Punishment of adulterer and adulteress

Thawāb al-Aʿmāl wa ʿiqāb al-Aʿmāl|Volume 1|Book 3|Chapter 110
Thawāb al-Aʿmāl wa ʿiqāb al-Aʿmāl

Book 3, Chapter 110

Punishment of adulterer and adulteress

حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِیٍّ مَاجِیلَوَیْهِ عَنْ عَلِیِّ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِیمَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِی عُمَیْرٍ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ هِلَالٍ عَنْ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: قَالَ أَمِیرُ الْمُؤْمِنِینَ ع أَ لَا أُخْبِرُکُمْ بکبر [بِأَکْبَرِ] الزِّنَاءِ قَالَ هِیَ امْرَأَهٌ تُوطِئُ فِی فِرَاشِ زَوْجِهَا فَتَأْتِی بِوَلَدٍ مِنْ غَیْرِهِ فَتُلْزِمُهُ زَوْجَهَا فَتِلْکَ الَّتِی لَا یُکَلِّمُهَا اللَّهُ وَ لَا یَنْظُرُ إِلَیْهَا یَوْمَ الْقِیَامَهِ وَ لَا یُزَکِّیهَا وَ لَهُمْ عَذابٌ أَلِیمٌ*.
6. It was narrated to me by Muhammad b. Ali Majluwayh from Ali b. Ibrahim from Muhammad b. Abi ’Umayr from Ishaq b. Hilal from Abi Abdillah عليه السلام who said: “Should I tell you about the greatest form of fornication? It is when a woman commits adultery on the bed of her husband and becomes pregnant with the child of other man. Later on, this child is associated with her husband. The Almighty Allah will not speak to this woman on the Day of Judgment nor look at her with mercy. She will not be purified and get a severe chastisement.”