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Chapter on the Permissible Duration for Abstaining From Intercourse for One Who Has a Young Free Wife

faqih-4409Vol. 3, p. 405

إِذَا تَرَكَهَا أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ كَانَ آثِماً بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ إِلَّا أَنْ يَكُونَ بِإِذْنِهَا[2].

Hadith.4415 - Safwan ibn Yahya asked Imam Ali ibn Musa Ar-Ridha (as), about a man who has a young wife and refrains from approaching her for months or even a year, not intending to harm her but due to some hardship or difficulty they are facing. Is he considered sinful for this? The Imam (as) replied: "If he refrains f