سَأَلْتُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ لَهُ امْرَأَةٌ نَصْرَانِيَّةٌ لَهُ أَنْ يَتَزَوَّجَ عَلَيْهَا يَهُودِيَّةً فَقَالَ إِنَّ أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ مَمَالِيكُ لِلْإِمَامِ وَ ذَلِكَ مُوَسَّعٌ مِنَّا عَلَيْكُمْ خَاصَّةً فَلَا بَأْسَ أَنْ يَتَزَوَّجَ قُلْتُ فَإِنَّهُ يَتَزَوَّجُ أَمَةً قَالَ لَا لَا يَصْلُحُ أَنْ يَتَزَوَّجَ ثَلَاثَ إِمَاءٍ فَإِنْ تَزَوَّجَ عَلَيْهِمَا حُرَّةً مُسْلِمَةً وَ لَمْ تَعْلَمْ أَنَّ لَهُ امْرَأَةً نَصْرَانِيَّةً وَ يَهُودِيَّةً ثُمَّ دَخَلَ بِهَا فَإِنَّ لَهَا مَا أَخَذَتْ مِنَ الْمَهْرِ فَإِنْ شَاءَتْ أَنْ تُقِيمَ بَعْدُ مَعَهُ أَقَامَتْ وَ إِنْ شَاءَتْ تَذْهَبُ إِلَى أَهْلِهَا ذَهَبَتْ وَ إِذَا حَاضَتْ ثَلَاثَةَ حِيَضٍ أَوْ مَرَّتْ لَهَا ثَلَاثَةُ أَشْهُرٍ حَلَّتْ لِلْأَزْوَاجِ قُلْتُ فَإِنْ طَلَّقَ عَلَيْهَا الْيَهُودِيَّةَ وَ النَّصْرَانِيَّةَ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَنْقَضِيَ عِدَّةُ الْمُسْلِمَةِ لَهُ عَلَيْهَا سَبِيلٌ أَنْ يَرُدَّهَا إِلَى مَنْزِلِهِ قَالَ نَعَمْ .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Mahboub, from Ibn Raib, from Abu Baseer, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup>, said, ‘I asked about a man for whom is a Christian woman, is it for him that he marries a Jewish woman upon her (as an additional wife)?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘The People of the Book are in the domain of the Imam<sup>asws</sup>, and that is a leeway from us<sup>asws</sup> upon you (Shiah) in particular. So there is no problem if you were to marry’. I said, ‘Supposing he marries a slave girl (as an additional wife)?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘No. It is not correct to marry three slave girls. So if you were to marry a free Muslim woman upon them both, and she does not know that there is a Christian woman and a Jewish woman, then he copulates with her, so for her would be what is taken from the dowry. So if she so desires to she stays afterwards with him with a staying, and if she so desires to she goes back to her family with a going. And when she menstruates with three menstruations, or three months pass by for her, she is free for the marriage (to someone else)’. I said, ‘Supposing he divorces the Jewish woman and the Christian woman upon it before the expiry of the waiting period of the Muslim woman, would there be a way for him to return her to his house?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Yes’.
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