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 رُوِيَ عَنْ أَبِي وَلاَّدٍ اَلْحَنَّاطِ أَنَّهُ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: "أُتِيَ أَمِيرُ اَلْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ بِرَجُلَيْنِ قَدْ قَذَفَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا صَاحِبَهُ فِي بَدَنِهِ فَدَرَأَ عَنْهُمَا اَلْحَدَّ وَ عَزَّرَهُمَا".
It was narrated from Abu Walad Al-Hannat that he said: Abu Abdullah عليه السلام said: "Commander of the Faithful عليه السلام was presented with two men, each of whom had accused the other of something concerning his body. Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib عليه السلام waived the legal punishment for both of them and administered disciplinary punishment (ta'zir) to them."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh