Al-Kafi 14629

Translation

Ali, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Muawiya Bin Wahab, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah^asws having said: ‘They came to Umar Bin Al-Khattab with a slave girl who had been testified against that she had committed adultery, and from her story was that she was an orphan (in the custody of) a man, and the man used to be frequently absent from his family. So the orphan girl matured, so the wife (of that man) feared that her husband may marry her. So she called women (friends) until they restrained her. So she took away her virginity by her fingers. So when the husband returned from his absence, the wife accused the orphan girl with the immorality, and established the proof from her neighbours who had aided her upon that. So that was raised to Umar, but he did not know how to judge with regards to it. Then he said to the man, ‘Go to Ali^asws Bin Abu Talib^asws, and we will go with you to him^asws’. So they came over to Ali^asws and related to him^asws the story. So he^asws said to the wife of the man, ‘Is there any proof for you, or evidence?’ She said, ‘There are witnesses for me, these neighbours of mine who are testifying against her with what I am saying, so I am presenting them. So Ali^asws Bin Abu Talib^asws brought out the sword from its sheath, so he^asws placed it in front of him, and ordered for each one of them (women witnesses) to enter into a room. Then he called the wife of the man, so he^asws interrogated her with every aspect, but she refused to waver from her words. So he returned her to the room in which she was, and called for one of the witnesses, and sat upon his^asws knees. Then he^asws said: ‘Do you recognise me^asws? I^asws am Ali^asws Bin Abu Talib^asws, and this is my^asws sword, and the wife of the man has said what she said, and returned to the truth, and I^asws gave her amnesty, and if you are not truthful to me, I^asws will fill the sword from you (your blood)’. So she turned around to Umar and said, ‘O commander of the faithful! The amnesty for me’. So Amir Al-Momineen^asws said to her: ‘So speak the truth to me^asws’. So she said, ‘No, by Allah^azwj, except that she saw the (in the orphan girl) beauty and body, so she feared mischief of her husband upon her, so she gave her an intoxicating drink, and called us over, so we restrained her, and she deflowered her with her fingers’. So Ali^asws said: ‘Allah^azwjis the Greatest! I^asws am the first one to differentiate between two witnesses, except for Dainel^as, the Prophet^asws. So Ali^asws necessitated upon the woman the legal penalty (<span class="iTxt">Hadd</span>) of the slanderer, and necessitated upon all the women together, the dower, and made her dower to be four hundred Dirhams, and ordered the woman that be denied from the man and divorced her, and married the girl to him, and Ali^asws paid (contributed) the dower from himself^asws’. So Umar said, ‘O Abu Al Hassan^asws! So narrate to us with a Hadeeth of Daniel^as’. So Ali^asws said: ‘Dainel^as was an orphan, not having a mother for him^as nor a father, and a woman from the Children of Israel, very old, cared for him^asws and loved him^as. And (there was a) a king from the kings of the Children of Israel who had two judges for him who had a friend who was a righteous man, for whom was a woman with a beautiful body, and he used to come to the king and discuss with him. And the king had a need from that man, to send him regarding one of his matters. So he said to the two judges, ‘Both of you choose a man to send him in one of my matters’. So they both said, ‘So and so’. So the king diverted himself to him. So the man said to the two judges, ‘I bequeath to both of you with my wife for her safety’. So they both said, ‘Yes’. So the man went out. So the judges used to come to the door of the friend, so they both desired his wife, but she repulsed them both from herself and refused. So they both said to her, ‘By Allah^azwj! If you were not to do it, we would testify against you in the presence of the king with the adultery, then we would have you stoned’. So she said, ‘So do whatever you both like to’. So they both went over to the king and informed him, and testified in his presence that she is an adulteress. So there entered a grievous matter into the king due to that, and his grief got aggravated by it, and he had also admired her. So he said to them both, ‘Both your words are accepted, but, stone her after three days’. He called out in the city in which he (her husband) was, for (the people) to be present for the killing of so and so woman worshipper, for she had committed adultery, for the two judges has testified against her’. So there were a lot of people with regards to that, and the king said to his Vizier, ‘What is with you with regards to this from an excuse?’ So he said, ‘There is nothing with me regarding that anything’. So the Vizier went out on the third day, and it was the last of her days, and there were (some) little boys playing, and among them was Dainel^as, and he did not know him^as. So Daniel^as said: ‘O group of children! Come, until I^as become (pretend) I^as am the king, and you become the so and so worshipper woman, and so and so, and so and so become the two judges testifying against her. Then he^as gathered dust and made a sword from a stick, and said to the children: ‘Take this (pretend judge) by your hand and go to this such and such a place, and take the hand of this (the other pretend judge) and go to this such and such a place. Then he^as called one of the two and said to him: ‘Speak the truth. If you do not speak the truth, I^as will kill you’. And the Vizier was standing and listening’. So he (one pretend judge said) said, ‘I testify that she has committed adultery’. So he^as said: ‘When?’ He said, ‘On such and such a day’. He^as said: ‘Return him to his place and bring the other one’. So he returned him to his place, and came with the other one. So he^as said to him: ‘With what do you testify?’ So he said, ‘I testify that she has committed adultery’. He^as said: ‘When?’ He said, ‘On such and such a day’. He^as said: ‘With whom?’ He said, ‘With so and so, son of so and so’. He^as said: ‘And where?’ He said, ‘At such and such a place’. So one of the two contradicted his companions. So Daniel^as said: ‘Allah^azwj is the Greatest! A false testimony. O so and so, call out among the people that these two have testified against so and so woman with falsity, therefore present them and kill both of them’. So the Vizier went to the king quickly and informed him of the news. So the king sent for the two judges, and they both differed just as the two boys had differed. So the king called out among the people, and ordered with the killing of them both’.

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