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Chapter on What Necessitates Discretionary Punishment, Legal Punishment, Stoning, Execution, and Exile in Adultery
5007 - وَ رَوَى اَلْحَسَنُ بْنُ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ حَنَانِ بْنِ سَدِيرٍ قَالَ: إِنَّ عَبَّادَ اَلْمَكِّيِّ قَالَ قَالَ لِي سُفْيَانُ اَلثَّوْرِيُّ أَرَى لَكَ مِنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ مَنْزِلَةً فَاسْأَلْهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ زَنَى وَ هُوَ مَرِيضٌ فَإِنْ أُقِيمَ عَلَيْهِ اَلْحَدُّ خَافُوا أَنْ يَمُوتَ مَا تَقُولُ فِيهِ قَالَ فَسَأَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ لِي "هَذِهِ اَلْمَسْأَلَةُ مِنْ تِلْقَاءِ نَفْسِكَ أَوْ أَمَرَكَ إِنْسَانٌ أَنْ تَسْأَلَ عَنْهَا" فَقُلْتُ لَهُ إِنَّ سُفْيَانَ اَلثَّوْرِيَّ أَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَسْأَلَكَ عَنْهَا فَقَالَ "إِنَّ رَسُولَ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ أُتِيَ بِرَجُلٍ أَحْبَنَ قَدِ اِسْتَسْقَى بَطْنُهُ وَ بَدَتْ عُرُوقُ فَخِذَيْهِ وَ قَدْ زَنَى بِامْرَأَةٍ مَرِيضَةٍ فَأَمَرَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ فَأُتِيَ بِعُرْجُونٍ فِيهِ مِائَةُ شِمْرَاخٍ فَضَرَبَهُ بِهِ ضَرْبَةً وَاحِدَةً وَ ضَرَبَهَا بِهِ ضَرْبَةً وَاحِدَةً وَ خَلَّى سَبِيلَهُمَا وَ ذَلِكَ قَوْلُ اَللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ خُذْ بِيَدِكَ ضِغْثاً فَاضْرِبْ بِهِ وَ لاٰ تَحْنَثْ ".
Hadith.5007 - Narrated by Al-Hasan ibn Mahbub from Hanan ibn Sadir who said:
Indeed, Abbad Al-Makki said that Sufyan Al-Thawri told me, "I see that you have a close relationship with Abu Abdullah (as), so ask Imam (as) about a man who committed adultery while he is ill. If the prescribed punishment (hadd) is carried out on him, they fear he might die. What is your opinion on this matter?"
So I asked Imam (as), and Imam (as) said to me: "Is this question from yourself, or did someone instruct you to ask about it?"
I replied: "Sufyan Al-Thawri ordered me to ask you about it."
Imam (as) said: "The Messenger of Allah (swt) (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) was brought a man who was obese, his stomach was swollen, and the veins of his thighs were visible, and he had committed adultery with a sick woman.
The Messenger of Allah (swt) (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) commanded that a palm branch with one hundred stalks be brought, and he struck him with it once and struck her with it once, and then he set them both free.
This is in accordance with the saying of Allah (swt) Almighty: 'And take in your hand a bundle of thin grass and strike with it, and do not break your oath'." (Surah Sad 38:44)
5008 - وَ رَوَى مُوسَى بْنُ بَكْرٍ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ : "لَوْ أَنَّ رَجُلاً أَخَذَ حُزْمَةً مِنْ قُضْبَانٍ أَوْ أَصْلاً فِيهِ قُضْبَانٌ فَضَرَبَهُ ضَرْبَةً وَاحِدَةً أَجْزَأَهُ عَنْ عِدَّةِ مَا يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَجْلِدَهُ مِنْ عِدَّةِ اَلْقُضْبَانِ".
Hadith.5008 - Narrated by Musa ibn Bakr from Zurara who said:
Abu Jafar Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (as) said: "If a man were to take a bundle of rods or a branch containing multiple rods and struck someone with it once, it would suffice him for however many lashes he intended to administer, equal to the number of rods in that bundle."
5009 - وَ فِي رِوَايَةِ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ بْنِ اَلْمُغِيرَةِ وَ صَفْوَانَ وَ غَيْرِ وَاحِدٍ رَفَعُوهُ إِلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: "إِذَا أَقَرَّ اَلزَّانِي اَلْمُحْصَنُ كَانَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ يَرْجُمُهُ اَلْإِمَامُ ثُمَّ اَلنَّاسُ وَ إِذَا قَامَتْ عَلَيْهِ اَلْبَيِّنَةُ كَانَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ يَرْجُمُهُ اَلْبَيِّنَةُ ثُمَّ اَلْإِمَامُ ثُمَّ اَلنَّاسُ".
Hadith.5009 - Narrated by Abdullah ibn Al-Mughira, Safwan, and others, who reported it to Abu Abdullah (as), that Imam (as) said:
"If a married adulterer confesses, the Imam should be the first to stone him, followed by the people. But if the evidence is established against him, the witnesses should be the first to stone him, then the Imam, and then the people."
5010 - وَ رَوَى حَمَّادٌ عَنِ اَلْحَلَبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ : "أَنَّ عَلِيّاً عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ ضَرَبَ رَجُلاً تَزَوَّجَ اِمْرَأَةً فِي نِفَاسِهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ تَطْهُرَ اَلْحَدَّ".
Hadith.5010 - Narrated by Hammad from Al-Halabi from Abu Abdullah (as):
"Indeed, Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (as) punished with the prescribed punishment (hadd) a man who married a woman during her postpartum bleeding (nifas) before she became pure."
5011 - وَ رَوَى أَبَانٌ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: "يُضْرَبُ اَلرَّجُلُ اَلْحَدَّ قَائِماً وَ اَلْمَرْأَةُ قَاعِدَةً وَ يُضْرَبُ كُلُّ عُضْوٍ وَ يُتْرَكُ اَلْوَجْهُ وَ اَلْمَذَاكِيرُ".
Hadith.5011 - Narrated by Aban from Zurara from Abu Jafar Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (as) who said: "A man is subjected to the prescribed punishment (hadd) while standing, and a woman while sitting. Every part of the body is struck except the face and the private parts."
5012 - وَ فِي رِوَايَةِ سَمَاعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: "حَدُّ اَلزَّانِي كَأَشَدِّ مَا يَكُونُ مِنَ اَلْحُدُودِ".
Hadith.5012 - In the narration of Sama'ah from Abu Abdullah (as), he said:
"The punishment for adultery is the most severe of all prescribed punishments."
5013 - وَ رَوَى طَلْحَةُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: "لاَ يُجَرَّدُ فِي حَدٍّ وَ لاَ يُشْبَحُ يَعْنِي يُمَدُّ" وَ قَالَ "يُضْرَبُ اَلزَّانِي عَلَى اَلْحَالِ اَلَّتِي يُوجَدُ عَلَيْهَا، إِنْ وُجِدَ عُرْيَاناً ضُرِبَ عُرْيَاناً وَ إِنْ وُجِدَ وَ عَلَيْهِ ثِيَابُهُ ضُرِبَ وَ عَلَيْهِ ثِيَابُهُ".
Hadith.5013 - Talhah ibn Zayd narrated from Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) from his father, Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (as), that he said:
"A person should not be stripped of their clothing nor stretched out (meaning tied or extended) for any legal punishment."
Imam (as) also said: "The adulterer should be beaten in the state in which they are found; if they are found unclothed, they are beaten while unclothed, and if they are found clothed, they are beaten while clothed."
5014 - وَ رَوَى اِبْنُ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ حَفْصِ بْنِ اَلْبَخْتَرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ ع قَالَ: "أُتِيَ أَمِيرُ اَلْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ بِرَجُلٍ وُجِدَ تَحْتَ فِرَاشِ رَجُلٍ فَأَمَرَ بِهِ أَمِيرُ اَلْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ فَلُوِّثَ فِي مَخْرُأَةٍ".
Hadith.5014 - Ibn Abi Umayr narrated from Hafs ibn Al-Bukhtari from Abu Abdullah (as) who said: "A man was brought to Commander of the Faithful (as) after being found beneath another man's bed. The Commander of the Faithful (as) ordered that he be dragged through a public latrine."
5015 - وَ رَوَى عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ اَلرَّجُلِ يَزْنِي فِي اَلْيَوْمِ اَلْوَاحِدِ مِرَاراً قَالَ "إِنْ زَنَى بِامْرَأَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ كَذَا وَ كَذَا مَرَّةً فَإِنَّمَا عَلَيْهِ حَدٌّ وَاحِدٌ وَ إِنْ هُوَ زَنَى بِنِسَاءٍ شَتَّى فِي يَوْمٍ وَاحِدٍ أَوْ فِي سَاعَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ فَإِنَّ عَلَيْهِ فِي كُلِّ اِمْرَأَةٍ فَجَرَ بِهَا حَدّاً".
Hadith.5015 - Ali ibn Abi Hamzah narrated from Abu Basir from Abu Jafar Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (as) who said:
I asked Imam (as) about a man who commits adultery multiple times in a single day.
Imam (as) replied: "If he commits adultery with the same woman multiple times, then only one punishment (hadd) applies to him. However, if he commits adultery with different women in the same day or even in the same hour, then for each woman he has violated, a separate punishment (hadd) applies."
5016 - وَ رَوَى يُونُسُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ عَنْ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: "أَتَتِ اِمْرَأَةٌ أَمِيرَ اَلْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ فَقَالَتْ إِنِّي قَدْ فَجَرْتُ فَأَعْرَضَ بِوَجْهِهِ عَنْهَا فَتَحَوَّلَتْ حَتَّى اِسْتَقْبَلَتْ وَجْهَهُ فَقَالَتْ إِنِّي قَدْ فَجَرْتُ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهَا بِوَجْهِهِ ثُمَّ اِسْتَقْبَلَتْهُ فَقَالَتْ إِنِّي قَدْ فَجَرْتُ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهَا ثُمَّ اِسْتَقْبَلَتْهُ فَقَالَتْ إِنِّي قَدْ فَجَرْتُ فَأَمَرَ بِهَا فَحُبِسَتْ وَ كَانَتْ حَامِلاً فَتَرَبَّصَ بِهَا حَتَّى وَضَعَتْ ثُمَّ أَمَرَ بِهَا بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فَحُفِرَ لَهَا حَفِيرَةٌ فِي اَلرَّحَبَةِ وَ خَاطَ عَلَيْهَا ثَوْباً جَدِيداً وَ أَدْخَلَهَا اَلْحُفْرَةَ إِلَى اَلْحَقْوِ وَ مَوْضِعِ اَلثَّدْيَيْنِ وَ أَغْلَقَ بَابَ اَلرَّحَبَةِ وَ رَمَاهَا بِحَجَرٍ وَ قَالَ " بِسْمِ اَللَّهِ اَللَّهُمَّ عَلَى تَصْدِيقِ كِتَابِكَ، وَ سُنَّةِ نَبِيِّكَ " ثُمَّ أَمَرَ قَنْبَرَ فَرَمَاهَا بِحَجَرٍ ثُمَّ دَخَلَ مَنْزِلَهُ وَ قَالَ "يَا قَنْبَرُ اِئْذَنْ لِأَصْحَابِ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ " فَدَخَلُوا فَرَمَوْهَا بِحَجَرٍ حَجَرٍ ثُمَّ قَامُوا لاَ يَدْرُونَ أَ يُعِيدُونَ حِجَارَتَهُمْ أَوْ يَرْمُونَ بِحِجَارَةٍ غَيْرِهَا وَ بِهَا رَمَقٌ فَقَالُوا يَا قَنْبَرُ أَخْبِرْهُ أَنَّا قَدْ رَمَيْنَاهَا بِحِجَارَتِنَا وَ بِهَا رَمَقٌ فَكَيْفَ نَصْنَعُ فَقَالَ "عُودُوا فِي حِجَارَتِكُمْ" فَعَادُوا حَتَّى قُضِيَتْ فَقَالُوا لَهُ فَقَدْ مَاتَتْ فَكَيْفَ نَصْنَعُ بِهَا قَالَ "فَادْفَعُوهَا إِلَى أَوْلِيَائِهَا وَ مُرُوهُمْ أَنْ يَصْنَعُوا بِهَا كَمَا يَصْنَعُونَ بِمَوْتَاهُمْ" ".
Hadith.5016 - Yunus ibn Ya'qub narrated from Abu Maryam, who narrated from Abu Jafar Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (as) that a woman came to Commander of the Faithful (as) and said: "I have committed adultery."
Imam (as) turned his face away from her.
She moved to face Imam (as) again and repeated: "I have committed adultery," but Imam (as) turned away once more.
She repeated it a third and then a fourth time.
After the fourth confession, Imam (as) ordered that she be detained.
It was discovered that she was pregnant, so Imam (as) waited until she gave birth.
Afterward, Imam (as) commanded that a pit be dug for her in the open space of Rahbah.
Imam (as) dressed her in a new garment and placed her into the pit up to her waist and chest level.
Imam (as) then closed the gate of Rahbah and threw a stone at her, saying, "In the name of Allah (swt). O' Allah (swt), in confirmation of Your Book and the Sunnah of Your Prophet."
Then Imam (as) instructed Qanbar to throw a stone at her. Afterward, Imam (as) returned to his house and said: "O' Qanbar, permit the companions of Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family) to enter."
They entered and began stoning her, each throwing a stone. When they were unsure whether to reuse the same stones or throw new ones while she was still alive, they said: "O' Qanbar, inform him that we have stoned her with our stones, but she is still alive. What should we do?"
Imam (as) replied: "Return to your stones," and they continued until she died.
They asked: "She has now died, what should we do with her?"
Imam (as) said: "Hand her over to her family and instruct them to treat her as they would their deceased."