Chapter on Pledging (Rahn)
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 3|Book 2|Chapter 35
وَ رَوَى اَلْعَلاَءُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ اَلرَّجُلِ يَرْهَنُ جَارِيَتَهُ أَ يَحِلُّ لَهُ أَنْ يَطَأَهَا قَالَ "إِنَّ اَلَّذِينَ اِرْتَهَنُوهَا يَحُولُونَ بَيْنَهُ وَ بَيْنَهَا" قُلْتُ أَ رَأَيْتَ إِنْ قَدَرَ عَلَيْهَا خَالِياً وَ لَمْ يَعْلَمِ اَلَّذِينَ اِرْتَهَنُوهَا قَالَ "نَعَمْ لاَ أَرَى بِهَذَا بَأْساً".
Al-Alaa narrated from Muhammad ibn Muslim, who reported from Abu Jafar Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir عليه السلام: "I asked Imam عليه السلام about a man who pledges his bondwoman (as collateral). Is it permissible for him to have intercourse with her?" Imam عليه السلام replied: "Those who have taken her as collateral (the creditors) prevent him from having access to her." I then asked: "What if he manages to be with her privately without the knowledge of those who took her as collateral?" Imam عليه السلام said: "Yes, I do not see any harm in this."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh