Chapter on What Allah سبحانه وتعالى, the Almighty, Has Made Permissible and Prohibited in Marriage
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 3|Book 3|Chapter 25
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 3, Book 3, Chapter 25
Chapter on What Allah سبحانه وتعالى, the Almighty, Has Made Permissible and Prohibited in Marriage
وَ فِي رِوَايَةِ اَلْحَسَنِ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: فِي رَجُلٍ أَعْتَقَ أَمَةً لَهُ وَ جَعَلَ عِتْقَهَا صَدَاقَهَا ثُمَّ طَلَّقَهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ بِهَا قَالَ "يَسْتَسْعِيهَا فِي نِصْفِ قِيمَتِهَا فَإِنْ أَبَتْ كَانَ لَهَا يَوْمٌ وَ لَهُ يَوْمٌ فِي اَلْخِدْمَةِ" قَالَ "فَإِنْ كَانَ لَهَا وَلَدٌ وَ لَهُ مَالٌ أَدَّى عَنْهَا نِصْفَ قِيمَتِهَا وَ عَتَقَتْ".
Al-Hasan ibn Mahbub narrated from Yunus ibn Yaqub, who narrated from Abu Abdullah عليه السلام regarding a man who freed his female slave and made her emancipation her dowry, then divorced her before consummating the marriage. Imam عليه السلام said: "He makes her work to pay off half of her value. If she refuses, then she serves him one day and herself one day." Imam عليه السلام further said: "If she has a child and he has wealth, he pays on her behalf half of her value, and she becomes fully free."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 274