Chapter on the Inheritance of the Child of Adultery
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 4|Book 1|Chapter 161
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 4, Book 1, Chapter 161
Chapter on the Inheritance of the Child of Adultery
2 hadiths
رَوَى اَلْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ اَلْحَسَنِ بْنِ أَبِي خَالِدٍ اَلْأَشْعَرِيِّ قَالَ: كَتَبَ بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِنَا إِلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ اَلثَّانِي عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ مَعِي يَسْأَلُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ فَجَرَ بِامْرَأَةٍ فَحَمَلَتْ ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ تَزَوَّجَهَا بَعْدَ اَلْحَمْلِ فَجَاءَتْ بِوَلَدٍ وَ اَلْوَلَدُ أَشْبَهُ خَلْقِ اَللَّهِ بِهِ فَكَتَبَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ بِخَطِّهِ وَ خَاتَمِهِ "اَلْوَلَدُ لِغَيَّةٍ لاَ يُورَثُ".
Al-Husayn ibn Sa'id narrated from Muhammad ibn Al-Hasan ibn Abi Khalid Al-Ash'ari, who said: One of our companions wrote to Abu Ja'far Al-Thani عليه السلام through me, asking Imam عليه السلام about a man who committed adultery with a woman, and she became pregnant. Later, he married her after the pregnancy, and she gave birth to a child who resembled him more than anyone else in creation. Imam عليه السلام wrote back in his own handwriting and with his seal: "The child is the result of fornication and does not inherit."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 369
وَ رَوَى يُونُسُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ كَمْ دِيَةُ وَلَدِ اَلزِّنَا قَالَ "يُعْطَى اَلَّذِي أَنْفَقَ عَلَيْهِ مَا أَنْفَقَ عَلَيْهِ" قُلْتُ فَإِنَّهُ مَاتَ وَ لَهُ مَالٌ فَمَنْ يَرِثُهُ قَالَ "اَلْإِمَامُ". وَ قَدْ رُوِيَ: "أَنَّ دِيَةَ وَلَدِ اَلزِّنَا ثَمَانُمِائَةِ دِرْهَمٍ وَ مِيرَاثُهُ كَمِيرَاثِ اِبْنِ اَلْمُلاَعَنَةِ".
Yunus narrated from Abdullah ibn Sinan, from Abu Abdullah عليه السلام, who said: I asked Imam عليه السلام: "May I be your ransom, what is the blood money (diyyah) for a child born out of fornication?" Imam عليه السلام replied: "The one who spent on him is to be given what he spent on him." I asked: "If the child dies and has wealth, who inherits it?" He عليه السلام said: "The Imam." It has also been narrated: "The blood money (diyyah) for a child born out of fornication is eight hundred dirhams, and his inheritance is like the inheritance of the child of mula'anah (mutual cursing between spouses in the case of adultery accusations)."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh