Chapter on the Ruling Regarding an Impotent Husband
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 3|Book 4|Chapter 24
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 3, Book 4, Chapter 24
Chapter on the Ruling Regarding an Impotent Husband
رَوَى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ بْنِ اَلْفَضْلِ اَلْهَاشِمِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لَهُ أَوْ سَأَلَهُ رَجُلٌ عَنْ رَجُلٍ اِدَّعَتْ عَلَيْهِ اِمْرَأَتُهُ أَنَّهُ عِنِّينٌ وَ يُنْكِرُ ذَلِكَ اَلرَّجُلُ قَالَ "تَحْشُوهَا اَلْقَابِلَةُ بِالْخَلُوقِ وَ لاَ يَعْلَمُ اَلرَّجُلُ وَ يَدْخُلُ عَلَيْهَا فَإِنْ خَرَجَ وَ عَلَى ذَكَرِهِ اَلْخَلُوقُ صَدَقَ وَ كَذَبَتْ وَ إِلاَّ صَدَقَتْ وَ كَذَبَ".
Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Mahbub narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad, from his father, from Abdullah ibn al-Fadl al-Hashimi, from Abu Abdullah عليه السلام who said: I asked Imam عليه السلام, or a man asked Imam عليه السلام, about a man whose wife accused him of being impotent while the man denied it. Imam عليه السلام replied: "The midwife should apply khaluq (a type of perfume) to her without the man's knowledge. Then the man should enter upon her. If he comes out and khaluq is found on his private part, he has spoken the truth and she has lied. But if it is not found, then she has spoken the truth and he has lied."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh