كَتَبَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ إِلَى أَبِي الْحَسَنِ ( عليه السلام ) جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ إِنَّ بَعْضَ مَوَالِيكَ يَزْعُمُ أَنَّ الرَّجُلَ إِذَا تَكَلَّمَ بِالظِّهَارِ وَجَبَتْ عَلَيْهِ الْكَفَّارَةُ حَنِثَ أَوْ لَمْ يَحْنَثْ وَ يَقُولُ حِنْثُهُ كَلَامُهُ بِالظِّهَارِ وَ إِنَّمَا جُعِلَتْ عَلَيْهِ الْكَفَّارَةُ عُقُوبَةً لِكَلَامٍ وَ بَعْضُهُمْ يَزْعُمُ أَنَّ الْكَفَّارَةَ لَا تَلْزَمُهُ حَتَّى يَحْنَثَ فِي الشَّيْءِ الَّذِي حَلَفَ عَلَيْهِ فَإِنْ حَنِثَ وَجَبَتْ عَلَيْهِ الْكَفَّارَةُ وَ إِلَّا فَلَا كَفَّارَةَ عَلَيْهِ فَوَقَّعَ ( عليه السلام ) بِخَطِّهِ لَا تَجِبُ الْكَفَّارَةُ حَتَّى يَجِبَ الْحِنْثُ .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Mahziyar who said, ‘Abu Abdullah Bin Muhammad wrote to Abu Al-Hassan<sup>asws</sup>, ‘May I be sacrificed for you<sup>asws</sup>! Some of the ones in your<sup>asws</sup> Wilayah are alleging that the man, when he speaks with the <span class="iTxt">Zahaar</span>, the expiation is Obligated upon him, violating an oath or not violating an oath, and they are saying that his lie is his speaking with the <span class="iTxt">Zahaar</span>, and rather the expiation is made to be upon him as a Punishment for the speech; and one of them is alleging that the expiation does not necessitate until he is lying regarding something which he has sworn upon, for the lying Obligates the expiation upon him, or else there is no expiation upon him’. So he<sup>asws</sup> signed by his<sup>asws</sup> own handwriting: ‘The expiation is not Obligated until the violation of a vow occurs’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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