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 رَوَى اِبْنُ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ غَيْرِ وَاحِدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لَهُ اَلرَّجُلُ تَكُونُ عِنْدَهُ اَلْمَرْأَةُ يَتَزَوَّجُ أُخْرَى أَ لَهُ أَنْ يُفَضِّلَهَا قَالَ "نَعَمْ إِنْ كَانَتْ بِكْراً فَسَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ وَ إِنْ كَانَتْ ثَيِّباً فَثَلاَثَةَ أَيَّامٍ".
Muhammad ibn Muslim reported: I asked Imam Abu Ja'far Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir عليه السلام about a man who already has a wife and then marries another woman. I asked: "Is it permissible for him to give preference to her (the new wife)?" Imam عليه السلام replied: "Yes, if she is a virgin, then seven days; and if she is previously married (a widow or divorced), then three days."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh