Al-Kāfi

1- مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ وَأَحْمَدَ ابْنَيْ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ أَبَانِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) عَنِ الْمَمْلُوكِ يَرَى شَعْرَ مَوْلاتِهِ قَالَ لا بَأْسَ.

1. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from ‘Abd Allah and Ahmad sons of Muhammad from Ali ibn al-Hakam from Aban ibn ‘Uthman from ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn abu ‘Abd Allah who has said the following: “I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about a slave’s looking at the hairs of the mistress. He (the Imam) said, ‘It is not unlawful.’”

2- عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ أَبِي الْبِلادِ وَيَحْيَى بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ قَالَ كُنَّا عِنْدَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) نَحْواً مِنْ ثَلاثِينَ رَجُلا إِذْ دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ أَبِي فَرَحَّبَ بِهِ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) وَأَجْلَسَهُ إِلَى جَنْبِهِ فَأَقْبَلَ عَلَيْهِ طَوِيلا ثُمَّ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) إِنَّ لأبِي مُعَاوِيَةَ حَاجَةً فَلَوْ خَفَّفْتُمْ فَقُمْنَا جَمِيعاً فَقَالَ لِي أَبِي ارْجِعْ يَا مُعَاوِيَةُ فَرَجَعْتُ فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) هَذَا ابْنُكَ قَالَ نَعَمْ وَهُوَ يَزْعُمُ أَنَّ أَهْلَ الْمَدِينَةِ يَصْنَعُونَ شَيْئاً لا يَحِلُّ لَهُمْ قَالَ وَمَا هُوَ قُلْتُ إِنَّ الْمَرْأَةَ الْقُرَشِيَّةَ وَالْهَاشِمِيَّةَ تَرْكَبُ وَتَضَعُ يَدَهَا عَلَى رَأْسِ الأسْوَدِ وَذِرَاعَيْهَا عَلَى عُنُقِهِ فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) يَا بُنَيَّ أَمَا تَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ قُلْتُ بَلَى قَالَ اقْرَأْ هَذِهِ الآيَةَ لا جُناحَ عَلَيْهِنَّ فِي آبائِهِنَّ وَلا أَبْنائِهِنَّ حَتَّى بَلَغَ وَلا ما مَلَكَتْ أَيْمانُهُنَّ ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا بُنَيَّ لا بَأْسَ أَنْ يَرَى الْمَمْلُوكُ الشَّعْرَ وَالسَّاقَ.

2. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Muhammad ibn ‘Isma’il from Ibrahim ibn abu al-Balad and Yahya ibn Ibrahim from his father Ibrahim from Mu‘awiyah ibn ‘Ammar who has said the following: “Once we, about thirty people, were with abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), when my father came and abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), welcomed him, gave him a place just next to himself and turned to him (for speaking) for a long time. Then abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), said, ‘Abu Mu‘awiyah needs privacy, if you please provide us relief.’ We all got up and my father said to me, ‘O Mu‘awiyah, come back.’ I turned back and abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), asked, ‘Is this your son?’ He replied, ‘Yes, and he thinks that people of al-Madinah do something unlawful.’ He (the Imam) asked, ‘What is it?’ I then said, ‘The woman of Quraysh or of Banu Hashim when riding, places her hand on the head of the black (slave) and her arms on his neck.’ Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), said, ‘Son, have you not read al-Quran?’ I replied, ‘Yes, I read it.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Read this verse, ‘. . . it is not unlawful for them about their fathers, sons, and whomever their right hands possess.’ (33:55) He (the Imam) then said, ‘It is not unlawful if a slave looks at one’s hairs and legs (below the knees).”’

3- عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنِ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ شَاذَانَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ لأبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) الْمَمْلُوكُ يَرَى شَعْرَ مَوْلاتِهِ وَسَاقَهَا قَالَ لا بَأْسَ.

3. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father and Muhammad ibn ‘Isma’il has narrated from al-Fadl ibn Shadhan from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Mu‘awiyah ibn ‘Ammar who has said the following: “I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about a slave’s looking at the hairs and leg of his mistress. He (the Imam) said, ‘It is not unlawful.’”

4- مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ وَيُونُسَ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ جَمِيعاً عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) قَالَ لا يَحِلُّ لِلْمَرْأَةِ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ عَبْدُهَا إِلَى شَيْ‏ءٍ مِنْ جَسَدِهَا إِلا إِلَى شَعْرِهَا غَيْرَ مُتَعَمِّدٍ لِذَلِكَ وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ أُخْرَى لا بَأْسَ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ إِلَى شَعْرِهَا إِذَا كَانَ مَأْمُوناً.

4. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn Mahbub from Yunus ibn ‘Ammar and Yunus ibn Ya’qub all of them have said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘It is not lawful for a slave to look at any part of the body of his mistress except her hairs unintentionally.’” In another Hadith it is said that it is not unlawful to look at her hairs if it is safe (from sinful feelings).