سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) عَنْ رَجُلٍ تَزَوَّجَ امْرَأَةً عَلَى حُكْمِهَا قَالَ لَا يُجَاوِزْ حُكْمُهَا مُهُورَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ ( عليهم السلام ) اثْنَتَيْ عَشْرَةَ أُوقِيَّةً وَ نَشّاً وَ هُوَ وَزْنُ خَمْسِمِائَةِ دِرْهَمٍ مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ قُلْتُ أَ رَأَيْتَ إِنْ تَزَوَّجَهَا عَلَى حُكْمِهِ وَ رَضِيَتْ بِذَلِكَ قَالَ فَقَالَ مَا حَكَمَ مِنْ شَيْءٍ فَهُوَ جَائِزٌ عَلَيْهَا قَلِيلًا كَانَ أَوْ كَثِيراً قَالَ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ فَكَيْفَ لَمْ تُجِزْ حُكْمَهَا عَلَيْهِ وَ أَجَزْتَ حُكْمَهُ عَلَيْهَا قَالَ فَقَالَ لِأَنَّهُ حَكَّمَهَا فَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهَا أَنْ تَجُوزَ مَا سَنَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) وَ تَزَوَّجَ عَلَيْهِ نِسَاءَهُ فَرَدَدْتُهَا إِلَى السُّنَّةِ وَ لِأَنَّهَا هِيَ حَكَّمَتْهُ وَ جَعَلَتِ الْأَمْرَ إِلَيْهِ فِي الْمَهْرِ وَ رَضِيَتْ بِحُكْمِهِ فِي ذَلِكَ فَعَلَيْهَا أَنْ تَقْبَلَ حُكْمَهُ قَلِيلًا كَانَ أَوْ كَثِيراً .
Translation
A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad and Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Ibn Mahboub, from Hisham Bin Salim, from Al Hassan Bin Zurara, form his father who said, ‘I asked Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup> about a man who married a woman upon her decision (the marriage contract)’. He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Her decision cannot exceed the dower of the Progeny<sup>asws</sup> of Muhammad<sup>saww</sup> or twelve <span class="iTxt">Owqiya</span> and one <span class="iTxt">Nashsha</span>, and it is a weight of five hundred Dirhams from the silver’. I said, ‘What is your<sup>asws</sup> view if she marries upon his decision and she is pleased with that?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Whatever he decides from anything, so it is allowed upon her, whether it was little or more’. So I said to him<sup>asws</sup>, ‘So how come her decision is not allowed upon him, and his decision is allowed upon her?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Because it was her decision, so it cannot happen for her that she exceeds what the Sunnah of Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup> was and he<sup>saww</sup> married his<sup>saww</sup> wives upon. Thus, she would be returned to the Sunnah, and because she instructed him, and made the matter to him regarding the dower, and she was pleased with his decision with regards to that, so upon her would be to accept his decision, whether it was little or more’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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