كَتَبَ بَعْضُ بَنِي عَمِّي إِلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ الثَّانِي ( عليه السلام ) مَا تَقُولُ فِي صَبِيَّةٍ زَوَّجَهَا عَمُّهَا فَلَمَّا كَبِرَتْ أَبَتِ التَّزْوِيجَ فَكَتَبَ بِخَطِّهِ لَا تُكْرَهُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ وَ الْأَمْرُ أَمْرُهَا .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Mahziyar, from Muhammad Bin Al Hassan Al Ashary who said, ‘One of the Clan of Umayya wrote to Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup> the 2<sup>nd</sup>, ‘What are you<sup>asws</sup> saying regarding the young girl being married off by her uncle, so when she grows old, she refuses the marriage?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> wrote by his<sup>asws</sup> own handwriting: ‘She would not be compelled upon that, and the command is her command’.
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