Chapter on a Child Being Between Both Parents - Who Has More Right to Custody
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 3|Book 3|Chapter 28
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 3, Book 3, Chapter 28
Chapter on a Child Being Between Both Parents - Who Has More Right to Custody
وَ رَوَى عَبْدُ اَللَّهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ اَلْحِمْيَرِيُّ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ بْنِ نُوحٍ قَالَ: كَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِهِ أَنَّهُ كَانَتْ لِيَ اِمْرَأَةٌ وَ لِي مِنْهَا وَلَدٌ وَ خَلَّيْتُ سَبِيلَهَا فَكَتَبَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ "اَلْمَرْأَةُ أَحَقُّ بِالْوَلَدِ إِلَى أَنْ يَبْلُغَ سَبْعَ سِنِينَ إِلاَّ أَنْ تَشَاءَ اَلْمَرْأَةُ".
Abdullah ibn Jafar al-Himyari narrated from Ayyub ibn Nuh, who said: One of his عليه السلام companions wrote to him, saying: "I had a wife, and I have a child from her, but I divorced her." Imam عليه السلام wrote in reply: "The mother has more right to the child until the child reaches seven years of age, unless the mother chooses otherwise."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh