الْمَسَائِلِ الَّتِي سَأَلَهُ عَنْهَا قَالَ وَ أَخْبِرْنِي عَنِ الْخُنْثَى وَ قَوْلِ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( عليه السلام ) فِيهِ يُوَرَّثُ الْخُنْثَى مِنَ الْمَبَالِ مَنْ يَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ إِذَا بَالَ وَ شَهَادَةُ الْجَارِّ إِلَى نَفْسِهِ لَا تُقْبَلُ مَعَ أَنَّهُ عَسَى أَنْ تَكُونَ امْرَأَةً وَ قَدْ نَظَرَ إِلَيْهَا الرِّجَالُ أَوْ عَسَى أَنْ يَكُونَ رَجُلًا وَ قَدْ نَظَرَ إِلَيْهِ النِّسَاءُ وَ هَذَا مِمَّا لَا يَحِلُّ فَأَجَابَهُ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ الثَّالِثُ ( عليه السلام ) عَنْهَا أَمَّا قَوْلُ عَلِيٍّ ( عليه السلام ) فِي الْخُنْثَى أَنَّهُ يُوَرَّثُ مِنَ الْمَبَالِ فَهُوَ كَمَا قَالَ وَ يَنْظُرُ قَوْمٌ عُدُولٌ يَأْخُذُ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمْ مِرْآةً وَ يَقُومُ الْخُنْثَى خَلْفَهُمْ عُرْيَانَةً فَيَنْظُرُونَ فِي الْمِرْآةِ فَيَرَوْنَ شَبَحاً فَيَحْكُمُونَ عَلَيْهِ.
Translation
Ali Bin Muhammad, from Muhammad Bin Saeed Al Azarbayjani and Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Abdullah Bin Ja’far, from Al Hassan Bin Ali Bin Kayaan, altogether, (It has been narrated) from Musa Bin Muhammad, a brother of Abu Al-Hassan<sup>asws</sup> the 3<sup>rd</sup> that Yahya Bin Aksam asked him<sup>asws</sup> among the questions that he asked him<sup>asws</sup> was, ‘Inform me about the (adult) hermaphrodite (genderless) and the words of Amir Al-Momineen<sup>asws</sup> with regards to it that the hermaphrodite would inherit based on its urination. One looks at it when it urinates and a testimony of one unjust to himself (a sinner) is not acceptable along with that perhaps that it might be a female and the man looks at her, or perhaps it happens to be a man and the woman looks at her, and this is from what is not Permissible’. So Abu Al-Hassan<sup>asws</sup> the 3<sup>rd</sup> answered him about it: ‘The words of Ali<sup>asws</sup> regarding the hermaphrodite is that it would inherit based upon the urination so it is as he<sup>asws</sup> has said. And a group of people would turn around, each one of them taking a mirror, and the (adult) hermaphrodite would be stood behind them, naked, so they would be looking in the mirror, so they would be seeing a resemblance, so they would be deciding upon it’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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