Chapter on the Guardian, Witnesses, Proposal, and Dowry
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 3|Book 3|Chapter 18
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 3, Book 3, Chapter 18
Chapter on the Guardian, Witnesses, Proposal, and Dowry
وَ رَوَى حَنَانُ بْنُ سَدِيرٍ عَنْ مُسْلِمِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ تَزَوَّجَ اِمْرَأَةً وَ لَمْ يُشْهِدْ فَقَالَ "أَمَّا فِيمَا بَيْنَهُ وَ بَيْنَ اَللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَلَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ شَيْءٌ وَ لَكِنْ إِنْ أَخَذَهُ سُلْطَانٌ جَائِرٌ عَاقَبَهُ".
Hanan ibn Sadir narrated from Muslim ibn Bashir, who reported from Abu Ja'far Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir عليه السلام. He said: I asked him about a man who married a woman without witnesses. Imam عليه السلام replied: "As far as what is between him and Allah سبحانه وتعالى, the Exalted, there is nothing against him. However, if a tyrannical ruler were to apprehend him, he would punish him."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 271