Chapter on Rare Cases of Legal Punishments
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 4|Book 1|Chapter 17
وَ سُئِلَ اَلصَّادِقُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: عَنْ رَجُلٍ قَالَ لاِمْرَأَةٍ يَا زَانِيَةُ فَقَالَتْ أَنْتَ أَزْنَى مِنِّي قَالَ "عَلَيْهَا اَلْحَدُّ فِيمَا قَذَفَتْهُ بِهِ وَ أَمَّا فِي إِقْرَارِهَا عَلَى نَفْسِهَا فَلاَ تُحَدُّ حَتَّى تُقِرَّ بِذَلِكَ عِنْدَ اَلْإِمَامِ أَرْبَعَ مَرَّاتٍ".
Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq عليه السلام was asked about a man who said to a woman, "O' adulteress," and she replied: "You are more adulterous than me." Imam عليه السلام said: "She is subject to the legal punishment (hadd) for the accusation she made against him. However, regarding her self-admission, she is not to be punished unless she confesses to that before the Imam four times."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh