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 سَأَلَهُ عَمَّارٌ اَلسَّابَاطِيُّ: عَنْ رَجُلٍ أُخِّذَ عَنِ اِمْرَأَتِهِ فَلاَ يَقْدِرُ عَلَى إِتْيَانِهَا قَالَ "إِنْ كَانَ لاَ يَقْدِرُ عَلَى إِتْيَانِ غَيْرِهَا مِنَ اَلنِّسَاءِ فَلاَ يُمْسِكُهَا إِلاَّ أَنْ تَرْضَى بِذَلِكَ وَ إِنْ كَانَ يَقْدِرُ عَلَى إِتْيَانِ غَيْرِهَا فَلاَ بَأْسَ بِإِمْسَاكِهَا".
Ammar Al-Sabati asked Imam Abu Abdullah عليه السلام about a man who becomes unable to have intercourse with his wife. Imam عليه السلام replied: "If he is also unable to have intercourse with any other woman, then he should not keep her unless she is content with that. However, if he is able to have intercourse with other women, then there is no harm in him keeping her as his wife."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh