كُنْتُ عِنْدَ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) وَ جَاءَهُ كِتَابُ هِشَامِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ فِي رَجُلٍ نَبَشَ امْرَأَةً فَسَلَبَهَا ثِيَابَهَا ثُمَّ نَكَحَهَا فَإِنَّ النَّاسَ قَدِ اخْتَلَفُوا عَلَيْنَا هَاهُنَا فَطَائِفَةٌ قَالُوا اقْتُلُوهُ وَ طَائِفَةٌ قَالُوا أَحْرِقُوهُ فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) إِنَّ حُرْمَةَ الْمَيِّتِ كَحُرْمَةِ الْحَيِّ حَدُّهُ أَنْ تُقْطَعَ يَدُهُ لِنَبْشِهِ وَ سَلْبِهِ الثِّيَابَ وَ يُقَامَ عَلَيْهِ الْحَدُّ فِي الزِّنَى إِنْ أُحْصِنَ رُجِمَ وَ إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ أُحْصِنَ جُلِدَ مِائَةً .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Adam Bin Is’haq, from Abdullah Bin Muhammad Al Ju’fy who said, ‘I was in the presence of Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup> and there came to him<sup>asws</sup> a letter of Hisham Bin Abdul Malik (the Caliph) regarding, (saying), ‘A man robbed the grave of a woman, so he took her clothes, then copulated with her. So the people have differed against us over here. So there is a group which are saying, ‘Kill him’, and a group is saying, ‘Burn him’’. So Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup> wrote to him: ‘The sanctity of the deceased is like the sanctity of the living. His Penalty (<span class="iTxt">Hadd</span>) is that his hand would be cut due to his robbing the grave and stealing the clothes, and the Penalty (<span class="iTxt">Hadd</span>) with regards to adultery would be established upon him – if he was married, stoning, and if he was not married, one hundred lashes’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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