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 زِيَادُ بْنُ اَلْمُنْذِرِ عَنْ أَبِي اَلْوَرْدِ: أَنَّهُ سُئِلَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ وَ أَنَا عِنْدَهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ قَالَ لاِمْرَأَتِهِ أَنْتِ عَلَيَّ كَظَهْرِ أُمِّي مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ، فَقَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ "يُطِيقُ لِكُلِّ مَرَّةٍ عِتْقَ نَسَمَةٍ" فَقَالَ لاَ قَالَ "يُطِيقُ إِطْعَامَ "سِتِّينَ مِسْكِيناً" مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ" قَالَ لاَ قَالَ "فَيُطِيقُ صِيَامَ "شَهْرَيْنِ مُتَتٰابِعَيْنِ" مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ" قَالَ لاَ قَالَ "يُفَرَّقُ بَيْنَهُمَا ".
Ziyad ibn al-Mundhir narrated from Abu al-Ward that Abu Jafar Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir عليه السلام was asked, while I was present, about a man who said to his wife, "You are to me like the back of my mother" a hundred times. Abu Jafar Imam Al-Baqir عليه السلام said: "Is he able to free a slave for each time?" The man replied: "No." Imam عليه السلام said: "Is he able to feed sixty needy people for each time?" The man replied: "No." Imam عليه السلام said: "Is he able to fast for two consecutive months for each time?" The man replied: "No." Imam عليه السلام then said: "They should be separated."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh