Chapter on What Necessitates Discretionary Punishment, Legal Punishment, Stoning, Execution, and Exile in Adultery
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 4|Book 1|Chapter 5
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 4, Book 1, Chapter 5
Chapter on What Necessitates Discretionary Punishment, Legal Punishment, Stoning, Execution, and Exile in Adultery
وَ رَوَى عَاصِمُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ اِمْرَأَةٍ ذَاتِ بَعْلٍ زَنَتْ فَحَبِلَتْ فَلَمَّا وَلَدَتْ قَتَلَتْ وَلَدَهَا سِرّاً قَالَ "تُجْلَدُ مِائَةَ جَلْدَةٍ لِأَنَّهَا زَنَتْ وَ تُجْلَدُ مِائَةَ جَلْدَةٍ لِقَتْلِهَا وَلَدَهَا وَ تُرْجَمُ لِأَنَّهَا مُحْصَنَةٌ" قَالَ وَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ اِمْرَأَةٍ غَيْرِ ذَاتِ بَعْلٍ زَنَتْ فَحَبِلَتْ فَقَتَلَتْ وَلَدَهَا سِرّاً قَالَ "تُجْلَدُ مِائَةَ جَلْدَةٍ لِأَنَّهَا زَنَتْ وَ تُجْلَدُ مِائَةَ جَلْدَةٍ لِأَنَّهَا قَتَلَتْ وَلَدَهَا".
It is narrated by Asim ibn Humayd from Muhammad ibn Qays from Abu Jafar Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir عليه السلام that he was asked about a married woman who committed adultery and became pregnant. After giving birth, she secretly killed her child. Imam عليه السلام said: 'She is to be lashed one hundred times for committing fornication, another hundred lashes for killing her child, and she is to be stoned because she was married (muhsanah).' I then asked him about an unmarried woman who committed fornication, became pregnant, and then secretly killed her child. Imam عليه السلام said: 'She is to be lashed one hundred times for committing fornication and another hundred lashes for killing her child.'
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh