The Book of Marriage
Cheating in Marriage
10- سَهْلٌ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ سِرْحَانَ وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ عَنِ الْحَلَبِيِّ جَمِيعاً عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) فِي رَجُلٍ وَلَّتْهُ امْرَأَةٌ أَمْرَهَا أَوْ ذَاتِ قَرَابَةٍ أَوْ جَارٍ لَهَا لا يَعْلَمُ دَخِيلَةَ أَمْرِهَا فَوَجَدَهَا قَدْ دَلَّسَتْ عَيْباً هُوَ بِهَا قَالَ يُؤْخَذُ الْمَهْرُ مِنْهَا وَلا يَكُونُ عَلَى الَّذِي زَوَّجَهَا شَيْءٌ.
10. Sahl has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Dawud ibn Sarhan and Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Hammad from al-Halabiy all who have said the following: About the case of a man who is appointed by a woman to manage her affairs or a relative or a neighbor who does not know about her cheating and he finds her as cheating about a defect which exists in her. He (the Imam) said, ‘She must pay back the mahr (dower) and the one who has given her in marriage does not owe anything.’”
11- مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ جَمِيعاً عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ جَمِيلِ بْنِ صَالِحٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) فِي أُخْتَيْنِ أُهْدِيَتَا إِلَى أَخَوَيْنِ فِي لَيْلَةٍ فَأُدْخِلَتِ امْرَأَةُ هَذَا عَلَى هَذَا وَأُدْخِلَتِ امْرَأَةُ هَذَا عَلَى هَذَا قَالَ لِكُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا الصَّدَاقُ بِالْغِشْيَانِ وَإِنْ كَانَ وَلِيُّهُمَا تَعَمَّدَ ذَلِكَ أُغْرِمَ الصَّدَاقَ وَلا يَقْرَبُ وَاحِدٌ مِنْهُمَا امْرَأَتَهُ حَتَّى تَنْقَضِيَ الْعِدَّةُ فَإِذَا انْقَضَتِ الْعِدَّةُ صَارَتْ كُلُّ وَاحِدَةٍ مِنْهُمَا إِلَى زَوْجِهَا بِالنِّكَاحِ الأوَّلِ قِيلَ لَهُ فَإِنْ مَاتَتَا قَبْلَ انْقِضَاءِ الْعِدَّةِ قَالَ فَقَالَ يَرْجِعُ الزَّوْجَانِ بِنِصْفِ الصَّدَاقِ عَلَى وَرَثَتِهِمَا وَيَرِثَانِهِمَا الرَّجُلانِ قِيلَ فَإِنْ مَاتَ الرَّجُلانِ وَهُمَا فِي الْعِدَّةِ قَالَ تَرِثَانِهِمَا وَلَهُمَا نِصْفُ الْمَهْرِ الْمُسَمَّى وَعَلَيْهِمَا الْعِدَّةُ بَعْدَ مَا تَفْرُغَانِ مِنَ الْعِدَّةِ الأولَى تَعْتَدَّانِ عِدَّةَ الْمُتَوَفَّى عَنْهَا زَوْجُهَا.
11. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad and Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from all from al- Hassan ibn Mahbub from Jamil ibn Salih from certain persons of abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), who has said the following: “In the case of two sisters who were given (in marriage) as a gift to two brothers and who in the night of going to bed with them each one went to bed with the woman of the other one, abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘Each one must pay mahr (dower) because of going to bed and if their guardians had known it and ignored they are liable for payment of mahr (dower). No one of them must go close to his wife until the waiting periods are complete, thereafter, each one can go to her husband according to the first marriage.’ He (the Imam) was asked, ’What happens if they both die before completion of waiting period?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Their husbands demand for half of mahr (dower) from their (women’s) heir and both men have their shares in the legacy of the dead women.’ It was asked, ‘What happens if both men die and they are in their waiting period?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘They inherit them and they can have half of the mahr (dower) which was assigned and they must complete a waiting period after completing the waiting period before, the second being the waiting period for the death of their husbands.’”
12- حُمَيْدُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَمَاعَةَ عَنْ غَيْرِ وَاحِدٍ عَنْ أَبَانِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) قَالَ قَالَ فِي الرَّجُلِ إِذَا تَزَوَّجَ الْمَرْأَةَ فَوَجَدَ بِهَا قَرْناً وَهُوَ الْعَفَلُ أَوْ بَيَاضاً أَوْ جُذَاماً إِنَّهُ يَرُدُّهَا مَا لَمْ يَدْخُلْ بِهَا.
12. Humayd ibn Ziyad has narrated from al-Hassan ibn Muhammad ibn Sama‘ah from more than one person from Aban ibn ‘Uthman from ‘ Abd af-Rahman ibn abu ‘ Abd Allah who has said the following: “About the case of a man who marries a woman and finds Qarn or al- ‘Afal (growth of a substance in her vagina that prevents sexual intercourse) with her or whiteness or leprosy, he (the Imam) (a.s.), has said that he can revoke the marriage if he has not gone to bed with her.’”
13- مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ جَابِرٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) عَنْ رَجُلٍ نَظَرَ إِلَى امْرَأَةٍ فَأَعْجَبَتْهُ فَسَأَلَ عَنْهَا فَقِيلَ هِيَ ابْنَةُ فُلانٍ فَأَتَى أَبَاهَإ؛ فَقَالَ زَوِّجْنِي ابْنَتَكَ فَزَوَّجَهُ غَيْرَهَا فَوَلَدَتْ مِنْهُ فَعَلِمَ أَنَّهَا غَيْرُ ابْنَتِهِ وَأَنَّهَا أَمَةٌ فَقَالَ يَرُدُّ الْوَلِيدَةَ عَلَى مَوْلاهَا وَالْوَلَدُ لِلرَّجُلِ وَعَلَى الَّذِي زَوَّجَهُ قِيمَةُ ثَمَنِ الْوَلَدِ يُعْطِيهِ مَوَالِيَ الْوَلِيدَةِ كَمَا غَرَّ الرَّجُلَ وَخَدَعَهُ.
13. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Muhammad ibn al-Husayn from Muhammad ibn Sinan from ‘Isma’il ibn Jabir who has said the following: “This is concerning my question before abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of a man who looks at a woman, likes her, asks about her and it is said that she is daughter of so and so. He goes to her father and asks him to give his daughter in marriage to him but he gives another woman in marriage to him and she gives birth for him but later he finds out that she is someone other than his daughter; instead she is his slave-girl. He (the Imam) said, ‘He must return the mother to her master and the child is his. The masters of slave-girl must pay the cost and the price of the child to the man because of their cheating the man.’”
14- عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ جَمِيعاً عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ رِئَابٍ عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) قَالَ فِي رَجُلٍ تَزَوَّجَ امْرَأَةً مِنْ وَلِيِّهَا فَوَجَدَ بِهَا عَيْباً بَعْدَ مَا دَخَلَ بِهَا قَالَ فَقَالَ إِذَا دُلِّسَتِ الْعَفْلاءُ وَالْبَرْصَاءُ وَالْمَجْنُونَةُ وَالْمُفْضَاةُ وَمَنْ كَانَ بِهَا زَمَانَةٌ ظَاهِرَةٌ فَإِنَّهَا تُرَدُّ عَلَى أَهْلِهَا مِنْ غَيْرِ طَلاقٍ وَيَأْخُذُ الزَّوْجُ الْمَهْرَ مِنْ وَلِيِّهَا الَّذِي كَانَ دَلَّسَهَا فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ وَلِيُّهَا عَلِمَ بِشَيْءٍ مِنْ ذَلِكَ فَلا شَيْءَ عَلَيْهِ وَتُرَدُّ إِلَى أَهْلِهَا قَالَ وَإِنْ أَصَابَ الزَّوْجُ شَيْئاً مِمَّا أَخَذَتْ مِنْهُ فَهُوَ لَهُ وَإِنْ لَمْ يُصِبْ شَيْئاً فَلا شَيْءَ لَهُ قَالَ وَتَعْتَدُّ مِنْهُ عِدَّةَ الْمُطَلَّقَةِ إِنْ كَانَ دَخَلَ بِهَا وَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ دَخَلَ بِهَا فَلا عِدَّةَ لَهَا وَلا مَهْرَ لَهَا.
14. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad and Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad all from al-Hassan ibn Mahbub from ibn Ri’ab from abu ‘ Ubaydah who has said the following: “About the case of a man who marries a woman by the approval of her guardian and finds a defect in her after going to bed with her, abu Ja’far (a.s.), has said, ‘If the defect is al-‘Afal, al-Bars (albino), insanity, or ‘Ifda’ (an injury that cuts into her feces and urine passages), one who has an apparent defect and illness, such defective people’s marriage is revoked and they are returned to their families without divorce. The husband demands for mahr (dower) from her guardian who has cheated about her, and if her guardian did not know about it then there is nothing on him (the guardian) and she is returned to her family.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘If the husband receives back what he had given, it belongs to him but if he did not get back anything then there is nothing for him.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘She must complete a waiting period which is for divorce if he has gone to bed with her but if he has not gone to bed with her then she does not need to complete a waiting period.’”
15- عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنِ الْحَلَبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) قَالَ عَنِ الْمَرْأَةِ تَلِدُ مِنَ الزِّنَا وَلا يَعْلَمُ بِذَلِكَ أَحَدٌ إِلا وَلِيُّهَا أَيَصْلُحُ لَهُ أَنْ يُزَوِّجَهَا وَيَسْكُتَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ إِذَا كَانَ قَدْ رَأَى مِنْهَا تَوْبَةً أَوْ مَعْرُوفاً فَقَالَ إِنْ لَمْ يَذْكُرْ ذَلِكَ لِزَوْجِهَا ثُمَّ عَلِمَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فَشَاءَ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ صَدَاقَهَا مِنْ وَلِيِّهَا بِمَا دَلَّسَ عَلَيْهِ كَانَ لَهُ ذَلِكَ عَلَى وَلِيِّهَا وَكَانَ الصَّدَاقُ الَّذِي أَخَذَتْ لَهَا لا سَبِيلَ عَلَيْهَا فِيهِ بِمَا اسْتَحَلَّ مِنْ فَرْجِهَا وَإِنْ شَاءَ زَوْجُهَا أَنْ يُمْسِكَهَا فَلا بَأْسَ.
15. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Hammad ibn ‘Uthaman from al-Halabiy who has said the following: “This is concerning my question before abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of a woman who gives birth because of going to bed with a man out of wedlock and no one except her guardian knows it, if it is proper for him to give her in marriage and remain quiet about it, provided, he has seen her repenting or good deeds. He (the Imam) said, ‘If he does not mention it to her husband and later he (the husband) comes to know it, if he wants to demand her mahr (dower) from her guardian who cheated, he can do so and the mahr (dower) that he had received, he cannot collect it back from her because of marriage and if her husband wants to keep her it is not unlawful.”’
16- أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الأشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) قَالَ الْمَرْأَةُ تُرَدُّ مِنْ أَرْبَعَةِ أَشْيَاءَ مِنَ الْبَرَصِ وَالْجُذَامِ وَالْجُنُونِ وَالْقَرَنِ وَهُوَ الْعَفَلُ مَا لَمْ يَقَعْ عَلَيْهَا فَإِذَا وَقَعَ عَلَيْهَا فَلا.
16. Abu Ali al-Ash’ariy has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Jabbar from Safwan ibn Yahya from ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn abu ‘Abd Allah who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘A woman can be returned because of four things: al- Bars (albino, a form of leprosy), leprosy, insanity and al-Qarn which is al-‘Afal, (growth of a substance in her vagina that prevents sexual intercourse) if he has not yet gone to bed with her, and if so then she cannot be returned.’”
17- مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ صَالِحٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) عَنْ رَجُلٍ تَزَوَّجَ امْرَأَةً فَوَجَدَ بِهَا قَرْناً قَالَ هَذِهِ لا تَحْبَلُ [تُرَدُّ عَلَى أَهْلِهَا مَنْ] يَنْقَبِضُ زَوْجُهَا عَنْ مُجَامَعَتِهَا تُرَدُّ عَلَى أَهْلِهَا قُلْتُ فَإِنْ كَانَ دَخَلَ بِهَا قَالَ إِنْ كَانَ عَلِمَ بِهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ يُجَامِعَهَا ثُمَّ جَامَعَهَا فَقَدْ رَضِيَ بِهَا وَإِنْ لَمْ يَعْلَمْ إِلا بَعْدَ مَا جَامَعَهَا فَإِنْ شَاءَ بَعْدُ أَمْسَكَهَا وَإِنْ شَاءَ سَرَّحَهَا إِلَى أَهْلِهَا وَلَهَا مَا أَخَذَتْ مِنْهُ بِمَا اسْتَحَلَّ مِنْ فَرْجِهَا.
17. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn Mahbub from al-Hassan ibn Salih who has said the following: “This is concerning my question before abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of a man who marries and finds Qarn in her. He (the Imam) said, ‘She cannot become pregnant, so she is returned to her family and the husband abstains from going to bed with her to return her to her family.’ I then asked, ‘What happens if he has gone to bed with her?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘If he knew about it before going to bed with her then went to bed, he has agreed and if he comes to know it after going to bed then he can keep if he so wishes, or return her and she can have what she has received as mahr (dower).”’
18- مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ عَنْ أَبِي الصَّبَّاحِ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) عَنْ رَجُلٍ تَزَوَّجَ امْرَأَةً فَوَجَدَ بِهَا قَرْناً قَالَ فَقَالَ هَذِهِ لا تَحْبَلُ وَلا يَقْدِرُ زَوْجُهَا عَلَى مُجَامَعَتِهَا يَرُدُّهَا عَلَى أَهْلِهَا صَاغِرَةً وَلا مَهْرَ لَهَا قُلْتُ فَإِنْ كَانَ دَخَلَ بِهَا قَالَ إِنْ كَانَ عَلِمَ بِذَلِكَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَنْكِحَهَا يَعْنِي الْمُجَامَعَةَ ثُمَّ جَامَعَهَا فَقَدْ رَضِيَ بِهَا وَإِنْ لَمْ يَعْلَمْ إِلا بَعْدَ مَا جَامَعَهَا فَإِنْ شَاءَ بَعْدُ أَمْسَكَ وَإِنْ شَاءَ طَلَّقَ.
18. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn Mahbub from abu Ayyub from abu al-Sabbah who has said the following: “This is concerning my question before abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of a man who marries and finds Qarn in her. He (the Imam) said, ‘She cannot become pregnant and her husband cannot go to bed with her, so she is compelled to return to her family and she has no mahr (dower).’ I then asked, ‘What happens if he has gone to bed with her?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘If he knew about it before going to bed with her then went to bed, he has agreed and if he comes to know it after going to bed then he can keep if he so wishes, or return her and she can have what she has received as mahr (dower).”’
19- مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنْ بُرَيْدٍ الْعِجْلِيِّ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) عَنْ رَجُلٍ تَزَوَّجَ امْرَأَةً فَزَفَّتْهَا إِلَيْهِ أُخْتُهَا وَكَانَتْ أَكْبَرَ مِنْهَا فَأَدْخَلَتْ مَنْزِلَ زَوْجِهَا لَيْلا فَعَمَدَتْ إِلَى ثِيَابِ امْرَأَتِهِ فَنَزَعَتْهَا مِنْهَا وَلَبِسَتْهَا ثُمَّ قَعَدَتْ فِي حَجَلَةِ أُخْتِهَا وَنَحَّتِ امْرَأَتَهُ وَأَطْفَتِ الْمِصْبَاحَ وَاسْتَحْيَتِ الْجَارِيَةُ أَنْ تَتَكَلَّمَ فَدَخَلَ الزَّوْجُ الْحَجَلَةَ فَوَاقَعَهَا وَهُوَ يَظُنُّ أَنَّهَا امْرَأَتُهُ الَّتِي تَزَوَّجَهَا فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ الرَّجُلُ قَامَتْ إِلَيْهِ امْرَأَتُهُ فَقَالَتْ لَهُ أَنَا امْرَأَتُكَ فُلانَةُ الَّتِي تَزَوَّجْتَ وَإِنَّ أُخْتِي مَكَرَتْ بِي فَأَخَذَتْ ثِيَابِي فَلَبِسَتْهَا وَقَعَدَتْ فِي الْحَجَلَةِ وَنَحَّتْنِي فَنَظَرَ الرَّجُلُ فِي ذَلِكَ فَوَجَدَ كَمَا ذَكَرَتْ فَقَالَ أَرَى أَنْ لا مَهْرَ لِلَّتِي دَلَّسَتْ نَفْسَهَا وَأَرَى عَلَيْهَا الْحَدَّ لِمَا فَعَلَتْ حَدَّ الزَّانِي غَيْرَ مُحْصَنٍ وَلا يَقْرَبِ الزَّوْجُ امْرَأَتَهُ الَّتِي تَزَوَّجَ حَتَّى تَنْقَضِيَ عِدَّةُ الَّتِي دَلَّسَتْ نَفْسَهَا فَإِذَا انْقَضَتْ عِدَّتُهَا ضَمَّ إِلَيْهِ امْرَأَتَهُ.
19. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn Mahbub from Hisham ibn Salim from Burayd al-Ujliy who has said the following: “This is concerning my question before abu Ja‘far (a.s.), about the case of a man who marries a woman but her sister who is older than her goes to the house of the man, takes away the clothes of his wife, wears them, lies down in her room, moves her away and switches off the light. The girl cannot speak because of shyness. The man comes to the room and goes to bed with her thinking her as his wife and in the morning his wife comes to him saying, ‘I am your wife so and so whom you married and my sister plotted to take away my clothes, sat in my room and removed me from there.’ The man considers it and finds it to be true just as she said. He (the Imam) said, ‘In my view the woman who cheated has no mahr (dower) and she must be punished in the form of punishment for fornication of an unmarried person and her husband must not go to bed with her until waiting period for the cheating is complete and when waiting period is complete he can join his wife.’”