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Chapter on the Legal Punishment for Slanderous Accusation
5068 - وَ رُوِيَ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ اَلْحَضْرَمِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ يَفْتَرِي عَلَى رَجُلٍ مِنْ جَاهِلِيَّةِ اَلْعَرَبِ قَالَ "يُضْرَبُ حَدّاً" قُلْتُ يُضْرَبُ حَدّاً قَالَ "نَعَمْ إِنَّ ذَلِكَ يَدْخُلُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ ".
Hadith.5068 - It was narrated from Safwan from Abu Bakr Al-Hadrami from Abu Abdullah (as) who said: 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)."
5069 - وَ رَوَى جَعْفَرُ بْنُ بَشِيرٍ عَنِ اَلْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ أَبِي اَلْعَلاَءِ عَنْ أَبِي مَخْلَدٍ اَلسَّرَّاجِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ : أَنَّهُ قَضَى فِي رَجُلٍ دَعَا آخَرَ اِبْنَ اَلْمَجْنُونِ وَ قَالَ اَلْآخَرُ لَهُ بَلْ أَنْتَ اِبْنُ اَلْمَجْنُونِ فَأَمَرَ اَلْأَوَّلَ أَنْ يَجْلِدَ صَاحِبَهُ عِشْرِينَ جَلْدَةً وَ قَالَ "اِعْلَمْ أَنَّهُ سَتُعَقَّبُ مِثْلَهَا عِشْرِينَ فَلَمَّا جَلَدَهُ أَعْطَى اَلْمَجْلُودَ اَلسَّوْطَ فَجَلَدَهُ عِشْرِينَ نَكَالاً يُنَكِّلُهُمَا".
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 companion twenty lashes and said: "Know that you will also be given twenty lashes in return."
After the first man flogged him, the flogged man was given the whip and he flogged the first man twenty lashes as a means of punishment to discipline both of them.
5070 - وَ رَوَى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ بْنِ هِلاَلٍ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ قَالَ لاِمْرَأَتِهِ يَا زَانِيَةُ قَالَ "يُجْلَدُ حَدّاً وَ يُفَرَّقُ بَيْنَهُمَا بَعْدَ مَا جُلِدَ وَ لاَ تَكُونُ اِمْرَأَتَهُ" قَالَ "وَ إِنْ كَانَ قَالَ كَلاَماً أَفْلَتَ مِنْهُ فِي غَيْرِ أَنْ يَعْلَمَ شَيْئاً أَرَادَ أَنْ يَغِيظَهَا بِهِ فَلاَ يُفَرَّقُ بَيْنَهُمَا".
Hadith.5070 - Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Hilal narrated from Uqbah ibn Khalid from Abu Abdullah (as) who said: 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 knowledge of it, intending only to anger her, then they are not to be separated."
5071 - وَ قَالَ أَمِيرُ اَلْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ : "إِذَا كَانَ فِي اَلْحَدِّ لَعَلَّ أَوْ عَسَى فَالْحَدُّ مُعَطَّلٌ".
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."
5072 - وَ قَالَ اَلصَّادِقُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ : "قَاذِفُ اَللَّقِيطِ يُحَدُّ وَ اَلْمَرْأَةُ إِذَا قَذَفَتْ زَوْجَهَا وَ هُوَ أَصَمُّ يُفَرَّقُ بَيْنَهُمَا ثُمَّ لاَ تَحِلُّ لَهُ أَبَداً".
Hadith.5072 - Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) said: "The one who accuses a foundling (laqiṭ) of fornication is subjected to the prescribed punishment (hadd). And if a woman accuses her husband of fornication while he is deaf, they are separated, and she is never permissible for him again."
5073 - وَ رَوَى اِبْنُ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ: سُئِلَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ قَذَفَ اِمْرَأَتَهُ بِالزِّنَا وَ هِيَ خَرْسَاءُ صَمَّاءُ لاَ تَسْمَعُ مَا قَالَ فَقَالَ "إِنْ كَانَ لَهَا بَيِّنَةٌ يَشْهَدُونَ لَهَا عِنْدَ اَلْإِمَامِ جَلَدَهُ اَلْحَدَّ وَ فَرَّقَ بَيْنَهُمَا ثُمَّ لاَ تَحِلُّ لَهُ أَبَداً وَ إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهَا بَيِّنَةٌ فَهِيَ حَرَامٌ عَلَيْهِ مَا أَقَامَ مَعَهَا وَ لاَ إِثْمَ عَلَيْهَا مِنْهُ".
Hadith.5073 - Ibn Mahbub narrated from Hisham ibn Salim from Abu Basir who said:
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 be permissible for him again. But if she has no witnesses, then she is forbidden to him as long as she remains with him, and there is no sin upon her from him."
5074 - وَ فِي رِوَايَةِ اَلسَّكُونِيِّ أَنَّ عَلِيّاً عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: "مَنْ أَقَرَّ بِوَلَدٍ ثُمَّ نَفَاهُ جُلِدَ اَلْحَدَّ وَ أُلْزِمَ اَلْوَلَدَ".
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."
5075 - وَ فِي رِوَايَةِ يُونُسَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اَلرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ بَعْضِ رِجَالِهِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: "كُلُّ بَالِغٍ مِنْ ذَكَرٍ أَوْ أُنْثَى اِفْتَرَى عَلَى صَغِيرٍ أَوْ كَبِيرٍ أَوْ ذَكَرٍ أَوْ أُنْثَى أَوْ مُسْلِمٍ أَوْ حُرٍّ أَوْ مَمْلُوكٍ فَعَلَيْهِ حَدُّ اَلْفِرْيَةِ وَ عَلَى غَيْرِ اَلْبَالِغِ حَدُّ اَلْأَدَبِ ".
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 one who is not yet an adult, the punishment is disciplinary (hadd Al-adab)."
5076 - وَ قَالَ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ : "لاَ حَدَّ عَلَى مَجْنُونٍ حَتَّى يُفِيقَ وَ لاَ عَلَى اَلصَّبِيِّ حَتَّى يُدْرِكَ وَ لاَ عَلَى اَلنَّائِمِ حَتَّى يَسْتَيْقِظَ".
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."
5077 - وَ رَوَى اَلْحَسَنُ بْنُ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنِ اَلْعَلاَءِ وَ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ : فِي رَجُلٍ قَالَ لاِمْرَأَتِهِ يَا زَانِيَةُ أَنَا زَنَيْتُ بِكِ قَالَ "عَلَيْهِ حَدٌّ وَاحِدٌ لِقَذْفِهِ إِيَّاهَا وَ أَمَّا قَوْلُهُ أَنَا زَنَيْتُ بِكِ فَلاَ حَدَّ عَلَيْهِ فِيهِ إِلاَّ أَنْ يَشْهَدَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ أَرْبَعَ مَرَّاتٍ بِالزِّنَا عِنْدَ اَلْإِمَامِ".
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 statement, 'I have committed adultery with you,' there is no legal punishment for that unless he testifies against himself four times for committing adultery before the Imam."