Chapter on the Inheritance of the Child of Adultery

Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 4|Book 1|Chapter 161

Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh

Volume 4, Book 1, Chapter 161

Chapter on the Inheritance of the Child of Adultery
2 Aḥadīth
Ḥadīth 5681

5681 - رَوَى اَلْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ اَلْحَسَنِ بْنِ أَبِي خَالِدٍ اَلْأَشْعَرِيِّ قَالَ : كَتَبَ بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِنَا إِلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ اَلثَّانِي عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ مَعِي يَسْأَلُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ فَجَرَ بِامْرَأَةٍ فَحَمَلَتْ ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ تَزَوَّجَهَا بَعْدَ اَلْحَمْلِ فَجَاءَتْ بِوَلَدٍ وَ اَلْوَلَدُ أَشْبَهُ خَلْقِ اَللَّهِ بِهِ فَكَتَبَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ بِخَطِّهِ وَ خَاتَمِهِ "اَلْوَلَدُ لِغَيَّةٍ لاَ يُورَثُ".

Hadith.5681 - Al-Husayn ibn Sa'id narrated from Muhammad ibn Al-Hasan ibn Abi Khalid Al-Ash'ari, who said: One of our companions wrote to Abu Ja'far Al-Thani (as) through me, asking Imam (as) about a man who committed adultery with a woman, and she became pregnant. Later, he married her after the pregnancy, and she gave birth to a child who resembled him more than anyone else in creation. Imam (as) wrote back in his own handwriting and with his seal: "The child is the result of fornication and does not inherit."

Ḥadīth 5682

5682 - وَ رَوَى يُونُسُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ : سَأَلْتُهُ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ كَمْ دِيَةُ وَلَدِ اَلزِّنَا قَالَ "يُعْطَى اَلَّذِي أَنْفَقَ عَلَيْهِ مَا أَنْفَقَ عَلَيْهِ" قُلْتُ فَإِنَّهُ مَاتَ وَ لَهُ مَالٌ فَمَنْ يَرِثُهُ قَالَ "اَلْإِمَامُ". وَ قَدْ رُوِيَ: "أَنَّ دِيَةَ وَلَدِ اَلزِّنَا ثَمَانُمِائَةِ دِرْهَمٍ وَ مِيرَاثُهُ كَمِيرَاثِ اِبْنِ اَلْمُلاَعَنَةِ".

Hadith.5682 - Yunus narrated from Abdullah ibn Sinan, from Abu Abdullah (as), who said: I asked Imam (as): "May I be your ransom, what is the blood money (diyyah) for a child born out of fornication?" Imam (as) replied: "The one who spent on him is to be given what he spent on him." I asked: "If the child dies and has wealth, who inherits it?" He (as) said: "The Imam." It has also been narrated: "The blood money (diyyah) for a child born out of fornication is eight hundred dirhams, and his inheritance is like the inheritance of the child of mula'anah (mutual cursing between spouses in the case of adultery accusations)."