Chapter on Legal Marital Protection (Ihsan)
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 3|Book 3|Chapter 30
رَوَى اَلْعَلاَءُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ اَلْحُرِّ أَ تُحْصِنُهُ اَلْمَمْلُوكَةُ قَالَ "لاَ تُحْصِنُ اَلْحُرَّ اَلْمَمْلُوكَةُ وَ لاَ يُحْصِنُ اَلْمَمْلُوكُ اَلْحُرَّةَ وَ اَلنَّصْرَانِيُّ يُحْصِنُ اَلْيَهُودِيَّةَ وَ اَلْيَهُودِيُّ يُحْصِنُ اَلنَّصْرَانِيَّةَ ".
Al-Alaa narrated from Muhammad ibn Muslim, from Abu Jafar Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir عليه السلام, who said: I asked Imam عليه السلام whether a bondwoman provides legal protection (iḥṣan) for a free man. Imam عليه السلام said: "A bondwoman does not provide legal protection for a free man, nor does a slave man provide legal protection for a free woman. However, a Christian man provides legal protection for a Jewish woman, and a Jewish man provides legal protection for a Christian woman."
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