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
وَ فِي خَبَرٍ آخَرَ قَالَ اَلصَّادِقُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: "إِذَا اِدَّعَتِ اَلْمَرْأَةُ عَلَى زَوْجِهَا أَنَّهُ عِنِّينٌ وَ أَنْكَرَ اَلرَّجُلُ أَنْ يَكُونَ كَذَلِكَ فَالْحُكْمُ فِيهِ أَنْ يَقْعُدَ اَلرَّجُلُ فِي مَاءٍ بَارِدٍ فَإِنِ اِسْتَرْخَى ذَكَرُهُ فَهُوَ عِنِّينٌ وَ إِنْ تَشَنَّجَ فَلَيْسَ بِعِنِّينٍ".
In another narration, Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq عليه السلام said: "If a woman accuses her husband of being impotent (ʿinnin) and the man denies it, the ruling in this case is that the man should sit in cold water. If his private part becomes relaxed, then he is indeed impotent. But if it becomes tense, then he is not impotent."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh