Chapter on the Legal Punishment of Slaves in Adultery
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 4|Book 1|Chapter 7
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 4, Book 1, Chapter 7
Chapter on the Legal Punishment of Slaves in Adultery
وَ رَوَى اِبْنُ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ نُعَيْمِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ مِسْمَعٍ أَبِي سَيَّارٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: "أُمُّ اَلْوَلَدِ جِنَايَتُهَا فِي حُقُوقِ اَلنَّاسِ عَلَى سَيِّدِهَا" قَالَ "وَ مَا كَانَ مِنْ حَقِّ اَللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فِي اَلْحُدُودِ فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ فِي بَدَنِهَا" وَ قَالَ "يُقَاصُّ مِنْهَا لِلْمَمَالِيكِ وَ لاَ قِصَاصَ بَيْنَ اَلْحُرِّ وَ اَلْعَبْدِ".
Ibn Mahbub narrated from Nuaym ibn Ibrahim from Mismaʿ Abu Sayyar from Abu Abdullah عليه السلام who said: "The liability of umm Al-walad (a slave woman who has borne a child to her master) concerning the rights of people is upon her master." Imam عليه السلام also said: "As for the rights of Allah سبحانه وتعالى, the Exalted, regarding prescribed punishments, that is upon her own body." Furthermore, Imam عليه السلام said: "Retribution (qiṣaṣ) applies between her and other slaves, but there is no retribution between a free person and a slave."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 311