سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ لكِنْ لا تُواعِدُوهُنَّ سِرًّا إِلَّا أَنْ تَقُولُوا قَوْلًا مَعْرُوفاً وَ لا تَعْزِمُوا عُقْدَةَ النِّكاحِ حَتَّى يَبْلُغَ الْكِتابُ أَجَلَهُ فَقَالَ السِّرُّ أَنْ يَقُولَ الرَّجُلُ مَوْعِدُكِ بَيْتُ آلِ فُلَانٍ ثُمَّ يَطْلُبُ إِلَيْهَا أَنْ لَا تَسْبِقَهُ بِنَفْسِهَا إِذَا انْقَضَتْ عِدَّتُهَا قُلْتُ فَقَوْلُهُ إِلَّا أَنْ تَقُولُوا قَوْلًا مَعْرُوفاً هُوَ طَلَبُ الْحَلَالِ فِي غَيْرِ أَنْ يَعْزِمَ عُقْدَةَ النِّكَاحِ حَتَّى يَبْلُغَ الْكِتَابُ أَجَلَهُ .
Translation
A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad and Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Abu Nasr, from Abdullah Bin Sinan who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> about the Words of Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:2#h235"><a href="/books/quran:2#h235">[2:235]</a></a> but do not give them a promise in secret unless you speak in a goodly manner and do not confirm the marriage tie until the writing is fulfilled</span>. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘The secret is that the man in saying, ‘I promise you the house of so and so family’, then he seeks to her that she does not precede him (with someone else with marriage) when her waiting period expires’. I said, ‘So (what about) His<sup>azwj</sup> Words <span class="ibTxt">unless you speak in a goodly manner</span>, (he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘It is seeking of the Permissible without confirming the tie of marriage until the writing reaches its term’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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