كَتَبَ بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِنَا إِلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ الثَّانِي ع مَعِي يَسْأَلُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ فَجَرَ بِامْرَأَةٍ فَحَمَلَتْ ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ تَزَوَّجَهَا بَعْدَ الْحَمْلِ فَجَاءَتْ بِوَلَدٍ وَ الْوَلَدُ أَشْبَهُ خَلْقِ اللَّهِ بِهِ فَكَتَبَ ع بِخَطِّهِ وَ خَاتَمِهِ الْوَلَدُ لِغَيَّةٍ لَا يُورَثُ[3].
Chapter on the Inheritance of the Child of Adultery
Related topics
Chapter on the Legal Punishment for Slanderous Accusation25Chapter on a Man Who Makes a Bequest of Wealth in the Way of Allah2Chapter on the Liability of the Executor for Altering What the Deceased Had Bequeathed3Chapter on Bequests for Relatives and Freed Slaves3Chapter on Appointing a Competent or an Incompetent Person as an Executor of a Bequest2Chapter on the Beneficiary of a Bequest Dying Before the Testator or Before Receiving What Was Bequeathed to Him3Chapter on Bequests for Manumission, Charity, and Hajj15Chapter on Bequests for the Mukatab and Umm Al-Walad3Chapter on a Man Making a Bequest of a Sword, a Chest, or a Ship to Another Man2Chapter on One Who Does Not Make a Bequest While Having Heirs, if His Estate Divided Among Them or Sold for Their Benefit2Chapter on a Man Who Makes a Bequest, but the Executor Forgets it and Only Remembers One Part of it1Chapter on the Legal Punishment for Drinking Alcohol and Reports Regarding Singing and Amusements10
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لَهُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ كَمْ دِيَةُ وَلَدِ الزِّنَا قَالَ يُعْطَى الَّذِي أَنْفَقَ عَلَيْهِ مَا أَنْفَقَ عَلَيْهِ قُلْتُ فَإِنَّهُ مَاتَ وَ لَهُ مَالٌ فَمَنْ يَرِثُهُ قَالَ الْإِمَامُ[4]. وَ قَدْ رُوِيَ أَنَّ دِيَةَ وَلَدِ الزِّنَا ثَمَانُمِائَةِ دِرْهَمٍ وَ مِيرَاثُهُ كَمِيرَاثِ ابْنِ الْمُلَاعَنَةِ[1].
I asked Imam (as): "May I be your ransom, what is the blood money (diyyah) for a child born out of fornication?" Imam (as) replied: "The one who spent on him is to be given what he spent on him." I asked: "If the child dies and has wealth, who inherits it?" He (as) said: "The Imam." It has also been narrated: "The bloo