إِذَا جَمَعَ الرَّجُلُ أَرْبَعاً فَطَلَّقَ إِحْدَاهُنَّ فَلَا يَتَزَوَّجِ الْخَامِسَةَ حَتَّى تَنْقَضِيَ عِدَّةُ الْمَرْأَةِ الَّتِي طَلَّقَ وَ قَالَ لَا يَجْمَعِ الرَّجُلُ مَاءَهُ فِي خَمْسٍ[2].
“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘If a man accumulates four wives then divorces one, he cannot marry the fifth before the end of waiting period of the woman whom he has divorced.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘A man cannot deposit his water in five.’”
سَأَلْتُ أَبَا إِبْرَاهِيمَ ع عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يَكُونُ لَهُ أَرْبَعُ نِسْوَةٍ فَيُطَلِّقُ إِحْدَاهُنَّ أَ يَتَزَوَّجُ مَكَانَهَا أُخْرَى قَالَ لَا حَتَّى تَنْقَضِيَ عِدَّتُهَا.
“This is concerning my question before abu Ibrahim (a.s.), about the case of a man who has four wives; if he can divorce one and marry in her place another one. He (the Imam) said, ‘No, he cannot do so until her waiting period is complete.’”
سَمِعْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ع يَقُولُ فِي رَجُلٍ كَانَتْ تَحْتَهُ أَرْبَعُ نِسْوَةٍ فَطَلَّقَ وَاحِدَةً ثُمَّ نَكَحَ أُخْرَى قَبْلَ أَنْ تَسْتَكْمِلَ الْمُطَلَّقَةُ الْعِدَّةَ قَالَ فَلْيُلْحِقْهَا بِأَهْلِهَا حَتَّى تَسْتَكْمِلَ الْمُطَلَّقَةُ أَجَلَهَا وَ تَسْتَقْبِلُ الْأُخْرَى عِدَّةً أُخْرَى وَ لَهَا صَدَاقُهَا إِنْ كَانَ دَخَلَ بِهَا فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ دَخَلَ بِهَا فَلَهُ مَالُهُ وَ لَا عِدَّةَ عَلَيْهَا ثُمَّ إِن
“About the case of a man who has four wives, who divorces one and marries another one in her place before the waiting period of the one just divorced is complete, I once heard abu Ja’far (a.s.), saying, ‘He must join her with her family until the one just divorced completes her waiting period and the other one must com
سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ رَجُلٍ كَانَتْ لَهُ ثَلَاثُ نِسْوَةٍ فَتَزَوَّجَ عَلَيْهِنَّ امْرَأَتَيْنِ فِي عَقْدَةٍ فَدَخَلَ بِوَاحِدَةٍ مِنْهُمَا ثُمَّ مَاتَ قَالَ إِنْ كَانَ دَخَلَ بِالْمَرْأَةِ الَّتِي بَدَأَ بِاسْمِهَا وَ ذَكَرَهَا عِنْدَ عُقْدَةِ النِّكَاحِ فَإِنَّ نِكَاحَهَا جَائِزٌ وَ لَهَا الْمِيرَاثُ وَ عَلَيْهَا الْعِدَّةُ وَ إِنْ كَانَ دَخَلَ بِالْمَرْأَةِ الَّتِي سُمِّيَتْ وَ ذُكِرَتْ بَعْدَ ذِكْ
“This is concerning my question before abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of a man who had three wives and he married two more women. He went to bed with one of them, then died. He (the Imam) said, ‘The marriage of the woman whom he first married and mentioned her name at the time of pronouncing the terms, is permis
يُخَلِّي سَبِيلَ أَيَّتِهِنَّ شَاءَ وَ يُمْسِكُ الْأَرْبَعَ[1].
“About the case of a man who marries five women in one contract, abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘He can keep any four and allow anyone of them to go.’”