Chapter on the Legal Punishment for Slanderous Accusation

Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 4|Book 1|Chapter 10

Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh

Volume 4, Book 1, Chapter 10

Chapter on the Legal Punishment for Slanderous Accusation
25 Aḥadīth
Ḥadīth 5063

5063 - رَوَى اَلْعَلاَءُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ : فِي اَلَّذِي يَقْذِفُ اِمْرَأَتَهُ قَالَ "يُجْلَدُ" قُلْتُ أَ رَأَيْتَ إِنْ عَفَتْ عَنْهُ قَالَ "لاَ وَ لاَ كَرَامَةَ".

Hadith.5063 - Al-Alaa narrated from Muhammad ibn Muslim from Abu Jafar Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (as) regarding a man who accuses his wife (of adultery). Imam (as) said: "He is to be flogged." I asked: "What if she pardons him?" Imam (as) said: "No, and no honor (for him)."

Ḥadīth 5064

5064 - وَ رَوَى اِبْنُ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ : فِي رَجُلٍ قَالَ لاِمْرَأَتِهِ بَعْدَ مَا دَخَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ لَمْ أَجِدْكِ عَذْرَاءَ قَالَ "لاَ حَدَّ عَلَيْهِ".

Hadith.5064 - Ibn Mahbub narrated from Hammad ibn Ziyad from Sulayman ibn Khalid from Abu Abdullah (as) regarding a man who said to his wife after consummating the marriage, "I did not find you a virgin" Imam (as) said: "There is no legal punishment upon him."

Ḥadīth 5065

5065 - وَ فِي خَبَرٍ آخَرَ قَالَ: "إِنَّ اَلْعُذْرَةَ قَدْ تَسْقُطُ مِنْ غَيْرِ جِمَاعٍ قَدْ تَذْهَبُ بِالنَّكْبَةِ وَ اَلْعَثْرَةِ وَ اَلسَّقْطَةِ".

Hadith.5065 - In another narration, Imam (as) said: "Indeed, the hymen may be lost without intercourse; it can be lost due to injury, stumbling, or falling."

Ḥadīth 5066

5066 - وَ فِي رِوَايَةِ وَهْبِ بْنِ وَهْبٍ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ : "أَنَّ عَلِيّاً عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ لَمْ يَكُنْ يَحُدُّ فِي اَلتَّعْرِيضِ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَ بِالْفِرْيَةِ اَلْمُصَرَّحَةِ مِثْلِ يَا زَانِ وَ يَا اِبْنَ اَلزَّانِيَةِ أَوْ لَسْتَ لِأَبِيكَ".

Hadith.5066 - In the narration of Wahb ibn Wahb from Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) from his father, Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (as): "Indeed, Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (as) would not administer the legal punishment for insinuation unless it was a clear and explicit accusation, such as saying, 'O' adulterer,' or 'O' son of an adulteress,' or 'You are not your father's son.'"

Ḥadīth 5067

5067 - وَ رَوَى اَلْحَسَنُ بْنُ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ عَبَّادِ بْنِ صُهَيْبٍ قَالَ: سُئِلَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنْ نَصْرَانِيٍّ قَذَفَ مُسْلِماً فَقَالَ لَهُ يَا زَانِ قَالَ "يُجْلَدُ ثَمَانِينَ جَلْدَةً لِحَقِّ اَلْمُسْلِمِ وَ ثَمَانِينَ جَلْدَةً إِلاَّ سَوْطاً لِحُرْمَةِ اَلْإِسْلاَمِ وَ يُحْلَقُ رَأْسُهُ وَ يُطَافُ بِهِ فِي أَهْلِ دِينِهِ لِكَيْ يُنَكَّلَ غَيْرُهُ".

Hadith.5067 - Al-Hasan ibn Mahbub narrated from Abbad ibn Suhayb who said: Abu Abdullah (as) was asked about a Christian who accused a Muslim by saying to him, "O' adulterer." Imam (as) said: "He is to be flogged eighty lashes for violating the right of the Muslim and eighty lashes minus one for violating the sanctity of Islam. His head is to be shaved, and he is to be paraded among the people of his religion so that others may be deterred."

Ḥadīth 5068

5068 - وَ رُوِيَ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ اَلْحَضْرَمِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ يَفْتَرِي عَلَى رَجُلٍ مِنْ جَاهِلِيَّةِ اَلْعَرَبِ قَالَ "يُضْرَبُ حَدّاً" قُلْتُ يُضْرَبُ حَدّاً قَالَ "نَعَمْ إِنَّ ذَلِكَ يَدْخُلُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ ".

Hadith.5068 - It was narrated from Safwan from Abu Bakr Al-Hadrami from Abu Abdullah (as) who said: I asked Imam (as) about a man who slanders a man from the pre-Islamic Arabs. Imam (as) said: "He is to be given the legal punishment." I asked: "Is he to be given the legal punishment?" He said: "Yes, because that offense reaches the Messenger of Allah (swt) (peace be upon him and his family)."

Ḥadīth 5069

5069 - وَ رَوَى جَعْفَرُ بْنُ بَشِيرٍ عَنِ اَلْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ أَبِي اَلْعَلاَءِ عَنْ أَبِي مَخْلَدٍ اَلسَّرَّاجِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ : أَنَّهُ قَضَى فِي رَجُلٍ دَعَا آخَرَ اِبْنَ اَلْمَجْنُونِ وَ قَالَ اَلْآخَرُ لَهُ بَلْ أَنْتَ اِبْنُ اَلْمَجْنُونِ فَأَمَرَ اَلْأَوَّلَ أَنْ يَجْلِدَ صَاحِبَهُ عِشْرِينَ جَلْدَةً وَ قَالَ "اِعْلَمْ أَنَّهُ سَتُعَقَّبُ مِثْلَهَا عِشْرِينَ فَلَمَّا جَلَدَهُ أَعْطَى اَلْمَجْلُودَ اَلسَّوْطَ فَجَلَدَهُ عِشْرِينَ نَكَالاً يُنَكِّلُهُمَا".

Hadith.5069 - Ja'far ibn Bashir narrated from Al-Husayn ibn Abi Al-'Ala from Abu Makhlad Al-Sarraj from Abu Abdullah (as): Imam (as) ruled concerning a man who called another "the son of a madman," and the other replied to him, "Rather, you are the son of a madman." Imam (as) commanded the first man to flog his companion twenty lashes and said: "Know that you will also be given twenty lashes in return." After the first man flogged him, the flogged man was given the whip and he flogged the first man twenty lashes as a means of punishment to discipline both of them.

Ḥadīth 5070

5070 - وَ رَوَى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ بْنِ هِلاَلٍ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ قَالَ لاِمْرَأَتِهِ يَا زَانِيَةُ قَالَ "يُجْلَدُ حَدّاً وَ يُفَرَّقُ بَيْنَهُمَا بَعْدَ مَا جُلِدَ وَ لاَ تَكُونُ اِمْرَأَتَهُ" قَالَ "وَ إِنْ كَانَ قَالَ كَلاَماً أَفْلَتَ مِنْهُ فِي غَيْرِ أَنْ يَعْلَمَ شَيْئاً أَرَادَ أَنْ يَغِيظَهَا بِهِ فَلاَ يُفَرَّقُ بَيْنَهُمَا".

Hadith.5070 - Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Hilal narrated from Uqbah ibn Khalid from Abu Abdullah (as) who said: I asked Imam (as) about a man who said to his wife, "O' adulteress." Imam (as) said: "He is to be given the legal punishment and they are to be separated after he has been flogged, and she will no longer be his wife." Imam (as) further said: "But if he said something that slipped out unintentionally without having any knowledge of it, intending only to anger her, then they are not to be separated."

Ḥadīth 5071

5071 - وَ قَالَ أَمِيرُ اَلْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ : "إِذَا كَانَ فِي اَلْحَدِّ لَعَلَّ أَوْ عَسَى فَالْحَدُّ مُعَطَّلٌ".

Hadith.5071 - Commander of the Faithful (as) said: "If there is doubt expressed with 'perhaps' or 'it may be' in enforcing a legal punishment, then the punishment is to be suspended."

Ḥadīth 5072

5072 - وَ قَالَ اَلصَّادِقُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ : "قَاذِفُ اَللَّقِيطِ يُحَدُّ وَ اَلْمَرْأَةُ إِذَا قَذَفَتْ زَوْجَهَا وَ هُوَ أَصَمُّ يُفَرَّقُ بَيْنَهُمَا ثُمَّ لاَ تَحِلُّ لَهُ أَبَداً".

Hadith.5072 - Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) said: "The one who accuses a foundling (laqiṭ) of fornication is subjected to the prescribed punishment (hadd). And if a woman accuses her husband of fornication while he is deaf, they are separated, and she is never permissible for him again."

Ḥadīth 5073

5073 - وَ رَوَى اِبْنُ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ: سُئِلَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ قَذَفَ اِمْرَأَتَهُ بِالزِّنَا وَ هِيَ خَرْسَاءُ صَمَّاءُ لاَ تَسْمَعُ مَا قَالَ فَقَالَ "إِنْ كَانَ لَهَا بَيِّنَةٌ يَشْهَدُونَ لَهَا عِنْدَ اَلْإِمَامِ جَلَدَهُ اَلْحَدَّ وَ فَرَّقَ بَيْنَهُمَا ثُمَّ لاَ تَحِلُّ لَهُ أَبَداً وَ إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهَا بَيِّنَةٌ فَهِيَ حَرَامٌ عَلَيْهِ مَا أَقَامَ مَعَهَا وَ لاَ إِثْمَ عَلَيْهَا مِنْهُ".

Hadith.5073 - Ibn Mahbub narrated from Hisham ibn Salim from Abu Basir who said: Abu Abdullah (as) was asked about a man who accused his wife of adultery while she was mute and deaf, unable to hear what he said. Imam (as) said: "If she has witnesses who testify on her behalf before the Imam, he (the husband) is to be flogged with the legal punishment and they are to be separated, and she will never be permissible for him again. But if she has no witnesses, then she is forbidden to him as long as she remains with him, and there is no sin upon her from him."

Ḥadīth 5074

5074 - وَ فِي رِوَايَةِ اَلسَّكُونِيِّ أَنَّ عَلِيّاً عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: "مَنْ أَقَرَّ بِوَلَدٍ ثُمَّ نَفَاهُ جُلِدَ اَلْحَدَّ وَ أُلْزِمَ اَلْوَلَدَ".

Hadith.5074 - In the narration of Al-Sakuni, Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (as) said: "Whoever acknowledges a child and then denies him is to be given the legal punishment and held responsible for the child."

Ḥadīth 5075

5075 - وَ فِي رِوَايَةِ يُونُسَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اَلرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ بَعْضِ رِجَالِهِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: "كُلُّ بَالِغٍ مِنْ ذَكَرٍ أَوْ أُنْثَى اِفْتَرَى عَلَى صَغِيرٍ أَوْ كَبِيرٍ أَوْ ذَكَرٍ أَوْ أُنْثَى أَوْ مُسْلِمٍ أَوْ حُرٍّ أَوْ مَمْلُوكٍ فَعَلَيْهِ حَدُّ اَلْفِرْيَةِ وَ عَلَى غَيْرِ اَلْبَالِغِ حَدُّ اَلْأَدَبِ ".

Hadith.5075 - In the narration of Yunus ibn Abd Al-Rahman from some of his narrators from Abu Abdullah (as), he said: "Every adult, whether male or female, who falsely accuses a minor or an adult, a male or a female, a Muslim, a free person, or a slave, is subject to the prescribed punishment (hadd Al-firya). And for one who is not yet an adult, the punishment is disciplinary (hadd Al-adab)."

Ḥadīth 5076

5076 - وَ قَالَ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ : "لاَ حَدَّ عَلَى مَجْنُونٍ حَتَّى يُفِيقَ وَ لاَ عَلَى اَلصَّبِيِّ حَتَّى يُدْرِكَ وَ لاَ عَلَى اَلنَّائِمِ حَتَّى يَسْتَيْقِظَ".

Hadith.5076 - Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (as) said: "There is no legal punishment upon a mad person until they regain sanity, nor upon a child until they reach maturity, nor upon a sleeping person until they wake up."

Ḥadīth 5077

5077 - وَ رَوَى اَلْحَسَنُ بْنُ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنِ اَلْعَلاَءِ وَ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ : فِي رَجُلٍ قَالَ لاِمْرَأَتِهِ يَا زَانِيَةُ أَنَا زَنَيْتُ بِكِ قَالَ "عَلَيْهِ حَدٌّ وَاحِدٌ لِقَذْفِهِ إِيَّاهَا وَ أَمَّا قَوْلُهُ أَنَا زَنَيْتُ بِكِ فَلاَ حَدَّ عَلَيْهِ فِيهِ إِلاَّ أَنْ يَشْهَدَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ أَرْبَعَ مَرَّاتٍ بِالزِّنَا عِنْدَ اَلْإِمَامِ".

Hadith.5077 - Al-Hasan ibn Mahbub narrated from Al-Ala and Abu Ayyub from Muhammad ibn Muslim from Abu Jafar Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (as) regarding a man who said to his wife, "O' adulteress, I have committed adultery with you," Imam (as) said: "He is liable for one legal punishment for accusing her. As for his statement, 'I have committed adultery with you,' there is no legal punishment for that unless he testifies against himself four times for committing adultery before the Imam."

Ḥadīth 5078

5078 - وَ رَوَى اَلْحَسَنُ بْنُ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ نُعَيْمِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ مِسْمَعٍ أَبِي سَيَّارٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ : فِي أَرْبَعَةٍ شَهِدُوا عَلَى اِمْرَأَةٍ بِالْفُجُورِ أَحَدُهُمْ زَوْجُهَا قَالَ "يُجْلَدُونَ اَلثَّلاَثَةُ وَ يُلاَعِنُهَا زَوْجُهَا وَ يُفَرَّقُ بَيْنَهُمَا وَ لاَ تَحِلُّ لَهُ أَبَداً".

Hadith.5078 - Al-Hasan ibn Mahbub narrated from Nu'aym ibn Ibrahim from Misma Abu Sayyar from Abu Abdullah (as) regarding four people who testified against a woman for adultery, and one of them was her husband. Imam (as) said: "The three (other witnesses) are to be flogged, and her husband is to perform lian (mutual cursing) with her. They are to be separated, and she will never be permissible for him again."

Ḥadīth 5079

5079 - وَ قَدْ رُوِيَ: "أَنَّ اَلزَّوْجَ أَحَدُ اَلشُّهُودِ".

Hadith.5079 - It has been narrated: "Indeed, the husband is considered one of the witnesses."

Ḥadīth 5080

5080 - وَ رَوَى اَلْحَسَنُ بْنُ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اَلرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ زُرَارَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ يَقُولُ: "لَوْ أُتِيتُ بِرَجُلٍ قَدْ قَذَفَ عَبْداً مُسْلِماً بِالزِّنَا لاَ نَعْلَمُ مِنْهُ إِلاَّ خَيْراً لَضَرَبْتُهُ اَلْحَدَّ حَدَّ اَلْحُرِّ إِلاَّ سَوْطاً".

Hadith.5080 - Al-Hasan ibn Mahbub narrated from Abd Al-Rahman from Ubayd ibn Zurarah who said: I heard Abu Abdullah (as) say, "If a man were brought to me who had accused a Muslim slave of adultery, and we knew nothing about the slave except goodness, I would administer the legal punishment upon him - the same punishment as for a free person, except one lash less."

Ḥadīth 5081

5081 - وَ رَوَى اَلْحَسَنُ بْنُ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: "سُئِلَ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنْ مُكَاتَبٍ اِفْتَرَى عَلَى رَجُلٍ مُسْلِمٍ فَقَالَ "يُضْرَبُ حَدَّ اَلْحُرِّ ثَمَانِينَ جَلْدَةً أَدَّى مِنْ مُكَاتَبَتِهِ شَيْئاً أَوْ لَمْ يُؤَدِّ" قِيلَ لَهُ فَإِنْ زَنَى وَ هُوَ مُكَاتَبٌ وَ لَمْ يُؤَدِّ مِنْ مُكَاتَبَتِهِ شَيْئاً قَالَ "هَذَا حَقُّ اَللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يُطْرَحُ عَنْهُ خَمْسُونَ جَلْدَةً وَ يُضْرَبُ خَمْسِينَ" ".

Hadith.5081 - Al-Hasan ibn Mahbub narrated from Hammad ibn Ziyad from Sulayman ibn Khalid from Abu Abdullah (as) who said: "Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (as) was asked about a mukatab (a slave who has a contract for freedom) who falsely accused a Muslim man. Imam (as) said: 'He is to be flogged with the punishment of a free man - eighty lashes - whether he has paid any part of his contract or not.' It was asked: 'What if he commits adultery while he is a mukatab and has not paid anything from his contract?' Imam (as) said: 'This is the right of Allah (swt), the Mighty and Majestic. Fifty lashes are waived from him, and he is to be flogged fifty lashes.'"

Ḥadīth 5082

5082 - وَ رَوَى اِبْنُ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ عَطِيَّةَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ [عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ خ ل] عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ : فِي اِمْرَأَةٍ قَذَفَتْ رَجُلاً قَالَ "تُجْلَدُ ثَمَانِينَ جَلْدَةً".

Hadith.5082 - Ibn Mahbub narrated from Malik ibn Atiyyah from Abu Basir from Abu Abdullah (as) regarding a woman who accused a man (of adultery). Imam (as) said: "She is to be flogged eighty lashes."

Ḥadīth 5083

5083 - وَ رَوَى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ عَنِ اَلْعَلاَءِ بْنِ اَلْفُضَيْلِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لَهُ اَلرَّجُلُ يَنْتَفِي مِنْ وَلَدِهِ وَ قَدْ أَقَرَّ بِهِ قَالَ "إِنْ كَانَ اَلْوَلَدُ مِنْ حُرَّةٍ جُلِدَ اَلْأَبُ خَمْسِينَ سَوْطاً حَدَّ اَلْمَمْلُوكِ وَ إِنْ كَانَ مِنْ أَمَةٍ فَلاَ شَيْءَ عَلَيْهِ". وَ إِذَا قَالَ رَجُلٌ لِرَجُلٍ إِنَّكَ تَعْمَلُ عَمَلَ قَوْمِ لُوطٍ تَنْكِحُ اَلرِّجَالَ ضُرِبَ ثَمَانِينَ جَلْدَةً وَ كَذَلِكَ إِنْ قَالَ لَهُ يَا مَعْفُوجُ يَا مَنْكُوحُ جُلِدَ حَدَّ اَلْقَاذِفِ ثَمَانِينَ جَلْدَةً وَ إِنْ قَذَفَ رَجُلٌ قَوْماً بِكَلِمَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ فَعَلَيْهِ حَدٌّ وَاحِدٌ إِذَا لَمْ يُسَمِّهِمْ بِأَسْمَائِهِمْ وَ إِنْ سَمَّاهُمْ فَعَلَيْهِ لِكُلِّ رَجُلٍ سَمَّاهُ حَدٌّ رَوَى ذَلِكَ بُرَيْدٌ اَلْعِجْلِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ. وَ رُوِيَ: "أَنَّهُمْ إِنْ أَتَوْا بِهِ مُتَفَرِّقِينَ ضُرِبَ لِكُلِّ رَجُلٍ مِنْهُمْ حَدّاً وَاحِداً وَ إِنْ أَتَوْا بِهِ مُجْتَمِعِينَ ضُرِبَ حَدّاً وَاحِداً وَ إِنْ قَذَفَ رَجُلٌ رَجُلاً فَجُلِدَ ثُمَّ عَادَ عَلَيْهِ بِالْقَذْفِ فَإِنْ كَانَ قَالَ إِنَّ اَلَّذِي قُلْتُ لَكَ حَقٌّ لَمْ يُجْلَدْ وَ إِنْ قَذَفَهُ بِالزِّنَا بَعْدَ مَا جُلِدَ فَعَلَيْهِ اَلْحَدُّ وَ إِنْ قَذَفَهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُجْلَدَ بِعَشْرِ قَذَفَاتٍ لَمْ يَكُنْ عَلَيْهِ إِلاَّ حَدٌّ وَاحِدٌ ".

Hadith.5083 - Muhammad ibn Sinan narrated from Al-Ala ibn Al-Fudayl from Abu Abdullah (as): I asked Imam (as) about a man who denies his child after having acknowledged him. Imam (as) said: "If the child is from a free woman, the father is to be flogged fifty lashes, which is the punishment for a slave. But if the child is from a slave woman, there is no punishment upon him." And if a man says to another man: "You commit the act of the people of Lut (engaging in relations with men)," he is to be flogged eighty lashes. Similarly, if he says to him: "O' effeminate one" or "O' one who is penetrated," he is to be flogged with the legal punishment for slander - eighty lashes. If a man slanders a group of people with a single statement without naming them individually, he is subjected to one legal punishment. However, if he names them specifically, then a separate legal punishment applies to each person he named. This was narrated by Burayd Al-Ijli from Abu Jafar Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (as). It has also been narrated: "If they (the slandered individuals) come forward separately, each one of them receives a separate punishment. But if they come forward collectively, only one punishment is administered. If a man slanders another and is flogged, but then repeats the slander, and if he says, 'What I said to you is true,' he is not flogged again. However, if he accuses him of adultery again after being flogged, the legal punishment applies. Yet, if he accuses him ten times before being flogged, only one punishment will be administered."

Ḥadīth 5084

5084 - وَ قَالَ اَلصَّادِقُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ : "لاَ حَدَّ لِمَنْ لاَ حَدَّ عَلَيْهِ". Hadith.5084 - Abu Abdullah Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq {a.s} said: "There is no legal punishment for one upon whom legal punishment does not apply."

Ḥadīth 5085

5085 - وَ رَوَى هِشَامُ بْنُ سَالِمٍ عَنْ عَمَّارٍ اَلسَّابَاطِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ : فِي رَجُلٍ قَالَ لِرَجُلٍ يَا اِبْنَ اَلْفَاعِلَةِ يَعْنِي اَلزِّنَا فَقَالَ "إِنْ كَانَتْ أُمُّهُ حَيَّةً شَاهِدَةً ثُمَّ جَاءَتْ تَطْلُبُ حَقَّهَا ضُرِبَ ثَمَانِينَ جَلْدَةً وَ إِنْ كَانَتْ غَائِبَةً اُنْتُظِرَ بِهَا حَتَّى تَقْدَمَ فَتَطْلُبَ حَقَّهَا وَ إِنْ كَانَتْ قَدْ مَاتَتْ وَ لَمْ يُعْلَمْ مِنْهَا إِلاَّ خَيْرٌ ضُرِبَ اَلْمُفْتَرِي عَلَيْهَا اَلْحَدَّ ثَمَانِينَ جَلْدَةً".

Hadith.5085 - Hisham ibn Salim narrated from Ammar Al-Sabati from Abu Abdullah (as) regarding a man who said to another man, "O' son of an adulteress," intending adultery. Imam (as) said: "If his mother is alive and present, and she comes forward to claim her right, the accuser is to be flogged eighty lashes. If she is absent, it is to be delayed until she returns and claims her right. And if she has passed away and nothing is known of her except goodness, the one who falsely accused her is to be given the legal punishment - eighty lashes."

Ḥadīth 5086

5086 - وَ رَوَى أَبُو أَيُّوبَ عَنْ حَرِيزٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ ع قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ اِبْنِ اَلْمَغْصُوبَةِ يَفْتَرِي عَلَيْهِ اَلرَّجُلُ فَيَقُولُ لَهُ يَا اِبْنَ اَلْفَاعِلَةِ فَقَالَ "أَرَى عَلَيْهِ اَلْحَدَّ ثَمَانِينَ جَلْدَةً وَ يَتُوبُ إِلَى اَللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ مِمَّا قَالَ".

Hadith.5086 - Abu Ayyub narrated from Hariz from Abu Abdullah (as) who said: I asked Imam (as) about a man falsely accusing the son of a woman whose rights were violated (Al-maghsubah) by saying to him, "O' son of an adulteress." Imam (as) said: "I believe he deserves the legal punishment of eighty lashes and must repent to Allah (swt), the Mighty and Majestic, for what he has said."

Ḥadīth 5087

5087 - وَ رُوِيَ عَنْ أَبِي وَلاَّدٍ اَلْحَنَّاطِ أَنَّهُ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ : "أُتِيَ أَمِيرُ اَلْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ بِرَجُلَيْنِ قَدْ قَذَفَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا صَاحِبَهُ فِي بَدَنِهِ فَدَرَأَ عَنْهُمَا اَلْحَدَّ وَ عَزَّرَهُمَا".

Hadith.5087 - It was narrated from Abu Walad Al-Hannat that he said: Abu Abdullah (as) said: "Commander of the Faithful (as) was presented with two men, each of whom had accused the other of something concerning his body. Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (as) waived the legal punishment for both of them and administered disciplinary punishment (ta'zir) to them."