Chapter on Mothers of Offspring
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 3|Book 1|Chapter 50
وَ فِي رِوَايَةِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ اَلْبَزَنْطِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنِ اَلرَّجُلِ يَمُوتُ وَ لَهُ أُمُّ وَلَدٍ وَ لَهُ مِنْهَا وَلَدٌ أَ يَصْلُحُ لِلرَّجُلِ أَنْ يَتَزَوَّجَهَا فَقَالَ "أُخْبِرْتُ أَنَّ عَلِيّاً عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ أَوْصَى فِي أُمَّهَاتِ اَلْأَوْلاَدِ اَللاَّتِي كَانَ يَطُوفُ عَلَيْهِنَّ "مَنْ كَانَ مِنْهُنَّ لَهَا وَلَدٌ فَهِيَ مِنْ نَصِيبِ وَلَدِهَا وَ مَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهَا وَلَدٌ فَهِيَ حُرَّةٌ" وَ إِنَّمَا جُعِلَ مَنْ كَانَ مِنْهُنَّ لَهَا وَلَدٌ مِنْ نَصِيبِ وَلَدِهَا لِكَيْلاَ تَنْكِحَ إِلاَّ بِإِذْنِ أَهْلِهَا".
In a narration from Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Mahbub, from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa, from Al-Bazanti, from Abdullah ibn Sinan, he said: I asked Abu Abdullah عليه السلام, about a man who dies and leaves behind an Umm al-Walad (a female slave who bore him a child) and has a child from her. Can another man marry her? Imam عليه السلام said: "I was informed that Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib عليه السلام, instructed regarding the Umm al-Walad women he had relations with: 'Whoever among them has borne a child, she becomes the share of her child. And whoever has not borne a child, she is set free.' And those who had children were assigned to their children to ensure that they would not marry except with the permission of their family."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh