنْ خَرَجَ الْمَاءُ أَصْفَرَ صَدَّقَهُ وَ إِلَّا أَمَرَهُ بِطَلَاقِهَا.
“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that during the time of ’Amir al-Mu’minin (a.s.), a woman alleged that her husband is not able to go to bed with her and he denied it. ’Amir al- Mu’minin commanded her to fill up herself with saffron and that he then washes his penis; if the water takes the color of saffron his words ar