قَضَى أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( عليه السلام ) فِي سُرِّيَّةِ رَجُلٍ وَلَدَتْ لِسَيِّدِهَا ثُمَّ اعْتَزَلَ عَنْهَا فَأَنْكَحَهَا عَبْدَهُ ثُمَّ تُوُفِّيَ سَيِّدُهَا وَ أَعْتَقَهَا فَوَرِثَ وَلَدُهَا زَوْجَهَا مِنْ أَبِيهِ ثُمَّ تُوُفِّيَ وَلَدُهَا فَوَرِثَتْ زَوْجَهَا مِنْ وَلَدِهَا فَجَاءَا يَخْتَلِفَانِ يَقُولُ الرَّجُلُ امْرَأَتِي وَ لَا أُطَلِّقُهَا وَ الْمَرْأَةُ تَقُولُ عَبْدِي وَ لَا يُجَامِعْنِي فَقَالَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِنَّ سَيِّدِي تَسَرَّانِي فَأَوْلَدَنِي وَلَداً ثُمَّ اعْتَزَلَنِي فَأَنْكَحَنِي مِنْ عَبْدِهِ هَذَا فَلَمَّا حَضَرَتْ سَيِّدِي الْوَفَاةُ أَعْتَقَنِي عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ وَ أَنَا زَوْجَةُ هَذَا وَ إِنَّهُ صَارَ مَمْلُوكاً لِوَلَدِيَ الَّذِي وَلَدْتُهُ مِنْ سَيِّدِي وَ إِنَّ وَلَدِي مَاتَ فَوَرِثْتُهُ هَلْ يَصْلُحُ لَهُ أَنْ يَطَأَنِي فَقَالَ لَهَا هَلْ جَامَعَكِ مُنْذُ صَارَ عَبْدَكِ وَ أَنْتِ طَائِعَةٌ قَالَتْ لَا يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ قَالَ لَوْ كُنْتِ فَعَلْتِ لَرَجَمْتُكِ اذْهَبِي فَإِنَّهُ عَبْدُكِ لَيْسَ لَهُ عَلَيْكِ سَبِيلٌ إِنْ شِئْتِ أَنْ تَبِيعِي وَ إِنْ شِئْتِ أَنْ تُرِقِّي وَ إِنْ شِئْتِ أَنْ تُعْتِقِي .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Najra, from Aasim Bin Humeyr, from Muhammad Bin Qays, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup> having said: ‘Amir Al-Momineen<sup>asws</sup> judged regarding a concubine of a man who gave birth for her master. Then he isolated from her, so his slave married her. Then her master died and emancipated her. So her inherited her husband from his father. Then her son died, so she inherited her husband from her son. So they went on to dispute. The man was saying, ‘She is my wife, and I have not divorced her’, and the wife was saying, ‘He is my slave he should not be copulating with me’. So the woman said, ‘O Amir Al-Momineen<sup>asws</sup>! My master had kept me as a concubine, so he made me give birth to a son. Then he isolated from me, and got me married to this slave of his. So when the death presented itself to my master, he emancipated me during his death, and I am a wife of this one, and he has become an owned slave of my son whom I gave birth to from my master. And then my son dies, so I inherited him. Is it correct for him that he sleeps with me?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said to her: ‘Has he slept with you since he came to be your slave and you were willing?’ She said, ‘No, O Amir Al-Momineen<sup>asws</sup>!’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Had you done it, you would have been stoned. Go, for he is your slave. There is no way for him upon you. If you so desire to you sell him, and if you so desire to you leave him, and if you so desire to you emancipate him’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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