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 أَبَانٌ عَنِ اَلْحَسَنِ اَلصَّيْقَلِ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنِ اَلرَّجُلِ يُظَاهِرُ مِنِ اِمْرَأَتِهِ قَالَ "فَيُكَفِّرُ" قُلْتُ فَإِنَّهُ وَاقَعَ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ يُكَفِّرَ قَالَ "فَقَدْ أَتَى حَدّاً مِنْ حُدُودِ اَللَّهِ فَلْيَسْتَغْفِرِ اَللَّهَ وَ لْيَكُفَّ حَتَّى يُكَفِّرَ ".
Aban narrated from Al-Hasan Al-Sayqal who said: I asked Abu Abdullah عليه السلام about a man who performs ẓihar (a form of divorce by comparison) against his wife. Imam عليه السلام said: "He must offer expiation." I asked: "What if he engages in intercourse with her before offering expiation?" Imam عليه السلام replied: "Then he has violated one of Allah's سبحانه وتعالى limits. He must seek Allah's سبحانه وتعالى forgiveness and abstain until he fulfills the expiation."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh