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 صَفْوَانَ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ اَلْحَضْرَمِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ يَفْتَرِي عَلَى رَجُلٍ مِنْ جَاهِلِيَّةِ اَلْعَرَبِ قَالَ "يُضْرَبُ حَدّاً" قُلْتُ يُضْرَبُ حَدّاً قَالَ "نَعَمْ إِنَّ ذَلِكَ يَدْخُلُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ ".
It was narrated from Safwan from Abu Bakr Al-Hadrami from Abu Abdullah عليه السلام who said: I asked Imam عليه السلام about a man who slanders a man from the pre-Islamic Arabs. Imam عليه السلام said: "He is to be given the legal punishment." I asked: "Is he to be given the legal punishment?" He said: "Yes, because that offense reaches the Messenger of Allah سبحانه وتعالى (peace be upon him and his family)."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh