The Book of Inheritance

مَاتَ مَوْلًى لِحَمْزَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ فَدَفَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص مِيرَاثَهُ إِلَى ابْنَةِ حَمْزَةَ. قَالَ الْحَسَنُ فَهَذِهِ الرِّوَايَةُ تَدُلُّ عَلَى أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِلْمَوْلَى ابْنَةٌ كَمَا تَرْوِي الْعَامَّةُ وَ أَنَّ الْمَرْأَةَ أَيْضاً تَرِثُ الْوَلَاءَ لَيْسَ كَمَا تَرْوِي الْعَامَّةُ.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘When a mawla of Hamzah ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib died, the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, gave his legacy to the daughter of Hamzah.’” Al-Hassan has said that this proves that the mawla did not have any dau

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ رَجُلٍ أَرَادَ أَنْ يُعْتِقَ مَمْلُوكاً لَهُ وَ قَدْ كَانَ مَوْلَاهُ يَأْخُذُ مِنْهُ ضَرِيبَةً فَرَضَهَا عَلَيْهِ فِي كُلِّ سَنَةٍ وَ رَضِيَ بِذَلِكَ مِنْهُ الْمَوْلَى وَ رَضِيَ الْمَمْلُوكُ بِذَلِكَ فَأَصَابَ الْمَمْلُوكُ فِي تِجَارَتِهِ مَالًا سِوَى مَا كَانَ يُعْطِي مَوْلَاهُ مِنَ الضَّرِيبَةِ قَالَ فَقَالَ إِذَا أَدَّى إِلَى سَيِّدِهِ مَا كَانَ فَرَضَ عَلَيْهِ فَمَا اكْتَسَبَه

“I once asked abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of a man who wants to free his slave. His master takes a certain amount of tax from him every year about which both the master and slave had happily agreed. The slave in business earns a certain amount of assets besides what he gives to his master as tax. He (the Ima

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ع عَنِ السَّائِبَةِ فَقَالَ انْظُرُوا فِي الْقُرْآنِ فَمَا كَانَ فِيهِ‌ فَتَحْرِيرُ رَقَبَةٍ فَتِلْكَ يَا عَمَّارُ السَّائِبَةُ الَّتِي لَا وَلَاءَ لِأَحَدٍ عَلَيْهَا إِلَّا اللَّهَ فَمَا كَانَ وَلَاؤُهُ لِلَّهِ فَهُوَ لِرَسُولِهِ وَ مَا كَانَ وَلَاؤُهُ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص فَإِنَّ وَلَاءَهُ لِلْإِمَامِ وَ جِنَايَتَهُ عَلَى الْإِمَامِ وَ مِيرَاثَهُ لَهُ.

“I once asked abu Ja‘far (a.s.), about Sa’ibah (unconditionally freed slave). He (the Imam) said, ‘You must consider what is in the Quran, “setting free a slave” O ‘Ammar, he is Sa’ibah (unconditionally freed slave) over whom there is no guardianship of anyone except Allah. Guardianship over whoever rests with Allah, s

إِذَا وَالَى الرَّجُلُ الرَّجُلَ فَلَهُ مِيرَاثُهُ وَ عَلَيْهِ مَعْقُلَتُهُ.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘When a man is under the guardianship of a man for him is his legacy and on him is the liability for wergild.’”

يَتَوَلَّى مَنْ شَاءَ وَ عَلَى مَنْ يَتَوَلَّى جَرِيرَتُهُ وَ لَهُ مِيرَاثُهُ قُلْنَا لَهُ فَإِنْ سَكَتَ حَتَّى يَمُوتَ وَ لَمْ يَتَوَالَ أَحَداً قَالَ يُجْعَلُ مَالُهُ فِي بَيْتِ مَالِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ.

“Once abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), was asked about the slave who is freed as Sa’ibah (unconditionally freed slave). He (the Imam) said, ‘He is free to find a guardian of his choosing and on whoever he chooses as his guardian are his liabilities for his crimes and for him is his legacy.’ We then asked, ‘What happens if he rem

مَنْ أَعْتَقَ رَجُلًا سَائِبَةً فَلَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ جَرِيرَتِهِ شَيْ‌ءٌ وَ لَيْسَ لَهُ مِنْ مِيرَاثِهِ شَيْ‌ءٌ وَ لْيُشْهِدْ عَلَى ذَلِكَ.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘If one frees a slave by manner of Sa’ibah (unconditionally freed slave) he is not liable for his crimes and there is nothing for him from his legacy and he must arrange witnesses for it.’”

سُئِلَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنِ السَّائِبَةِ فَقَالَ هُوَ الرَّجُلُ يُعْتِقُ غُلَامَهُ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ لَهُ اذْهَبْ حَيْثُ شِئْتَ لَيْسَ لِي مِنْ مِيرَاثِكَ شَيْ‌ءٌ وَ لَا عَلَيَّ مِنْ جَرِيرَتِكَ شَيْ‌ءٌ وَ يُشْهِدُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ شَاهِدَيْنِ.

“Once abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), was asked about Sa’ibah (unconditionally freed slave). He (the Imam) said, ‘He is a man who frees his slave, then says to him, “Go wherever you like. There is nothing for me from your legacy and I am not liable of anything because of your crimes.” He arranges witness to bear testimony there

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ع عَنْ رَجُلٍ كَانَ عَلَيْهِ عِتْقُ رَقَبَةٍ فَمَاتَ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ يُعْتِقَ رَقَبَةً فَانْطَلَقَ ابْنُهُ فَابْتَاعَ رَجُلًا مِنْ كَسْبِهِ فَأَعْتَقَهُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَ إِنَّ الْمُعْتَقَ أَصَابَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ مَالًا ثُمَّ مَاتَ وَ تَرَكَهُ لِمَنْ يَكُونُ مِيرَاثُهُ قَالَ فَقَالَ إِنْ كَانَتِ الرَّقَبَةُ الَّتِي عَلَى أَبِيهِ فِي ظِهَارٍ أَوْ شُكْرٍ أَوْ وَاجِبَةً عَلَيْهِ فَإِنَّ الْمُعْتَقَ‌

“I once asked abu Ja’far (a.s.), about the case of a man who owed the freeing of a slave but he died before freeing a slave. His son then went to buy a man from his earnings and set him free on behalf of his father; the freed man earned an asset and then died; and about to whom belongs his legacy? He (the Imam) said, ‘

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ مَمْلُوكٍ أُعْتِقَ سَائِبَةً قَالَ يَتَوَلَّى مَنْ شَاءَ وَ عَلَى مَنْ تَوَلَّاهُ جَرِيرَتُهُ وَ لَهُ مِيرَاثُهُ قُلْتُ فَإِنْ سَكَتَ حَتَّى يَمُوتَ قَالَ يُجْعَلُ مَالُهُ فِي بَيْتِ مَالِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ.

“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the slave who is freed in the manner of Sa’ibah (unconditionally freed slave). He (the Imam) said, ‘He is free to choose a guardian whoever he likes to bail out his liabilities due to crime and then inherit his legacy. ’I then asked, ‘What happens if he remains quiet until he

قَضَى أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع فِيمَنْ نَكَّلَ بِمَمْلُوكِهِ أَنَّهُ حُرٌّ لَا سَبِيلَ لَهُ عَلَيْهِ سَائِبَةٌ يَذْهَبُ فَيَتَوَلَّى إِلَى مَنْ أَحَبَّ فَإِذَا ضَمِنَ جَرِيرَتَهُ فَهُوَ يَرِثُهُ.

“Abu Ja‘far (a.s.), has said that Amir al-Mu’minin once issued a judgment. It was in the case of a slave whose master had caused him serious physical damage, that he (the slave) is free in the manner of Sa’ibah (unconditionally freed slave) so that he can choose whomever he likes as his guardian to bail out his liabili

تَخْدُمُ الْبَاقِيَ يَوْماً وَ تَخْدُمُ نَفْسَهَا يَوْماً قُلْتُ فَإِنْ مَاتَتْ وَ تَرَكَتْ مَالًا قَالَ الْمَالُ بَيْنَهُمَا نِصْفَانِ بَيْنَ الَّذِي أَعْتَقَ وَ بَيْنَ الَّذِي أَمْسَكَ.

“About the case of a Mukatabah between two partners, of whom one frees his share and about what the servant must do, he (the Imam) said, ‘The servant serves one day the one who has not freed his share and one day works for himself.’ I then asked, ‘What happens if he dies and leaves assets?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘The ass

إِنَّ سَيِّدِي كَاتَبَنِي وَ شَرَطَ عَلَيَّ نُجُوماً فِي كُلِّ سَنَةٍ فَجِئْتُهُ بِالْمَالِ كُلِّهِ ضَرْبَةً وَاحِدَةً وَ سَأَلْتُهُ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ كُلَّهُ ضَرْبَةً وَاحِدَةً وَ يُجِيزَ عِتْقِي فَأَبَى عَلَيَّ فَدَعَاهُ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع فَقَالَ صَدَقَ فَقَالَ لَهُ مَا لَكَ لَا تَأْخُذُ الْمَالَ وَ تُمْضِيَ عِتْقَهُ فَقَالَ مَا آخُذُ إِلَّا النُّجُومَ الَّتِي شَرَطْتُ وَ أَتَعَرَّضُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ لِمِيرَاثِهِ فَق

2. It is narrated from the narrator of the previous Hadith from al-Hassan ibn Musa al-Khashshab from Ghiyath ibn Kalfub from Ishaq ibn ‘Ammar who has narrated the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that once a slave who had contracted his freedom came to ’ Amir al-Mu’minin (a.s.), and said, ‘My master made a c

قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع‌ حَدٌّ يُقَامُ فِي الْأَرْضِ أَزْكَى فِيهَا مِنْ مَطَرِ أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً وَ أَيَّامَهَا.

Muhammad Bin Yaqoub, from Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Muhammad Bin Isnail Bin Bazie, from Hanan Bin Sudeyr, from his father who said, Abu Ja’far asws said: ‘A Limit ( Hadd ) which is established in the earth is more purifying therein than the rain of forty nights and days’.

لَيْسَ يُحْيِيهَا بِالْقَطْرِ[2] وَ لَكِنْ يَبْعَثُ اللَّهُ رِجَالًا فَيُحْيُونَ الْعَدْلَ فَتُحْيَا الْأَرْضُ لِإِحْيَاءِ الْعَدْلِ وَ لَإِقَامَةُ الْحَدِّ لِلَّهِ أَنْفَعُ فِي الْأَرْضِ مِنَ الْقَطْرِ أَرْبَعِينَ صَبَاحاً.

Ahmad Bin Mahran, from Muhammad Bin Ali, from Musa Bin Sa’dan, from Abdul Rahman Bin Al Hajjaj, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ibrahim asws (7 th Imam asws ) regarding the Words of Allah azwj Mighty and Majestic [57:17] (Know that Allah) Revives the earth after its death . He asws said: ‘He azwj does not Revive it wit

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‌ إِقَامَةُ حَدٍّ خَيْرٌ مِنْ مَطَرِ أَرْبَعِينَ صَبَاحاً.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Al Nowfaly, from Al Sakuny, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah saww said; ‘Establishment of the Limit ( Hadd ) is better than the rain of forty mornings’.

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص لِسَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَادَةَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ جَعَلَ لِكُلِّ شَيْ‌ءٍ حَدّاً وَ جَعَلَ عَلَى كُلِّ مَنْ تَعَدَّى حَدّاً مِنْ حُدُودِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ حَدّاً وَ جَعَلَ مَا دُونَ الْأَرْبَعَةِ الشُّهَدَاءِ مَسْتُوراً عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِينَ.

A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Khalid, from Amro Bin Usman, from Ali Bin Al Hassan Bin Ali Bin Rabat, Abu Abdullah asws has said: ‘The Prophet saww said to Sa’ad Bin Ubada that Allah azwj Made a Penalty ( Hadd ) for everything, and Made a Penalty ( Hadd ) to be upon everyone who transgresses a

فِي نِصْفِ الْجَلْدَةِ وَ ثُلُثِ الْجَلْدَةِ يُؤْخَذُ بِنِصْفِ السَّوْطِ وَ ثُلُثَيِ السَّوْطِ.

From him, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Hisham Bin Salim, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said regarding half the Lashing, and a third of the lashing: ‘He (the whipper) would grab by half (length of) the whip, and a third (length of) of the whip’.

إِنَّ لِكُلِّ شَيْ‌ءٍ حَدّاً وَ مَنْ تَعَدَّى ذَلِكَ الْحَدَّ كَانَ لَهُ حَدٌّ.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Usman Bin Isa, form Sama’at, Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘For everything there is a Limit ( Hadd ), and the one who exceeds that Limit ( Hadd ), there would be a Penalty ( punishment ) upon him’.

قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‌ يَا عَمْرَو بْنَ قَيْسٍ أَ شَعَرْتَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَرْسَلَ رَسُولًا وَ أَنْزَلَ عَلَيْهِ كِتَاباً وَ أَنْزَلَ فِي الْكِتَابِ كُلَّ مَا يُحْتَاجُ إِلَيْهِ وَ جَعَلَ لَهُ دَلِيلًا يَدُلُّ عَلَيْهِ وَ جَعَلَ لِكُلِّ شَيْ‌ءٍ حَدّاً وَ لِمَنْ جَاوَزَ الْحَدَّ حَدّاً قَالَ قُلْتُ أَرْسَلَ رَسُولًا وَ أَنْزَلَ عَلَيْهِ كِتَاباً وَ أَنْزَلَ فِي الْكِتَابِ كُلَّ مَا يُحْتَاجُ إِلَي

Abu Ali Al Ashary, from Muhammad Bin Hassan, fromMuhammad Bin Ali, from Abu Jameela, from Ibn Dubays Al Kufy, from Amro Bin Qays who said, ‘Abu Abdullah asws said: ‘O Amro Bin Qays! Are you aware that Allah azwj Mighty and Majestic Sent a Rasool saww and Revealed unto him saww a Book, and Revealed in the Book everythin

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‌ سَاعَةٌ مِنْ إِمَامٍ عَدْلٍ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ عِبَادَةِ سَبْعِينَ سَنَةً وَ حَدٌّ يُقَامُ لِلَّهِ فِي الْأَرْضِ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ مَطَرِ أَرْبَعِينَ صَبَاحاً.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Muhammad Bin Al Husayn, from Hafs Bin Awn, raising it, said, ‘Rasool-Allah saww said: ‘A moment from a just Imam asws is superior to worship of seventy years, and a Penalty ( Hadd ) established for the Sake of Allah azwj in the earth is superior that the rain of forty mornings’.

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ‌ مَا خَلَقَ اللَّهُ حَلَالًا وَ لَا حَرَاماً إِلَّا وَ لَهُ حُدُودٌ كَحُدُودِ دَارِي هَذِهِ مَا كَانَ مِنَ الطَّرِيقِ فَهُوَ مِنَ الطَّرِيقِ وَ مَا كَانَ مِنَ الدَّارِ فَهُوَ مِنَ الدَّارِ حَتَّى أَرْشُ الْخَدْشِ فَمَا سِوَاهُ وَ الْجَلْدَةِ وَ نِصْفِ الْجَلْدَةِ.

Al Husayn Bin Muhammad Al Ashary, from Moala Bin Muhammad, from Aban Bin Usman, from Suleyman cousin of Hassan Al Ajaly who said, ‘I heard Abu Abdullah asws saying: ‘Allah azwj did not Create a Permissible nor a Prohibition except for it is a Limit like the limits (boundaries) of this house of mine asws . Whatever was

الرَّجْمُ حَدُّ اللَّهِ الْأَكْبَرُ وَ الْجَلْدُ حَدُّ اللَّهِ الْأَصْغَرُ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from one of his companions, from Aasim Bin Humeyd, Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘The stoning is the bigger Penalty ( Hadd ) of Allah azwj , and the lashing is the smaller Penalty ( Hadd ) of Allah azwj ’.

إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى لَمْ يَدَعْ شَيْئاً تَحْتَاجُ إِلَيْهِ الْأُمَّةُ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ إِلَّا أَنْزَلَهُ فِي كِتَابِهِ وَ بَيَّنَهُ لِرَسُولِهِ ص وَ جَعَلَ لِكُلِّ شَيْ‌ءٍ حَدّاً وَ جَعَلَ عَلَيْهِ دَلِيلًا يَدُلُّ عَلَيْهِ وَ جَعَلَ عَلَى مَنْ تَعَدَّى الْحَدَّ حَدّاً.

Ali Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Yunus, from Husayn Bin Al Munzar, from Amro Bin Qays Al Masir, Abu Ja’far asws having said: ‘Allah azwj Blessed and High did not leave anything out which the community would be needy for it up to the Day of Judgement, except that He azwj has Revealed in in His azwj Book, and Clarified it

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ‌ إِنَّ أَصْحَابَ النَّبِيِّ ص قَالُوا لِسَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَادَةَ أَ رَأَيْتَ لَوْ وَجَدْتَ عَلَى بَطْنِ امْرَأَتِكَ رَجُلًا مَا كُنْتَ صَانِعاً بِهِ قَالَ كُنْتُ أَضْرِبُهُ بِالسَّيْفِ قَالَ فَخَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فَقَالَ مَا ذَا يَا سَعْدُ قَالَ سَعْدٌ قَالُوا لَوْ وَجَدْتَ عَلَى بَطْنِ امْرَأَتِكَ رَجُلًا مَا كُنْتَ تَصْنَعُ بِهِ فَقُلْتُ أَضْرِبُهُ بِالسَّيْفِ فَقَالَ يَا س

A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Al Husayn Bin Saeed, from Fazalat Bin Ayoub, from Dawood Bin Farqad who said, ‘I heard Abu Abdullah asws saying that the companions of the Prophet saww said to Sa’ad Bin Ubada, ‘What is your view, if you were to find a man upon the belly of your wife, ho

إِنَّ فِي كِتَابِ عَلِيٍّ ع أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَضْرِبُ بِالسَّوْطِ وَ بِنِصْفِ السَّوْطِ وَ بِبَعْضِهِ فِي الْحُدُودِ وَ كَانَ إِذَا أُتِيَ بِغُلَامٍ وَ جَارِيَةٍ لَمْ يُدْرِكَا لَا يُبْطِلُ حَدّاً مِنْ حُدُودِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ قِيلَ لَهُ وَ كَيْفَ كَانَ يَضْرِبُ قَالَ كَانَ يَأْخُذُ السَّوْطَ بِيَدِهِ مِنْ وَسَطِهِ أَوْ مِنْ ثُلُثِهِ ثُمَّ يَضْرِبُ بِهِ عَلَى قَدْرِ أَسْنَانِهِمْ وَ لَا يُبْطِلُ حَدّاً مِنْ حُدُود

A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Mahboub, from Abu Ayoub Al Khazaz, from Al Halby, Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘In the Book of Ali asws , he asws used to strike with the whip, and by half the whip, and part of it regarding the Penalties. And when they came with a boy and girl who had yet

الرَّجْمُ‌ حَدُّ اللَّهِ الْأَكْبَرُ وَ الْجَلْدُ حَدُّ اللَّهِ الْأَصْغَرُ فَإِذَا زَنَى الرَّجُلُ الْمُحْصَنُ يُرْجَمُ وَ لَمْ يُجْلَدْ.

Muhammad Bin Yahya narrated to me, and someone else, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Al Husayn Bin Saeed, from Al Nazar Bin Suweyd, from Aasim Bin Humeyd, from Abu Baseer, Abu Abdullah asws has said: ‘The stoning is a bigger Penalty ( Hadd ) of Allah azwj and the whipping is the smaller Penalty ( Hadd ) of Allah

الْحُرُّ وَ الْحُرَّةُ إِذَا زَنَيَا جُلِدَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا مِائَةَ جَلْدَةٍ فَأَمَّا الْمُحْصَنُ وَ الْمُحْصَنَةُ فَعَلَيْهِمَا الرَّجْمُ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Ubeyd, from Yunus, from Sama’at, Abu Abdullah asws has said: ‘The free man and the free woman, when they commit adultery, every one of the two would be whipped with one hundred lashes. So, as for the married man and the married woman, upon the both of them is the stoning’.

قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‌ الرَّجْمُ فِي الْقُرْآنِ قَوْلُ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِذَا زَنَى الشَّيْخُ وَ الشَّيْخَةُ فَارْجُمُوهُمَا الْبَتَّةَ فَإِنَّهُمَا قَضَيَا الشَّهْوَةَ[1].

And by his chain, form Yunus, from Abdullah Bin Sinan who said, ‘Abu Abdullah asws said; ‘The stoning is in the Quran, the Words of Allah azwj Mighty and Majestic. When the old man and the old woman commit adultery, so stone both of them regardless, (because) for these two the lustful desire has expired’.

الْمُحْصَنُ يُرْجَمُ وَ الَّذِي قَدْ أُمْلِكَ وَ لَمْ يَدْخُلْ بِهَا فَجَلْدُ مِائَةٍ وَ نَفْيُ سَنَةٍ.

And by his chain, from Yunus, from the one who reported it, from Zurara, Abu Ja’far asws has said: ‘The married man would be stoned, and the one who had a slave girl and did not copulate with her, so whip him one hundred lashes and exile him for a year’.

رَجَمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص وَ لَمْ يَجْلِدْ وَ ذَكَرُوا أَنَّ عَلِيّاً ع رَجَمَ بِالْكُوفَةِ وَ جَلَدَ فَأَنْكَرَ ذَلِكَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع وَ قَالَ مَا نَعْرِفُ هَذَا أَيْ لَمْ يَحُدَّ رَجُلًا حَدَّيْنِ رَجْمٌ وَ ضَرْبٌ فِي ذَنْبٍ وَاحِدٍ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Yunus, from Aban, from Abu Al Abbas, Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah saww stoned and did not whip’. And they (people) mentioned that Ali asws stoned and Al-Kufa and whipped. So Abu Abdullah asws denied that and said: ‘We asws do not know this, i.e., why would he

الَّذِي لَمْ يُحْصَنْ يُجْلَدُ مِائَةَ جَلْدَةٍ وَ لَا يُنْفَى وَ الَّذِي قَدْ أُمْلِكَ وَ لَمْ يَدْخُلْ بِهَا يُجْلَدُ مِائَةً وَ يُنْفَى.

A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad,f rom Al Husayn Bin Saeed, from Fazalat, from Musa Bin Bakr, from Zurara, Abu Ja’far asws has said: ‘(For adultery), the one who is not married, he should be whipped one hundred lashes, and he would not be exiled, and the one who has a slave girl and did not copulate

قَضَى أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع فِي الشَّيْخِ وَ الشَّيْخَةِ أَنْ يُجْلَدَا مِائَةً وَ قَضَى لِلْمُحْصَنِ الرَّجْمَ وَ قَضَى فِي الْبِكْرِ وَ الْبِكْرَةِ إِذَا زَنَيَا جَلْدَ مِائَةٍ وَ نَفْيَ سَنَةٍ فِي غَيْرِ مِصْرِهِمَا وَ هُمَا اللَّذَانِ قَدْ أُمْلِكَا وَ لَمْ يَدْخُلَا بِهَا.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Najran, from Aasim Bin Humeyd, from Muhammad Bin Qays, Abu Ja’far asws has said: ‘Amir Al-Momineen asws judged with regards to an old man and an old woman that they should both be whipped one hundred lashes, and judged with regards to the married man for the stoning, and j

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا إِبْرَاهِيمَ ع- عَنْ رَجُلٍ إِذَا هُوَ زَنَى وَ عِنْدَهُ السُّرِّيَّةُ وَ الْأَمَةُ يَطَؤُهَا تُحْصِنُهُ الْأَمَةُ وَ تَكُونُ عِنْدَهُ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ إِنَّمَا ذَلِكَ لِأَنَّ عِنْدَهُ مَا يُغْنِيهِ عَنِ الزِّنَى قُلْتُ فَإِنْ كَانَتْ عِنْدَهُ أَمَةٌ زَعَمَ أَنَّهُ لَا يَطَؤُهَا فَقَالَ لَا يُصَدَّقُ قُلْتُ فَإِنْ كَانَتْ عِنْدَهُ امْرَأَةٌ مُتْعَةً أَ تُحْصِنُهُ قَالَ لَا إِنَّمَا هُوَ عَلَى الشَّيْ‌ءِ

Abu Ali Al Ashary, from Muhammad Bin Abdul Jabbar, form Safwan, from Is’haq Bin Ammar who said, ‘I asked Abu Ibrahim asws about a man when he commits adultery and with him is the paramour and the slave girl whom he goes to. The slave girl, he copulates with her and she is with him. So he asws said: ‘Yes, but rather bec

لَا إِنَّمَا ذَاكَ عَلَى الشَّيْ‌ءِ الدَّائِمِ عِنْدَهُ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, form Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hisham and Hafs Bin Al Bakhtary, from the one who mentioned, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws regarding the man who married the temporary marriage, would he be (classified as) married?’ He asws said: ‘No. But rather that (being married) is upon the

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ رَجُلٍ لَهُ امْرَأَةٌ بِالْعِرَاقِ فَأَصَابَ فُجُوراً وَ هُوَ بِالْحِجَازِ فَقَالَ يُضْرَبُ حَدَّ الزَّانِي مِائَةَ جَلْدَةٍ وَ لَا يُرْجَمُ قُلْتُ فَإِنْ كَانَ مَعَهَا فِي بَلْدَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ وَ هُوَ مَحْبُوسٌ فِي سِجْنٍ لَا يَقْدِرُ أَنْ يَخْرُجَ إِلَيْهَا وَ لَا تَدْخُلَ هِيَ عَلَيْهِ أَ رَأَيْتَ إِنْ زَنَى فِي السِّجْنِ قَالَ هُوَ بِمَنْزِلَةِ الْغَائِبِ عَنْ أَهْلِهِ يُجْلَدُ

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Ibn Mahboub, from Rabie Al Asam, from Al Haris Bin Al Mugheira who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah asws about a man, for him is a woman at Al-Iraq, so he committed immorality and he was at Al-Hijaz. So he asws said: ‘He would be struck with the Penalty ( Hadd ) of t

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنِ الْمُحْصَنِ قَالَ فَقَالَ الَّذِي يَزْنِي وَ عِنْدَهُ مَا يُغْنِيهِ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Muhammad Bin Isa Bin Ubeyd, from Yunus, from Hareyz who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah asws about the married man, so he asws said: ‘The one who commits adultery and with him is what makes him to be needless of it’.

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ‌ الْمُغِيبُ وَ الْمُغِيبَةُ لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِمَا رَجْمٌ إِلَّا أَنْ يَكُونَ الرَّجُلُ مَعَ الْمَرْأَةِ وَ الْمَرْأَةُ مَعَ الرَّجُلِ.

Ali, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Abu Ayoub Al Khazaz, from Muhammad Bin Muslim who said, ‘I heard Abu Abdullah asws saying: ‘The absent man and the absent woman, there is no stoning upon them both, except if the man happens to be with the woman, and the woman with the man’.

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي إِبْرَاهِيمَ ع الرَّجُلُ تَكُونُ لَهُ الْجَارِيَةُ أَ تُحْصِنُهُ قَالَ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ إِنَّمَا هُوَ عَلَى وَجْهِ الِاسْتِغْنَاءِ- قَالَ قُلْتُ وَ الْمَرْأَةُ الْمُتْعَةُ قَالَ فَقَالَ لَا إِنَّمَا ذَلِكَ عَلَى الشَّيْ‌ءِ الدَّائِمِ قَالَ قُلْتُ فَإِنْ زَعَمَ أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ يَطَؤُهَا قَالَ فَقَالَ لَا يُصَدَّقُ وَ إِنَّمَا يُوجَبُ ذَلِكَ عَلَيْهِ لِأَنَّهُ يَمْلِكُهَا.

Ali, from Muhammad Bin Isa, form Yunus, from Is’haq Bin Ammar who said, ‘I said to Abu Ibrahim asws (7 th Imam asws ), ‘The man, there happens to be a slave girl for him, would that make him as married?’ So he asws said: ‘Yes. But rather, he is upon an aspect of the needlessness’. I said, ‘And the woman of temporary ma

لَا يَكُونُ مُحْصَناً حَتَّى تَكُونَ عِنْدَهُ امْرَأَةٌ يُغْلِقُ عَلَيْهَا بَابَهُ.

From him, from Abu Ayoub Al Khazaz, from Abu Baseer, He asws said: ‘Being married does not happen until there happens to be a woman he can lock his door upon’.

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع- عَنْ رَجُلٍ يَزْنِي قَبْلَ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ بِأَهْلِهِ أَ يُرْجَمُ قَالَ لَا.

A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al Husayn Bin Saeed, from Fazalat Bin Ayoub, from Rafa’at who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah asws about a man who commited adultery before he copulated with his wife, would he be stoned?’ He asws said: ‘No’.

فِي الْعَبْدِ يَتَزَوَّجُ الْحُرَّةَ ثُمَّ يُعْتَقُ فَيُصِيبُ فَاحِشَةً قَالَ فَقَالَ لَا رَجْمَ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى يُوَاقِعَ الْحُرَّةَ بَعْدَ مَا يُعْتَقُ قُلْتُ فَلِلْحُرَّةِ عَلَيْهِ خِيَارٌ إِذَا أُعْتِقَ قَالَ لَا [قَدْ] رَضِيَتْ بِهِ وَ هُوَ مَمْلُوكٌ فَهُوَ عَلَى نِكَاحِهِ الْأَوَّلِ.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad and Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, altogether from Ibn Mahboub, from Ibn Raib, from Abu Baseer, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said regarding the slave who is married to the free woman, then is freed, so he commits immorality. So he asws said: ‘There

قُلْتُ مَا الْمُحْصَنُ رَحِمَكَ اللَّهُ قَالَ مَنْ كَانَ لَهُ فَرْجٌ يَغْدُو عَلَيْهِ وَ يَرُوحُ فَهُوَ مُحْصَنٌ.

Abu Ali Al Ashary, from Muhammad Bin Abdul Jabbar, from Safwan, from Ibn Sinan, from Ismail Bin Jabir, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far asws , said, ‘I said, ‘What is the married man? may Allah azwj have Mercy on you asws .’ He asws said: ‘The one who has a relief (woman) for him he can go to day and night, so he

الْحَدُّ فِي السَّفَرِ الَّذِي إِذَا زَنَى لَمْ يُرْجَمْ إِنْ كَانَ مُحْصَناً قَالَ إِذَا قَصَّرَ وَ أَفْطَرَ.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Muhammad Bin Al Husayn, (It has been narrated) that he asws said, ‘The Penalty (Hadd) during the travel for the one who commits adultery, he would not be stoned even if he was married, (a journey where he has to) shorten (the Prayer) and break the Fast’.

قَضَى أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع فِي الرَّجُلِ الَّذِي لَهُ امْرَأَةٌ بِالْبَصْرَةِ فَفَجَرَ بِالْكُوفَةِ أَنْ يُدْرَأَ عَنْهُ الرَّجْمُ وَ يُضْرَبَ حَدَّ الزَّانِي قَالَ وَ قَضَى ع فِي رَجُلٍ مَحْبُوسٍ فِي السِّجْنِ وَ لَهُ امْرَأَةٌ حُرَّةٌ فِي بَيْتِهِ فِي الْمِصْرِ وَ هُوَ لَا يَصِلُ إِلَيْهَا فَزَنَى فِي السِّجْنِ قَالَ عَلَيْهِ الْجَلْدُ وَ يُدْرَأُ عَنْهُ الرَّجْمُ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Mahboub, from Abu Ayoub, from Abu Ubeyda, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far asws having said: ‘Amir Al-Momineen asws had judged with regards to the man who had a woman for him at Al-Basra, so he committed immorality at Al-Kufa, that the stoning be staved off (eliminated)

قُلْتُ‌ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع أَخْبِرْنِي عَنِ الْغَائِبِ عَنْ أَهْلِهِ يَزْنِي هَلْ يُرْجَمُ إِذَا كَانَتْ لَهُ زَوْجَةٌ وَ هُوَ غَائِبٌ عَنْهَا قَالَ لَا يُرْجَمُ الْغَائِبُ عَنْ أَهْلِهِ وَ لَا الْمُمْلَكُ الَّذِي لَمْ يَبْنِ بِأَهْلِهِ‌[1] وَ لَا صَاحِبُ الْمُتْعَةِ قُلْتُ فَفِي أَيِّ حَدِّ سَفَرِهِ لَا يَكُونُ مُحْصَناً قَالَ إِذَا قَصَّرَ وَ أَفْطَرَ فَلَيْسَ بِمُحْصَنٍ.

Ali, from his father, form Abdul Rahman Bin Hammad, from Umar Bin Yazeed who said, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah asws , ‘Inform me about the absentee from his wife, he commits adultery, would he be stoned when there was a wife for him and he was absent from her?’ He asws said: ‘The absentee from his wife is not stoned, nor t

يُجْلَدُ الْغُلَامُ دُونَ الْحَدِّ وَ تُجْلَدُ الْمَرْأَةُ الْحَدَّ كَامِلًا قِيلَ لَهُ فَإِنْ كَانَتْ مُحْصَنَةً قَالَ لَا تُرْجَمُ لِأَنَّ الَّذِي نَكَحَهَا لَيْسَ بِمُدْرِكٍ وَ لَوْ كَانَ مُدْرِكاً رُجِمَتْ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father and Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, altogether from Ibn Mahboub, from Abu Ayoub Al Khazaz, from Suleyman Bin Khalid, from Abu Baseer, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws regarding a young boy who had not matured yet, a boy ten years of age, committed adultery with

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع فِي آخِرِ مَا لَقِيتُهُ عَنْ غُلَامٍ لَمْ يَبْلُغِ الْحُلُمَ وَقَعَ عَلَى امْرَأَةٍ أَوْ فَجَرَ بِامْرَأَةٍ أَيُّ شَيْ‌ءٍ يُصْنَعُ بِهِمَا قَالَ يُضْرَبُ الْغُلَامُ دُونَ الْحَدِّ وَ يُقَامُ عَلَى الْمَرْأَةِ الْحَدُّ قُلْتُ جَارِيَةٌ لَمْ تَبْلُغْ وُجِدَتْ مَعَ رَجُلٍ يَفْجُرُ بِهَا قَالَ تُضْرَبُ الْجَارِيَةُ دُونَ الْحَدِّ وَ يُقَامُ عَلَى الرَّجُلِ الْحَدُّ [الْكَامِلُ‌].

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Fazzal, from Ibn Bukeyr who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah asws at the end of having met him asws , about a boy who had not reached (the age of) bed-wetting, fell upon a woman, or was immoral with a woman, which thing should be done with both of them?’ He asws said: ‘T

لَا يُحَدُّ الصَّبِيُّ إِذَا وَقَعَ عَلَى امْرَأَةٍ وَ يُحَدُّ الرَّجُلُ إِذَا وَقَعَ عَلَى الصَّبِيَّةِ.

Al Husayn Bin Muhammad, from Moala Bin Muhammad, from Al Hassan Bin Ali, from Aban, Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘The young boy would not be penalised (by the Penalty ( Hadd )) if he were to fall upon a woman, and the man would be penalised (by the Penalty ( Hadd )) when he falls upon the young child’.

حَدُّ الْجَلْدِ أَنْ يُوجَدَا فِي لِحَافٍ وَاحِدٍ فَالرَّجُلَانِ يُجْلَدَانِ إِذَا أُخِذَا فِي لِحَافٍ وَاحِدٍ الْحَدَّ وَ الْمَرْأَتَانِ تُجْلَدَانِ إِذَا أُخِذَتَا فِي لِحَافٍ وَاحِدٍ الْحَدَّ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim narrated to me, form his father and Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa altogether, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hammad, from Al Halby, Abu Abdullah asws having said, ‘(Apply) the Penalty ( Hadd ) of the lashing if you find two in one bed covering. So if there are two men having taken to be

يُجْلَدَانِ مِائَةً مِائَةً غَيْرَ سَوْطٍ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Yunus, from Mufazzal Bin Salih, from Zayd Al Shahaam, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws regarding the man and the woman both found to be in one quilt. He asws said: ‘They would both be whipped one hundred one lashes each, apart from one lash’.