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 اَلْحَسَنُ بْنُ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ أَبَانٍ عَنِ اَلْحَلَبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: أَنَّهُ سُئِلَ عَنْ رَجُلٍ مُحْصَنٍ فَجَرَ بِامْرَأَةٍ فَشَهِدَ عَلَيْهِ ثَلاَثَةُ رِجَالٍ وَ اِمْرَأَتَانِ قَالَ "وَجَبَ عَلَيْهِ اَلرَّجْمُ فَإِنْ شَهِدَ عَلَيْهِ رَجُلاَنِ وَ أَرْبَعُ نِسْوَةٍ فَلاَ تَجُوزُ شَهَادَتُهُمْ وَ لاَ يُرْجَمُ وَ لَكِنْ يُضْرَبُ اَلْحَدَّ حَدَّ اَلزَّانِي".
Al-Hasan ibn Mahbub narrated from Aban, from Al-Halabi, from Abu Abdullah عليه السلام that Imam عليه السلام was asked about a married man who committed adultery with a woman, and three men and two women testified against him. Imam عليه السلام said: "The punishment of stoning becomes obligatory upon him. However, if two men and four women testify against him, their testimony is not accepted, and he is not stoned, but rather he is subjected to the prescribed punishment for a fornicator."
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