Chapter on Zihar (Declaring One's Wife Unlawful Like a Mother)
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 3|Book 4|Chapter 18
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 3, Book 4, Chapter 18
Chapter on Zihar (Declaring One's Wife Unlawful Like a Mother)
وَ رَوَى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَحَدِهِمَا عَلَيْهِمَا اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لَهُ إِنْ ظَاهَرَ رَجُلٌ فِي شَعْبَانَ وَ لَمْ يَجِدْ مَا يُعْتِقُ قَالَ "يَنْتَظِرُ حَتَّى يَصُومَ شَهْرَ رَمَضَانَ ثُمَّ يَصُومُ "شَهْرَيْنِ مُتَتٰابِعَيْنِ" فَإِنْ ظَاهَرَ وَ هُوَ مُسَافِرٌ يَنْظُرُ حَتَّى يَقْدَمَ وَ إِنْ صَامَ فَأَصَابَ مَالاً فَلْيَمْضِ فِي اَلَّذِي اِبْتَدَأَ فِيهِ".
Muhammad ibn Muslim narrated from one of the two Imams (peace be upon them) who said: I asked Imam عليه السلام: "If a man performs ẓihar (a form of divorce by comparison) in the month of Sha'ban and cannot find something to free (as expiation), what should he do?" He عليه السلام replied: "He should wait until he fasts the month of Ramadan and then fast two consecutive months afterward. If he performs ẓihar while he is traveling, he should wait until he returns. And if he begins fasting and then acquires wealth, he should continue with what he had already started."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 300