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 اَلْحَسَنُ بْنُ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنِ اَلْعَلاَءِ وَ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: فِي رَجُلٍ قَالَ لاِمْرَأَتِهِ يَا زَانِيَةُ أَنَا زَنَيْتُ بِكِ قَالَ "عَلَيْهِ حَدٌّ وَاحِدٌ لِقَذْفِهِ إِيَّاهَا وَ أَمَّا قَوْلُهُ أَنَا زَنَيْتُ بِكِ فَلاَ حَدَّ عَلَيْهِ فِيهِ إِلاَّ أَنْ يَشْهَدَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ أَرْبَعَ مَرَّاتٍ بِالزِّنَا عِنْدَ اَلْإِمَامِ".
Al-Hasan ibn Mahbub narrated from Al-Ala and Abu Ayyub from Muhammad ibn Muslim from Abu Jafar Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir عليه السلام regarding a man who said to his wife, "O' adulteress, I have committed adultery with you," Imam عليه السلام said: "He is liable for one legal punishment for accusing her. As for his statement, 'I have committed adultery with you,' there is no legal punishment for that unless he testifies against himself four times for committing adultery before the Imam."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh