Chapter on the Legal Punishment for Slanderous Accusation
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 4|Book 1|Chapter 10
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 4, Book 1, Chapter 10
Chapter on the Legal Punishment for Slanderous Accusation
وَ رَوَى اِبْنُ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ: سُئِلَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ قَذَفَ اِمْرَأَتَهُ بِالزِّنَا وَ هِيَ خَرْسَاءُ صَمَّاءُ لاَ تَسْمَعُ مَا قَالَ فَقَالَ "إِنْ كَانَ لَهَا بَيِّنَةٌ يَشْهَدُونَ لَهَا عِنْدَ اَلْإِمَامِ جَلَدَهُ اَلْحَدَّ وَ فَرَّقَ بَيْنَهُمَا ثُمَّ لاَ تَحِلُّ لَهُ أَبَداً وَ إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهَا بَيِّنَةٌ فَهِيَ حَرَامٌ عَلَيْهِ مَا أَقَامَ مَعَهَا وَ لاَ إِثْمَ عَلَيْهَا مِنْهُ".
Ibn Mahbub narrated from Hisham ibn Salim from Abu Basir who said: Abu Abdullah عليه السلام was asked about a man who accused his wife of adultery while she was mute and deaf, unable to hear what he said. Imam عليه السلام said: "If she has witnesses who testify on her behalf before the Imam, he (the husband) is to be flogged with the legal punishment and they are to be separated, and she will never be permissible for him again. But if she has no witnesses, then she is forbidden to him as long as she remains with him, and there is no sin upon her from him."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh