وَ رَوَى حَنَانُ بْنُ سَدِيرٍ عَنْ مُسْلِمِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ تَزَوَّجَ اِمْرَأَةً وَ لَمْ يُشْهِدْ فَقَالَ "أَمَّا فِيمَا بَيْنَهُ وَ بَيْنَ اَللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَلَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ شَيْءٌ وَ لَكِنْ إِنْ أَخَذَهُ سُلْطَانٌ جَائِرٌ عَاقَبَهُ".
Hanan ibn Sadir narrated from Muslim ibn Bashir, who reported from Abu Ja'far Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (a.s). He said: I asked him about a man who married a woman without witnesses. Imam (a.s) replied: "As far as what is between him and Allah (swt), the Exalted, there is nothing against him. However, if a tyrannical ruler were to apprehend him, he would punish him."