Al-Kafi 13741

Translation

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Amro Bin Usman Al Khazaz, from Al Fazl Bin Ismail Al Hashimy, from his father who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah^asws and Abu Al-Hassan^asws about a woman who committed adultery, so she came with a child, and accepted in the presence of an Imam of the Muslims, of her having committed adultery, and that, that child of hers, is from the adultery. So the Penalty (<span class="iTxt">Hadd</span>) was established upon her and that child grew up until he became a man. So a man fabricated against him, would he be whipped, the one who fabricated upon him?’ So he^asws said: ‘He would be whipped, and not whipped’. So I said, ‘How can he be whipped and not whipped?’ So he^asws said: ‘The one who says to him, ‘O son of the adultery’, would not be whipped, but rather he would be rebuked, and it is less than the Penalty (<span class="iTxt">Hadd</span>); and the one who says to him, ‘O son of the adulteress’, would be whipped the complete Penalty (<span class="iTxt">Hadd</span>)’. So I said, ‘How come this one would be whipped like this?’ So he^asws said:’ He, when he said, ‘O son of the adultery, he would have spoken the truth in it, and he would be rebuked upon his mother having been scolded the second time, and the Penalty (<span class="iTxt">Hadd</span>) has already been established upon her; and when he says to her, ‘O son of the adulteress, he would be whipped the complete Penalty (<span class="iTxt">Hadd</span>) for being malicious upon her after her repentance having purified her and the Imam having established the Penalty (<span class="iTxt">Hadd</span>) upon her’.

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