Book of Marriage (nikah)
Chapter on What Allah {swt}, the Almighty, Has Made Permissible and Prohibited in Marriage
4485 - وَ رَوَى ثَعْلَبَةُ بْنُ مَيْمُونٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ بْنِ هِلاَلٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ يَتَزَوَّجُ اَلْوَلَدَ اَلزِّنَى فَقَالَ "لاَ بَأْسَ إِنَّمَا يُكْرَهُ مَخَافَةَ اَلْعَارِ وَ إِنَّمَا اَلْوَلَدُ لِلصُّلْبِ وَ إِنَّمَا اَلْمَرْأَةُ وِعَاءٌ، " قَالَ قُلْتُ فَالرَّجُلُ يَشْتَرِي اَلْجَارِيَةَ اَلْوَلَدَ اَلزِّنَى فَيَطَؤُهَا قَالَ "لاَ بَأْسَ".
Hadith.4485 - Thalabah ibn Maymun narrated from Abdullah ibn Hilal, who said:
I asked Abu Abdillah (as) about a man who marries a child born of fornication.
He (as) said: "There is no harm in it. It is only disliked due to the fear of disgrace. Indeed, the child belongs to the father, and the woman is merely a vessel."
I said: What about a man who buys a bondwoman born of fornication and has relations with her?
He (as) said: "There is no harm in it."
4486 - وَ رَوَى اَلْبَزَنْطِيُّ عَنِ اَلْمَشْرِقِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي اَلْحَسَنِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لَهُ مَا تَقُولُ فِي رَجُلٍ اِدَّعَى أَنَّهُ خَطَبَ اِمْرَأَةً إِلَى نَفْسِهَا وَ مَازَحَ فَزَوَّجَتْهُ مِنْ نَفْسِهَا وَ هِيَ مَازِحَةٌ فَسُئِلَتِ اَلْمَرْأَةُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَتْ نَعَمْ قَالَ "لَيْسَ بِشَيْءٍ" قُلْتُ فَيَحِلُّ لِلرَّجُلِ أَنْ يَتَزَوَّجَهَا قَالَ "نَعَمْ".
Hadith.4486 - Al-Bazanti narrated from Al-Mashriqi, who said:
I asked Abu Al-Hasan (as): What do you say about a man who claimed that he proposed to a woman, and jokingly, she married herself to him while also joking? Then the woman was asked about this, and she said: "Yes."
Imam (as) said: "It is nothing."
I asked: Is it permissible for the man to marry her?
Imam (as) said: "Yes."
4487 - وَ سَأَلَ حَمَّادُ بْنُ عِيسَى أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ : فَقَالَ لَهُ كَمْ يَتَزَوَّجُ اَلْعَبْدُ قَالَ قَالَ أَبِي عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ "لاَ يَزِيدُ عَلَى اِمْرَأَتَيْنِ".
Hadith.4487 - Hammad ibn Isa asked Abu Abdillah (as) about how many wives can a slave marry?
He (as) said: My father (as) said that Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (as) said: "He may not marry more than two wives."
4489 - وَ رَوَى اَلْحَسَنُ بْنُ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ أَبِي وَلاَّدٍ اَلْحَنَّاطِ قَالَ: سُئِلَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ أَمَرَ رَجُلاً أَنْ يُزَوِّجَهُ اِمْرَأَةً بِالْمَدِينَةِ وَ سَمَّاهَا لَهُ وَ اَلَّذِي أَمَرَهُ بِالْعِرَاقِ فَخَرَجَ اَلْمَأْمُورُ فَزَوَّجَهَا إِيَّاهُ ثُمَّ قَدِمَ إِلَى اَلْعِرَاقِ فَوَجَدَ اَلَّذِي أَمَرَهُ قَدْ مَاتَ قَالَ "يُنْظَرُ فِي ذَلِكَ فَإِنْ كَانَ اَلْمَأْمُورُ زَوَّجَهَا إِيَّاهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَمُوتَ اَلْآمِرُ ثُمَّ مَاتَ اَلْآمِرُ بَعْدَهُ فَإِنَّ اَلْمَهْرَ فِي جَمِيعِ ذَلِكَ اَلْمِيرَاثِ بِمَنْزِلَةِ اَلدَّيْنِ وَ إِنْ كَانَ زَوَّجَهَا إِيَّاهُ بَعْدَ مَا مَاتَ اَلْآمِرُ فَلاَ شَيْءَ عَلَى اَلْآمِرِ وَ لاَ عَلَى اَلْمَأْمُورِ وَ اَلنِّكَاحُ بَاطِلٌ".
Hadith.4489 - Al-Hasan ibn Mahbub narrated from Abu Walad al-Hannat, who said:
Abu Abdillah (as) was asked about a man who instructed another man to marry a woman for him in Medina, specifying her by name, while the one giving the instruction was in Iraq. The one instructed went and married her to him. Then he returned to Iraq and found that the one who had given the instruction had died.
Imam (as) said: "It should be examined. If the instructed person married her to him before the one who gave the instruction died, and then the one who gave the instruction died afterward, then the dowry in all such cases will be considered part of the inheritance, like a debt. But if he married her to him after the one who gave the instruction had died, then there is no obligation on the one who gave the instruction nor on the one who carried it out, and the marriage is invalid."
4490 - وَ رَوَى صَفْوَانُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ اَلْجَهْمِ اَلْهِلاَلِيِّ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنِ اَلرَّجُلِ يَتَزَوَّجُ اَلْمَرْأَةَ وَ لَهَا اِبْنَةٌ مِنْ غَيْرِهِ أَ يُزَوِّجُ اِبْنَهُ اِبْنَتَهَا قَالَ "إِنْ كَانَتْ مِنْ زَوْجٍ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَتَزَوَّجَهَا فَلاَ بَأْسَ وَ إِنْ كَانَتْ مِنْ زَوْجٍ بَعْدَ مَا تَزَوَّجَهَا فَلاَ".
Hadith.4490 - Safwan ibn Yahya narrated from Zayd ibn al-Jahm al-Hilali, who said:
I asked Abu Abdillah (as) about a man who marries a woman, and she has a daughter from another man. Can he marry his son to her daughter?
Imam (as) said: "If the daughter is from a husband she had before he married her, then there is no harm. But if the daughter is from a husband she had after he married her, then no, it is not permissible."
4491 - وَ رَوَى اَلْحَسَنُ بْنُ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ اَلنَّابِ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ تَزَوَّجَ اِمْرَأَةً عَلَى بُسْتَانٍ لَهُ مَعْرُوفٍ وَ لَهُ غَلَّةٌ كَثِيرَةٌ ثُمَّ مَكَثَ سِنِينَ لَمْ يَدْخُلْ بِهَا ثُمَّ طَلَّقَهَا قَالَ "يَنْظُرُ إِلَى مَا صَارَ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ غَلَّةِ اَلْبُسْتَانِ مِنْ يَوْمِ تَزَوَّجَهَا فَيُعْطِيهَا نِصْفَهُ وَ يُعْطِيهَا نِصْفَ اَلْبُسْتَانِ إِلاَّ أَنْ تَعْفُوَ فَتَقْبَلَ مِنْهُ وَ يَصْطَلِحَانِ عَلَى شَيْءٍ تَرْضَى بِهِ مِنْهُ فَإِنَّهُ "أَقْرَبُ لِلتَّقْوىٰ" ".
Hadith.4491 - Al-Hasan ibn Mahbub narrated from Hammad al-Nab, from Abu Basir, who said:
I asked Abu Abdillah (as) about a man who married a woman with the condition of giving her a well-known orchard that had abundant produce. Then, after remaining for years without consummating the marriage, he divorced her.
Imam (as) said: "He must look at what the orchard has yielded in produce from the day he married her, and he should give her half of it, along with half of the orchard itself, unless she pardons him and agrees to settle for something that pleases her from him, for that is closer to piety."
4492 - وَ رَوَى إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ عَنْ أَبِي اَلْحَسَنِ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِمَا اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ يَتَزَوَّجُ اِمْرَأَةً عَلَى عَبْدٍ لَهُ وَ اِمْرَأَةٍ لِلْعَبْدِ فَسَاقَهُمَا إِلَيْهَا فَمَاتَتِ اِمْرَأَةُ اَلْعَبْدِ عِنْدَ اَلْمَرْأَةِ ثُمَّ طَلَّقَهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ بِهَا قَالَ "إِنْ كَانَ قَوَّمَهَا عَلَيْهَا يَوْمَ تَزَوَّجَهَا بِقِيمَةٍ فَإِنَّهُ يُقَوَّمُ اَلثَّانِي بِقِيمَةٍ ثُمَّ يُنْظَرُ مَا بَقِيَ مِنَ اَلْقِيمَةِ اَلْأُولَى اَلَّتِي تَزَوَّجَهَا عَلَيْهَا فَتَرُدُّ اَلْمَرْأَةُ عَلَى اَلزَّوْجِ ثُمَّ يُعْطِيهَا اَلزَّوْجُ نِصْفَ مَا صَارَ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ ذَلِكَ".
Hadith.4492 - Ishaq ibn Ammar narrated from Abu al-Hasan Imam Musa ibn Jafar Al-Kadhim (as), who said:
I asked him about a man who married a woman on the basis of giving her his slave and the slave's wife, and he delivered them to her. Then the slave's wife died while in the possession of the woman, and afterward, he divorced her before consummating the marriage.
Imam (as) said: "If he had evaluated their worth for her at the time of the marriage, then the second (the slave) should also be evaluated. After that, the remaining value of the original dowry at the time of the marriage should be assessed, and the woman must return it to the husband. Then the husband must give her half of what remains from that value."
4493 - وَ رَوَى اَلْحَسَنُ بْنُ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ عَنْ حُمْرَانَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: سُئِلَ عَنْ رَجُلٍ تَزَوَّجَ جَارِيَةً بِكْراً لَمْ تُدْرِكْ فَلَمَّا دَخَلَ بِهَا اِقْتَضَّهَا فَأَفْضَاهَا ، فَقَالَ "إِنْ كَانَ دَخَلَ بِهَا حِينَ دَخَلَ بِهَا وَ لَهَا تِسْعُ سِنِينَ فَلاَ شَيْءَ عَلَيْهِ وَ إِنْ كَانَتْ لَمْ تَبْلُغْ تِسْعَ سِنِينَ أَوْ كَانَ لَهَا أَقَلُّ مِنْ ذَلِكَ بِقَلِيلٍ حِينَ دَخَلَ بِهَا فَاقْتَضَّهَا فَإِنَّهُ قَدْ أَفْسَدَهَا وَ عَطَّلَهَا عَلَى اَلْأَزْوَاجِ فَعَلَى اَلْإِمَامِ أَنْ يُغَرِّمَهُ دِيَتَهَا وَ إِنْ أَمْسَكَهَا وَ لَمْ يُطَلِّقْهَا حَتَّى تَمُوتَ فَلاَ شَيْءَ عَلَيْهِ ".
Hadith.4493 - Al-Hasan ibn Mahbub narrated from Abu Ayyub, from Humran, who said:
Abu Abdillah (as) was asked about a man who married a young bondwoman who was a virgin and had not yet reached maturity. When he consummated the marriage, he deflowered her and caused her to lose her virginity completely.
Imam (as) said: "If he consummated the marriage with her when she was nine years old, then there is no liability upon him. However, if she had not yet reached nine years of age, or was slightly younger than that at the time he consummated the marriage and deflowered her, then he has caused her harm and rendered her unfit for other marriages. In such a case, it is upon the Imam to impose upon him the payment of her full dowry. But if he keeps her and does not divorce her until she dies, then there is no liability upon him."
4494 - وَ سَأَلَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ : عَنِ اَلْعَزْلِ قَالَ "اَلْمَاءُ لِلرَّجُلِ يَصْرِفُهُ حَيْثُ يَشَاءُ".
Hadith.4494 - Muhammad ibn Muslim asked Abu Jafar Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (as) about withdrawal (coitus interruptus).
Imam (as) said: "The semen belongs to the man; he may direct it wherever he wishes."
Book of Marriage (nikah)
Chapter on Cases in Which Marriage is Invalidated
4495 - رَوَى صَفْوَانُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ عَبْدِ اَلرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ : "اَلْمَرْأَةُ تُرَدُّ مِنْ أَرْبَعَةِ أَشْيَاءَ مِنَ اَلْبَرَصِ وَ اَلْجُذَامِ وَ اَلْجُنُونِ وَ اَلْقَرَنِ وَ اَلْعَفَلِ مَا لَمْ يَقَعْ عَلَيْهَا فَإِذَا وَقَعَ عَلَيْهَا فَلاَ".
Hadith.4495 - Safwan ibn Yahya narrated from Abdur-Rahman ibn Abi Abdillah, who said:
Abu Abdillah (as) said: "A woman can be returned (in marriage) for four reasons; leprosy, vitiligo, insanity, and genital defects (imperforation or obstruction), as long as the marriage has not been consummated.
However, if consummation has taken place, then she cannot be returned."