قُلْتُ لَهُ كَيْفَ صَارَ الزَّوْجُ إِذَا قَذَفَ امْرَأَتَهُ كَانَتْ شَهَادَتُهُ أَرْبَعَ شَهَادَاتٍ بِاللَّهِ وَ كَيْفَ لَا يَجُوزُ ذَلِكَ لِغَيْرِهِ وَ صَارَ إِذَا قَذَفَهَا غَيْرُ الزَّوْجِ جُلِدَ الْحَدَّ وَ لَوْ كَانَ وَلَداً أَوْ أَخاً فَقَالَ قَدْ سُئِلَ [أَبُو] جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) عَنْ هَذَا فَقَالَ أَ لَا تَرَى أَنَّهُ إِذَا قَذَفَ الزَّوْجُ امْرَأَتَهُ قِيلَ لَهُ وَ كَيْفَ عَلِمْتَ أَنَّهَا فَاعِلَةٌ فَإِنْ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ ذَلِكَ مِنْهَا بِعَيْنِي كَانَتْ شَهَادَتُهُ أَرْبَعَ شَهَادَاتٍ بِاللَّهِ وَ ذَلِكَ أَنَّهُ قَدْ يَجُوزُ لِلرَّجُلِ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ الْمَدْخَلَ فِي الْخَلْوَةِ الَّتِي لَا تَصْلُحُ لِغَيْرِهِ أَنْ يَدْخُلَهَا وَ لَا يَشْهَدُهَا وَلَدٌ وَ لَا وَالِدٌ فِي اللَّيْلِ وَ النَّهَارِ فَلِذَلِكَ صَارَتْ شَهَادَتُهُ أَرْبَعَ شَهَادَاتٍ بِاللَّهِ إِذَا قَالَ رَأَيْتُ ذَلِكَ بِعَيْنِي وَ إِذَا قَالَ إِنِّي لَمْ أُعَايِنْ صَارَ قَاذِفاً فِي حَدِّ غَيْرِهِ وَ ضُرِبَ الْحَدَّ إِلَّا أَنْ يُقِيمَ عَلَيْهَا الْبَيِّنَةَ وَ إِنْ زَعَمَ غَيْرُ الزَّوْجِ إِذَا قَذَفَ وَ ادَّعَى أَنَّهُ رَآهُ بِعَيْنِهِ قِيلَ لَهُ وَ كَيْفَ رَأَيْتَ ذَلِكَ وَ مَا أَدْخَلَكَ ذَلِكَ الْمَدْخَلَ الَّذِي رَأَيْتَ فِيهِ هَذَا وَحْدَكَ أَنْتَ مُتَّهَمٌ فِي دَعْوَاكَ وَ إِنْ كُنْتَ صَادِقاً فَأَنْتَ فِي حَدِّ التُّهَمَةِ فَلَا بُدَّ مِنْ أَدَبِكَ بِالْحَدِّ الَّذِي أَوْجَبَهُ اللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ قَالَ وَ إِنَّمَا صَارَتْ شَهَادَةُ الزَّوْجِ أَرْبَعَ شَهَادَاتٍ بِاللَّهِ لِمَكَانِ الْأَرْبَعَةِ شُهَدَاءَ مَكَانَ كُلِّ شَاهِدٍ يَمِينٌ
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Al Husayn Bin Sayf, from Muhammad Bin Suleyman, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup> the 2<sup>nd</sup>, said, ‘I said to him<sup>asws</sup>, ‘How did it come to be that when the husband accuses his wife, his testimony would be four testimonies with Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, and how come that is not allowed for other, and became that is someone other than the husband were to accuse her, he would be whipped the legal penalty (<span class="iTxt">Hadd</span>), even if it was a son, or a brother’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup> was asked about this, so he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Do you not see that when the husband accuses his wife, it is said to him, ‘And how did you know that she has done it?’ So if he says, ‘I saw that from her with my own eyes’, his testimony would be four testimonies with Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, and that is because it is allowed for him that he should enter the entrance in private which is not correct for the others to enter into, and neither a son nor a parent would witness it during the night and the day. Therefore, it is due to that, his testimony came to be four testimonies with Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, when he says, ‘I saw that with my own eyes’. And when he says, ‘I did not see it, he would become an accuser, with regards to a legal penalty (<span class="iTxt">Hadd</span>) like the others, and he would be whipped the legal penalty (<span class="iTxt">Hadd</span>) except if he were to establish the proof against her. And if someone other than the husband alleges, when he accuses, and claim that he saw it with his own eyes, it would be said to him, ‘And how did you (manage to) see that? And what made you to enter into that entrance where you saw this alone? You are an accused in your claim even if you were truthful, for you are in a legal penalty (<span class="iTxt">Hadd</span>) of the slander. Thus, it is inevitable that you be disciplined with the legal penalty (<span class="iTxt">Hadd</span>) which Allah<sup>azwj</sup> has Obligated to be upon you’. He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘But rather, the testimony of the husband came to be four testimonies with Allah<sup>azwj</sup> in place of the four witnessed, in place of each of the witnesses being an oath’.
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