Punishment of adulterer and adulteress
Thawāb al-Aʿmāl wa ʿiqāb al-Aʿmāl|Volume 1|Book 3|Chapter 110
حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الصَّفَّارُ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِیٍّ الْوَشَّاءِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَابِدٍ عَنْ أَبِی خَدِیجَهَ عَنْ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ لَوْ کَانَ أَحَدٌ مِنْ وَلَدِ الزِّنَاءِ نَجَا نَجَا سَائِحُ بَنِی إِسْرَائِیلَ فَقِیلَ لَهُ وَ مَا سَائِحُ بَنِی إِسْرَائِیلَ قَالَ کَانَ عَابِداً فَقِیلَ لَهُ إِنَّ وَلَدَ الزِّنَاءِ لَا یَطِیبُ أَبَداً وَ لَا یَقْبَلُ اللَّهُ مِنْهُ عَمَلًا قَالَ فَخَرَجَ یَسِیحُ بَیْنَ الْجِبَالِ وَ یَقُولُ مَا ذَنْبِی.
10. Imam Ja’far Sadiq عليه السلام said, “If illegitimate children are forgiven, the person who went around Bani Israel will be forgiven.” Imam was asked, “Who is the person who went around Bani Israel?” Imam عليه السلام replied, “He was a worshipper. He was told that illegitimate children will not be purified and none of their deeds will be accepted. The worshipper emerged in the mountains and asked: What is my fault in it?”