Chapter on a Man Who Buys a Bondwoman While She is Pregnant and Then is Intimate with Her
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 3|Book 3|Chapter 38
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 3, Book 3, Chapter 38
Chapter on a Man Who Buys a Bondwoman While She is Pregnant and Then is Intimate with Her
1 hadith
رَوَى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا اَلْحَسَنِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ اِشْتَرَى جَارِيَةً حَامِلاً قَدِ اِسْتَبَانَ حَمْلُهَا فَوَطِئَهَا قَالَ "بِئْسَ مَا صَنَعَ " فَقُلْتُ مَا تَقُولُ فِيهَا قَالَ "عَزَلَ عَنْهَا أَمْ لاَ" قُلْتُ أَجِبْنِي فِي اَلْوَجْهَيْنِ فَقَالَ "إِنْ كَانَ عَزَلَ عَنْهَا فَلْيَتَّقِ اَللَّهَ وَ لاَ يَعُدْ وَ إِنْ كَانَ لَمْ يَعْزِلْ عَنْهَا فَلاَ يَبِيعُ ذَلِكَ اَلْوَلَدَ وَ لاَ يُوَرِّثُهُ وَ لَكِنْ يُعْتِقُهُ وَ يَجْعَلُ لَهُ شَيْئاً مِنْ مَالِهِ يَعِيشُ بِهِ فَإِنَّهُ قَدْ غَذَّاهُ بِنُطْفَتِهِ".
Muhammad ibn Abi Umayr narrated from Ishaq ibn Ammar, who said: I asked Abu al-Hasan عليه السلام about a man who purchased a pregnant slave whose pregnancy was evident and had relations with her. Imam عليه السلام said: "What he did was a reprehensible act." I said: "What is your ruling in this matter?" Imam عليه السلام said: "Did he practice withdrawal (coitus interruptus) or not?" I said: "Please explain the ruling in both cases." Imam عليه السلام said: "If he practiced withdrawal, then he must fear Allah سبحانه وتعالى and never repeat this action. But if he did not practice withdrawal, he must not sell the child, nor consider the child an inheritor. Instead, he must emancipate the child and allocate some of his wealth to provide for the child's living expenses, because he has nourished the child with his own seed."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 283