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 رُوِيَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ اَلْمُؤْمِنِ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ اَلزِّنَا شَرٌّ أَوْ شُرْبُ اَلْخَمْرِ وَ كَيْفَ صَارَ فِي اَلْخَمْرِ ثَمَانِينَ وَ فِي اَلزِّنَا مِائَةً فَقَالَ "يَا إِسْحَاقُ اَلْحَدُّ وَاحِدٌ وَ لَكِنْ زِيدَ هَذَا لِتَضْيِيعِهِ اَلنُّطْفَةَ وَ لِوَضْعِهِ إِيَّاهَا فِي غَيْرِ مَوْضِعِهَا اَلَّذِي أَمَرَ اَللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ بِهِ".
It is narrated from Abu Abdullah Al-Mu'min through Ishaq ibn Ammar who said: I asked Abu Abdullah عليه السلام: "Is adultery worse or drinking wine? And why is the punishment for drinking wine eighty lashes, while for adultery it is one hundred?" Imam عليه السلام replied: "O' Ishaq, the punishment is the same, but it was increased in the case of adultery because it involves wasting the seed and placing it in a place other than where Allah سبحانه وتعالى, the Almighty and Majestic, has commanded."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh