Chapter on Protective Jealousy
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 3|Book 3|Chapter 34
وَ رَوَى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ اَلْفُضَيْلِ عَنْ شُرَيْسٍ اَلْوَابِشِيِّ عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ قَالَ لِي: "إِنَّ اَللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى لَمْ يَجْعَلِ اَلْغَيْرَةَ لِلنِّسَاءِ وَ إِنَّمَا جَعَلَ اَلْغَيْرَةَ لِلرِّجَالِ لِأَنَّ اَللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ قَدْ أَحَلَّ لِلرَّجُلِ أَرْبَعَ حَرَائِرَ وَ مَا مَلَكَتْ يَمِينُهُ وَ لَمْ يَجْعَلْ لِلْمَرْأَةِ إِلاَّ زَوْجَهَا وَحْدَهُ فَإِنْ بَغَتْ مَعَ زَوْجِهَا غَيْرَهُ كَانَتْ عِنْدَ اَللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ زَانِيَةً وَ إِنَّمَا تَغَارُ اَلْمُنْكِرَاتُ مِنْهُنَّ فَأَمَّا اَلْمُؤْمِنَاتُ فَلاَ".
Muhammad ibn al-Fudhayl narrated from Shurayh al-Wabishi, from Jabir, from Abu Jafar Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir عليه السلام who said: Allah سبحانه وتعالى, Blessed and Exalted, has not ordained jealousy (ghayrah) for women, but He سبحانه وتعالى has ordained jealousy for men, because Allah سبحانه وتعالى, Mighty and Majestic, has permitted a man to marry four free women and what his right hand possesses, whereas He سبحانه وتعالى has made lawful for a woman only her husband. So if a woman seeks another besides her husband while being married to him, she is considered by Allah سبحانه وتعالى, Mighty and Majestic, as an adulteress. Jealousy is found among those who act contrary to what is proper, but as for believing women, they do not exhibit such jealousy."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh