Chapter on the Liability of a Wet Nurse if She Rolls Over a Child, Causing Death, or Hands the Child Over to Another Wet Nurse Who Then Disappears with the Child
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 4|Book 1|Chapter 58
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 4, Book 1, Chapter 58
Chapter on the Liability of a Wet Nurse if She Rolls Over a Child, Causing Death, or Hands the Child Over to Another Wet Nurse Who Then Disappears with the Child
3 hadiths · 1 commentary
رَوَى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِ عِمْرَانَ اَلْأَشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ نَاجِيَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اَلرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: "أَيُّمَا ظِئْرِ قَوْمٍ قَتَلَتْ صَبِيّاً لَهُمْ وَ هِيَ نَائِمَةٌ فَانْقَلَبَتْ عَلَيْهِ فَقَتَلَتْهُ فَإِنَّمَا عَلَيْهَا اَلدِّيَةُ مِنْ مَالِهَا خَاصَّةً إِنْ كَانَتْ إِنَّمَا ظَاءَرَتْ طَلَبَ اَلْعِزِّ وَ اَلْفَخْرِ وَ إِنْ كَانَتْ إِنَّمَا ظَاءَرَتْ مِنَ اَلْفَقْرِ فَإِنَّ اَلدِّيَةَ عَلَى عَاقِلَتِهَا".
Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Yahya ibn Imran Al-Ash'ari narrated from Muhammad ibn Najiyah, who narrated from Muhammad ibn Ali, who narrated from Abd Al-Rahman ibn Salim, who narrated from his father, who narrated from Abu Jafar Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir عليه السلام, who said: "Any wet nurse of a people who accidentally kills their child while sleeping - by rolling over and causing the child's death - the blood money is to be paid from her personal wealth if she took on nursing for the sake of pride and honor. However, if she undertook nursing due to poverty, then the blood money is upon her family ('Aqilah)."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh
وَ رَوَى هِشَامُ بْنُ سَالِمٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ اسْتَأْجَرَ ظِئْراً فَأَعْطَاهُ وَلَدَهُ فَكَانَ عِنْدَهَا فَانْطَلَقَتِ الظِّئْرُ فَاسْتَأْجَرَتْ ظِئْراً أُخْرَى فَغَابَتِ الظِّئْرُ بِالْوَلَدِ فَلَا يُدْرَى مَا صُنِعَ بِهِ وَ الظِّئْرُ لَا تُكَافَى قَالَ الدِّيَةُ كَامِلَةً.
Hisham ibn Salim narrated from Sulayman ibn Khalid, who narrated from Abu Abdullah عليه السلام, who said: I asked Imam عليه السلام about a man who hired a wet nurse and gave her his child. While the child was with her, the wet nurse went and hired another wet nurse. The second wet nurse disappeared with the child, and it was unknown what happened to the child, and the original wet nurse could not be held accountable. Imam عليه السلام said: "The full blood money (diyyah) is due."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 334
وَ رَوَى حَمَّادٌ عَنِ اَلْحَلَبِيِّ قَالَ: سُئِلَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ اِسْتَأْجَرَ ظِئْراً فَدَفَعَ إِلَيْهَا وَلَدَهُ فَغَابَتْ عَنْهُ بِهِ سِنِينَ ثُمَّ جَاءَتْ بِالْوَلَدِ فَزَعَمَتْ أُمُّهُ أَنَّهَا لاَ تَعْرِفُهُ قَالَ "لَيْسَ لَهُمْ ذَلِكَ فَلْيَقْبَلُوهُ فَإِنَّمَا اَلظِّئْرُ مَأْمُونَةٌ".
Hammad narrated from Al-Halabi, who said: Abu Abdullah عليه السلام was asked about a man who hired a wet nurse and entrusted his child to her. She disappeared with the child for several years and then returned with the child. The mother claimed that she did not recognize the child. Imam عليه السلام said: "They do not have the right to reject him; they must accept him, for the wet nurse is trusted."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh
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