Chapter on Sales
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 3|Book 2|Chapter 11
وَ - سَأَلَ سَمَاعَةُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: عَنِ اَلْأَخَوَيْنِ اَلْمَمْلُوكَيْنِ هَلْ يُفَرَّقُ بَيْنَهُمَا وَ بَيْنَ اَلْمَرْأَةِ وَ وَلَدِهَا فَقَالَ "لاَ هُوَ حَرَامٌ إِلاَّ أَنْ يُرِيدُوا ذَلِكَ".
Sama'ah asked Abu Abdullah عليه السلام about two slave brothers, whether they can be separated, and about a woman and her child, whether they can be separated. Imam عليه السلام replied: "No, it is forbidden, except if they themselves desire it."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 225