Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh

رَوَى اَلْعَلاَءُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ اَلْحُرِّ أَ تُحْصِنُهُ اَلْمَمْلُوكَةُ قَالَ "لاَ تُحْصِنُ اَلْحُرَّ اَلْمَمْلُوكَةُ وَ لاَ يُحْصِنُ اَلْمَمْلُوكُ اَلْحُرَّةَ وَ اَلنَّصْرَانِيُّ يُحْصِنُ اَلْيَهُودِيَّةَ وَ اَلْيَهُودِيُّ يُحْصِنُ اَلنَّصْرَانِيَّةَ ".

Al-Alaa narrated from Muhammad ibn Muslim, from Abu Jafar Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (a.s), who said: I asked Imam (a.s) whether a bondwoman provides legal protection (iḥṣan) for a free man. Imam (a.s) said: "A bondwoman does not provide legal protection for a free man, nor does a slave man provide legal protection for a free woman. However, a Christian man provides legal protection for a Jewish woman, and a Jewish man provides legal protection for a Christian woman."

وَ سُئِلَ اَلصَّادِقُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنْ قَوْلِ اَللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: وَ اَلْمُحْصَنٰاتُ مِنَ اَلنِّسٰاءِ قَالَ "هُنَّ ذَوَاتُ اَلْأَزْوَاجِ" قُلْتُ وَ اَلْمُحْصَنٰاتُ مِنَ اَلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا اَلْكِتٰابَ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ قَالَ "هُنَّ اَلْعَفَائِفُ".

Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (a.s) was asked about the saying of Allah (swt), the Mighty and Majestic: "And [forbidden to you are] married women" (Surah An-Nisa 4:24). Imam (a.s) said: "They are those who have husbands." I said: "And [lawful in marriage are] chaste women from among those who were given the Scripture before you" (Surah Al-Ma'idah, 5:5). Imam (a.s) said: "They are the chaste women."