سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الْحُرِّ أَ تُحْصِنُهُ الْمَمْلُوكَةُ قَالَ لَا تُحْصِنُ الْحُرَّ الْمَمْلُوكَةُ وَ لَا يُحْصِنُ الْمَمْلُوكُ الْحُرَّةَ[3] وَ النَّصْرَانِيُّ يُحْصِنُ الْيَهُودِيَّةَ وَ الْيَهُودِيُّ يُحْصِنُ النَّصْرَانِيَّةَ.
I asked Imam (as) whether a bondwoman provides legal protection (iḥṣan) for a free man. Imam (as) said: "A bondwoman does not provide legal protection for a free man, nor does a slave man provide legal protection for a free woman. However, a Christian man provides legal protection for a Jewish woman, and a Jewish man p