Chapter on the Rulings Regarding Male Slaves and Female Bondwoman
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 3|Book 3|Chapter 42
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 3, Book 3, Chapter 42
Chapter on the Rulings Regarding Male Slaves and Female Bondwoman
رَوَى اَلْحَسَنُ بْنُ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ عَطِيَّةَ عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ فَرْقَدٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ اِشْتَرَى جَارِيَةً مُدْرِكَةً وَ لَمْ تَحِضْ عِنْدَهُ حَتَّى مَضَى لَهَا سِتَّةُ أَشْهُرٍ وَ لَيْسَ بِهَا حَبَلٌ قَالَ "إِنْ كَانَ مِثْلُهَا تَحِيضُ وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ ذَلِكَ مِنْ كِبَرٍ فَهَذَا عَيْبٌ تُرَدُّ مِنْهُ".
Al-Hasan ibn Mahbub narrated from Malik ibn Atiyyah, from Dawud ibn Farqad, from Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, who said: I asked him about a man who purchased a mature bondwoman who had not menstruated while with him for six months, and there was no sign of pregnancy. Imam عليه السلام said: "If it is customary for someone like her to menstruate, and her condition is not due to old age, then this is a defect for which she can be returned."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 284