يُجْلَدُ قُلْتُ أَ رَأَيْتَ إِنْ عَفَتْ عَنْهُ قَالَ لَا وَ لَا كَرَامَةَ[3].
Hadith.5063 - Al-Alaa narrated from Muhammad ibn Muslim from Abu Jafar Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (as) regarding a man who accuses his wife (of adultery). Imam (as) said: "He is to be flogged." I asked: "What if she pardons him?" Imam (as) said: "No, and no honor (for him)."
لِامْرَأَتِهِ بَعْدَ مَا دَخَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ لَمْ أَجِدْكِ عَذْرَاءَ قَالَ لَا حَدَّ عَلَيْهِ[5].
Hadith.5064 - Ibn Mahbub narrated from Hammad ibn Ziyad from Sulayman ibn Khalid from Abu Abdullah (as) regarding a man who said to his wife after consummating the marriage, "I did not find you a virgin" Imam (as) said: "There is no legal punishment upon him."
وَ فِي خَبَرٍ آخَرَ قَالَ: إِنَّ الْعُذْرَةَ قَدْ تَسْقُطُ مِنْ غَيْرِ جِمَاعٍ قَدْ تَذْهَبُ بِالنَّكْبَةِ وَ الْعَثْرَةِ وَ السَّقْطَةِ[1].
Hadith.5065 - In another narration, Imam (as) said: "Indeed, the hymen may be lost without intercourse; it can be lost due to injury, stumbling, or falling."
وَ فِي رِوَايَةِ وَهْبِ بْنِ وَهْبٍ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ ع أَنَّ عَلِيّاً ع لَمْ يَكُنْ يَحُدُّ فِي التَّعْرِيضِ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَ بِالْفِرْيَةِ الْمُصَرَّحَةِ مِثْلِ يَا زَانِ وَ يَا ابْنَ الزَّانِيَةِ أَوْ لَسْتَ لِأَبِيكَ[2].
Hadith.5066 - In the narration of Wahb ibn Wahb from Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) from his father, Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (as): "Indeed, Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (as) would not administer the legal punishment for insinuation unless it was a clear and explicit accusation, such as saying, 'O' adulterer,' o
سُئِلَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ نَصْرَانِيٍّ قَذَفَ مُسْلِماً فَقَالَ لَهُ يَا زَانِ قَالَ يُجْلَدُ ثَمَانِينَ جَلْدَةً لِحَقِّ الْمُسْلِمِ وَ ثَمَانِينَ جَلْدَةً إِلَّا سَوْطاً لِحُرْمَةِ الْإِسْلَامِ وَ يُحْلَقُ رَأْسُهُ وَ يُطَافُ بِهِ فِي أَهْلِ دِينِهِ لِكَيْ يُنَكَّلَ غَيْرُهُ[3].
Abu Abdullah (as) was asked about a Christian who accused a Muslim by saying to him, "O' adulterer." Imam (as) said: "He is to be flogged eighty lashes for violating the right of the Muslim and eighty lashes minus one for violating the sanctity of Islam. His head is to be shaved, and he is to be paraded among the peopl
سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ يَفْتَرِي عَلَى رَجُلٍ مِنْ جَاهِلِيَّةِ الْعَرَبِ قَالَ يُضْرَبُ حَدّاً قُلْتُ يُضْرَبُ حَدّاً قَالَ نَعَمْ إِنَّ ذَلِكَ يَدْخُلُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص[4].
I asked Imam (as) about a man who slanders a man from the pre-Islamic Arabs. Imam (as) said: "He is to be given the legal punishment." I asked: "Is he to be given the legal punishment?" He said: "Yes, because that offense reaches the Messenger of Allah (swt) (peace be upon him and his family)."
الْآخَرُ لَهُ- بَلْ أَنْتَ ابْنُ الْمَجْنُونِ فَأَمَرَ الْأَوَّلَ أَنْ يَجْلِدَ صَاحِبَهُ عِشْرِينَ جَلْدَةً وَ قَالَ اعْلَمْ أَنَّهُ سَتُعَقَّبُ مِثْلَهَا عِشْرِينَ فَلَمَّا جَلَدَهُ أَعْطَى الْمَجْلُودَ السَّوْطَ فَجَلَدَهُ عِشْرِينَ نَكَالًا يُنَكِّلُهُمَا[1].
Hadith.5069 - Ja'far ibn Bashir narrated from Al-Husayn ibn Abi Al-'Ala from Abu Makhlad Al-Sarraj from Abu Abdullah (as): Imam (as) ruled concerning a man who called another "the son of a madman," and the other replied to him, "Rather, you are the son of a madman." Imam (as) commanded the first man to flog his compani
سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ قَالَ لِامْرَأَتِهِ يَا زَانِيَةُ قَالَ يُجْلَدُ حَدّاً وَ يُفَرَّقُ بَيْنَهُمَا بَعْدَ مَا جُلِدَ وَ لَا تَكُونُ امْرَأَتَهُ قَالَ وَ إِنْ كَانَ قَالَ كَلَاماً أَفْلَتَ مِنْهُ فِي غَيْرِ أَنْ يَعْلَمَ شَيْئاً أَرَادَ أَنْ يَغِيظَهَا بِهِ فَلَا يُفَرَّقُ بَيْنَهُمَا.
I asked Imam (as) about a man who said to his wife, "O' adulteress." Imam (as) said: "He is to be given the legal punishment and they are to be separated after he has been flogged, and she will no longer be his wife." Imam (as) further said: "But if he said something that slipped out unintentionally without having any
وَ قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع إِذَا كَانَ فِي الْحَدِّ لَعَلَّ أَوْ عَسَى فَالْحَدُّ مُعَطَّلٌ[2].
Hadith.5071 - Commander of the Faithful (as) said: "If there is doubt expressed with 'perhaps' or 'it may be' in enforcing a legal punishment, then the punishment is to be suspended."
قَاذِفُ اللَّقِيطِ يُحَدُّ[3] وَ الْمَرْأَةُ إِذَا قَذَفَتْ زَوْجَهَا وَ هُوَ أَصَمُّ يُفَرَّقُ بَيْنَهُمَا ثُمَّ لَا تَحِلُّ لَهُ أَبَداً[4]
سُئِلَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ رَجُلٍ قَذَفَ امْرَأَتَهُ بِالزِّنَا وَ هِيَ خَرْسَاءُ صَمَّاءُ لَا تَسْمَعُ مَا قَالَ فَقَالَ إِنْ كَانَ لَهَا بَيِّنَةٌ يَشْهَدُونَ لَهَا عِنْدَ الْإِمَامِ جَلَدَهُ الْحَدَّ وَ فَرَّقَ بَيْنَهُمَا ثُمَّ لَا تَحِلُّ لَهُ أَبَداً وَ إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهَا بَيِّنَةٌ فَهِيَ حَرَامٌ عَلَيْهِ مَا أَقَامَ مَعَهَا وَ لَا إِثْمَ عَلَيْهَا مِنْهُ[1].
Abu Abdullah (as) was asked about a man who accused his wife of adultery while she was mute and deaf, unable to hear what he said. Imam (as) said: "If she has witnesses who testify on her behalf before the Imam, he (the husband) is to be flogged with the legal punishment and they are to be separated, and she will never
وَ فِي رِوَايَةِ السَّكُونِيِّ أَنَّ عَلِيّاً ع قَالَ: مَنْ أَقَرَّ بِوَلَدٍ ثُمَّ نَفَاهُ جُلِدَ الْحَدَّ وَ أُلْزِمَ الْوَلَدَ[2].
Hadith.5074 - In the narration of Al-Sakuni, Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (as) said: "Whoever acknowledges a child and then denies him is to be given the legal punishment and held responsible for the child."
كُلُّ بَالِغٍ مِنْ ذَكَرٍ أَوْ أُنْثَى افْتَرَى عَلَى صَغِيرٍ أَوْ كَبِيرٍ أَوْ ذَكَرٍ أَوْ أُنْثَى أَوْ مُسْلِمٍ[3] أَوْ حُرٍّ أَوْ مَمْلُوكٍ فَعَلَيْهِ حَدُّ الْفِرْيَةِ وَ عَلَى غَيْرِ الْبَالِغِ حَدُّ الْأَدَبِ[4].
Hadith.5075 - In the narration of Yunus ibn Abd Al-Rahman from some of his narrators from Abu Abdullah (as), he said: "Every adult, whether male or female, who falsely accuses a minor or an adult, a male or a female, a Muslim, a free person, or a slave, is subject to the prescribed punishment (hadd Al-firya). And for o
وَ قَالَ عَلِيٌّ ع لَا حَدَّ عَلَى مَجْنُونٍ حَتَّى يُفِيقَ وَ لَا عَلَى الصَّبِيِّ حَتَّى يُدْرِكَ وَ لَا عَلَى النَّائِمِ حَتَّى يَسْتَيْقِظَ[5].
Hadith.5076 - Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (as) said: "There is no legal punishment upon a mad person until they regain sanity, nor upon a child until they reach maturity, nor upon a sleeping person until they wake up."
لِامْرَأَتِهِ يَا زَانِيَةُ أَنَا زَنَيْتُ بِكِ قَالَ عَلَيْهِ حَدٌّ وَاحِدٌ لِقَذْفِهِ إِيَّاهَا وَ أَمَّا قَوْلُهُ أَنَا زَنَيْتُ بِكِ فَلَا حَدَّ عَلَيْهِ فِيهِ إِلَّا أَنْ يَشْهَدَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ أَرْبَعَ مَرَّاتٍ بِالزِّنَا عِنْدَ الْإِمَامِ[1].
Hadith.5077 - Al-Hasan ibn Mahbub narrated from Al-Ala and Abu Ayyub from Muhammad ibn Muslim from Abu Jafar Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (as) regarding a man who said to his wife, "O' adulteress, I have committed adultery with you," Imam (as) said: "He is liable for one legal punishment for accusing her. As for his
يُجْلَدُونَ الثَّلَاثَةُ[3] وَ يُلَاعِنُهَا زَوْجُهَا وَ يُفَرَّقُ بَيْنَهُمَا وَ لَا تَحِلُّ لَهُ أَبَداً.
Hadith.5078 - Al-Hasan ibn Mahbub narrated from Nu'aym ibn Ibrahim from Misma Abu Sayyar from Abu Abdullah (as) regarding four people who testified against a woman for adultery, and one of them was her husband. Imam (as) said: "The three (other witnesses) are to be flogged, and her husband is to perform lian (mutual cu
وَ قَدْ رُوِيَ أَنَّ الزَّوْجَ أَحَدُ الشُّهُودِ[4].
Hadith.5079 - It has been narrated: "Indeed, the husband is considered one of the witnesses."
سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ لَوْ أُتِيتُ بِرَجُلٍ قَدْ قَذَفَ عَبْداً مُسْلِماً بِالزِّنَا لَا نَعْلَمُ مِنْهُ إِلَّا خَيْراً لَضَرَبْتُهُ الْحَدَّ حَدَّ الْحُرِّ إِلَّا سَوْطاً.
I heard Abu Abdullah (as) say, "If a man were brought to me who had accused a Muslim slave of adultery, and we knew nothing about the slave except goodness, I would administer the legal punishment upon him - the same punishment as for a free person, except one lash less."
سُئِلَ عَلِيٌّ ع[7] عَنْ مُكَاتَبٍ افْتَرَى عَلَى رَجُلٍ مُسْلِمٍ- فَقَالَ يُضْرَبُ حَدَّ الْحُرِّ ثَمَانِينَ جَلْدَةً أَدَّى مِنْ مُكَاتَبَتِهِ شَيْئاً أَوْ لَمْ يُؤَدِّ قِيلَ لَهُ فَإِنْ زَنَى وَ هُوَ مُكَاتَبٌ وَ لَمْ يُؤَدِّ مِنْ مُكَاتَبَتِهِ شَيْئاً قَالَ هَذَا حَقُّ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يُطْرَحُ عَنْهُ خَمْسُونَ جَلْدَةً وَ يُضْرَبُ خَمْسِينَ.
"Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (as) was asked about a mukatab (a slave who has a contract for freedom) who falsely accused a Muslim man. Imam (as) said: 'He is to be flogged with the punishment of a free man - eighty lashes - whether he has paid any part of his contract or not.' It was asked: 'What if he commits adultery whil
تُجْلَدُ ثَمَانِينَ جَلْدَةً.
Hadith.5082 - Ibn Mahbub narrated from Malik ibn Atiyyah from Abu Basir from Abu Abdullah (as) regarding a woman who accused a man (of adultery). Imam (as) said: "She is to be flogged eighty lashes."
قُلْتُ لَهُ الرَّجُلُ يَنْتَفِي مِنْ وَلَدِهِ وَ قَدْ أَقَرَّ بِهِ قَالَ إِنْ كَانَ الْوَلَدُ مِنْ حُرَّةٍ جُلِدَ الْأَبُ خَمْسِينَ سَوْطاً حَدَّ الْمَمْلُوكِ وَ إِنْ كَانَ مِنْ أَمَةٍ فَلَا شَيْءَ عَلَيْهِ[1]. وَ إِذَا قَالَ رَجُلٌ لِرَجُلٍ إِنَّكَ تَعْمَلُ عَمَلَ قَوْمِ لُوطٍ تَنْكِحُ الرِّجَالَ ضُرِبَ ثَمَانِينَ جَلْدَةً[2] وَ كَذَلِكَ إِنْ قَالَ لَهُ يَا مَعْفُوجُ يَا مَنْكُوحُ جُلِدَ حَدَّ الْقَاذِفِ ثَمَانِين
Hadith.5083 - Muhammad ibn Sinan narrated from Al-Ala ibn Al-Fudayl from Abu Abdullah (as): I asked Imam (as) about a man who denies his child after having acknowledged him. Imam (as) said: "If the child is from a free woman, the father is to be flogged fifty lashes, which is the punishment for a slave. But if the chil
لَا حَدَّ لِمَنْ لَا حَدَّ عَلَيْهِ. يَعْنِي لَوْ أَنَّ مَجْنُوناً قَذَفَ رَجُلًا لَمْ يَكُنْ عَلَيْهِ حَدٌّ وَ لَوْ قَذَفَهُ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ لَهُ يَا زَانِ لَمْ يَكُنْ عَلَيْهِ حَدٌّ[3]- رَوَى ذَلِكَ أَبُو أَيُّوبَ عَنْ فُضَيْلِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع
لِرَجُلٍ يَا ابْنَ الْفَاعِلَةِ يَعْنِي الزِّنَا فَقَالَ إِنْ كَانَتْ أُمُّهُ حَيَّةً شَاهِدَةً ثُمَّ جَاءَتْ تَطْلُبُ حَقَّهَا ضُرِبَ ثَمَانِينَ جَلْدَةً وَ إِنْ كَانَتْ غَائِبَةً انْتُظِرَ بِهَا حَتَّى تَقْدَمَ فَتَطْلُبَ حَقَّهَا وَ إِنْ كَانَتْ قَدْ مَاتَتْ وَ لَمْ يُعْلَمْ مِنْهَا إِلَّا خَيْرٌ ضُرِبَ الْمُفْتَرِي عَلَيْهَا الْحَدَّ ثَمَانِينَ جَلْدَةً[4].
Hadith.5085 - Hisham ibn Salim narrated from Ammar Al-Sabati from Abu Abdullah (as) regarding a man who said to another man, "O' son of an adulteress," intending adultery. Imam (as) said: "If his mother is alive and present, and she comes forward to claim her right, the accuser is to be flogged eighty lashes. If she is
سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ ابْنِ الْمَغْصُوبَةِ يَفْتَرِي عَلَيْهِ الرَّجُلُ[1] فَيَقُولُ لَهُ يَا ابْنَ الْفَاعِلَةِ فَقَالَ أَرَى عَلَيْهِ الْحَدَّ ثَمَانِينَ جَلْدَةً وَ يَتُوبُ إِلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ مِمَّا قَالَ.
I asked Imam (as) about a man falsely accusing the son of a woman whose rights were violated (Al-maghsubah) by saying to him, "O' son of an adulteress." Imam (as) said: "I believe he deserves the legal punishment of eighty lashes and must repent to Allah (swt), the Mighty and Majestic, for what he has said."
قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع أُتِيَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع بِرَجُلَيْنِ قَدْ قَذَفَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا صَاحِبَهُ فِي بَدَنِهِ فَدَرَأَ عَنْهُمَا الْحَدَّ وَ عَزَّرَهُمَا[2].
Hadith.5087 - It was narrated from Abu Walad Al-Hannat that he said: Abu Abdullah (as) said: "Commander of the Faithful (as) was presented with two men, each of whom had accused the other of something concerning his body. Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (as) waived the legal punishment for both of them and administered discipli