25- قَالَ: وَ كَتَبَ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ حَمْدَانَ فَخَرَجَتْ إِلَيْهِ هَذِهِ الْمَسَائِلُ اسْتَحْلَلْتُ بِجَارِيَةٍ وَ شَرَطْتُ عَلَيْهَا أَنْ لَا أَطْلُبَ وَلَدَهَا وَ لَا أُلْزِمَهَا مَنْزِلِي فَلَمَّا أَتَى لِذَلِكَ مُدَّةٌ قَالَتْ لِي قَدْ حَبِلْتُ فَقُلْتُ لَهَا كَيْفَ وَ لَا أَعْلَمُ أَنِّي طَلَبْتُ مِنْكَ الْوَلَدَ ثُمَّ غِبْتُ وَ انْصَرَفْتُ وَ قَدْ أَتَتْ بِوَلَدٍ ذَكَرٍ فَلَمْ أُنْكِرْهُ وَ لَا قَطَعْتُ عَنْهَا الْإِجْرَاءَ وَ النَّفَقَةَ وَ لِي ضَيْعَةٌ قَدْ كُنْتُ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَصِيرَ إِلَيَّ هَذِهِ الْمَرْأَةُ سَبَّلْتُهَا عَلَى وَصَايَايَ وَ عَلَى سَائِرِ وُلْدِي عَلَى أَنَّ الْأَمْرَ فِي الزِّيَادَةِ وَ النُّقْصَانِ مِنْهُ إِلَيَّ أَيَّامَ حَيَاتِي وَ قَدْ أَتَتْ هَذِهِ بِهَذَا الْوَلَدِ فَلَمْ أُلْحِقْهُ فِي الْوَقْفِ الْمُتَقَدِّمِ الْمُؤَبَّدِ وَ أَوْصَيْتُ إِنْ حَدَثَ بِي حَدَثُ الْمَوْتِ أَنْ يَجْرِيَ عَلَيْهِ مَا دَامَ صَغِيراً فَإِذَا كَبِرَ أُعْطِيَ مِنْ هَذِهِ الضَّيْعَةِ جُمْلَةً مِائَتَيْ دِينَارٍ غَيْرَ مُؤَبَّدٍ وَ لَا يَكُونَ لَهُ وَ لَا لِعَقِبِهِ بَعْدَ إِعْطَائِهِ ذَلِكَ فِي الْوَقْفِ شَيْءٌ فَرَأْيُكَ أَعَزَّكَ اللَّهُ فِي إِرْشَادِي فِيمَا عَمِلْتُهُ وَ فِي هَذَا الْوَلَدِ بِمَا أَمْتَثِلُهُ وَ الدُّعَاءِ لِي بِالْعَافِيَةِ وَ خَيْرِ الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةِ- جَوَابُهَا وَ أَمَّا الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي اسْتَحَلَّ بِالْجَارِيَةِ وَ شَرَطَ عَلَيْهَا أَنْ لَا يَطْلُبَ وَلَدَهَا فَسُبْحَانَ مَنْ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ فِي قُدْرَتِهِ شَرْطُهُ عَلَى الْجَارِيَةِ شَرْطٌ عَلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ هَذَا مَا لَا يُؤْمَنُ أَنْ يَكُونَ وَ حَيْثُ عَرَفَ فِي هَذَا الشَّكَّ وَ لَيْسَ يَعْرِفُ الْوَقْتَ الَّذِي أَتَاهَا فِيهِ فَلَيْسَ ذَلِكَ بِمُوجِبِ الْبَرَاءَةِ فِي وَلَدِهِ وَ أَمَّا إِعْطَاءُ الْمِائَتَيْ دِينَارٍ وَ إِخْرَاجُهُ إِيَّاهُ وَ عَقِبَهُ مِنَ الْوَقْفِ فَالْمَالُ مَالُهُ فَعَلَ فِيهِ مَا أَرَادَ- قَالَ أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ حَسَبَ الْحِسَابَ قَبْلَ الْمَوْلُودِ فَجَاءَ الْوَلَدُ مُسْتَوِياً. وَ قَالَ وَجَدْتُ فِي نُسْخَةِ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الْهَمْدَانِيِ أَتَانِي أَبْقَاكَ اللَّهُ كِتَابُكَ وَ الْكِتَابُ الَّذِي أَنْفَذْتُهُ. -- و روى هذا التوقيع الحسن بن علي بن إبراهيم عن السياري.
25 - He said: And Ja’far bin Hamdan wrote a letter to the Imam as follows: “I made a slave girl lawful for myself but before that I laid a condition on her that I don’t want a child and neither would I give her the status of mother of my children. After sometime she came to me and said that she was pregnant. I told her how this could be possible when I had told her that I don’t want a child? Then she disappeared for sometime and when she returned to me she had a child with her. Neither I refused to accept the child nor stopped paying the expenses of that woman. Before her arrival with the child I had made a bequest regarding my property in favor of my children. Now when she came to me with a child I did not change my will. I just made an addition that when that child reaches maturity he should be given 200 dinars as one time payment. After that he or his children will not have any share in my property. Now my master, tell me whether I made the right decision regarding that child? And pray for my well being in the world as well as the hereafter. The reply was as follows: Your making the slave girl lawful for yourself and then laying a condition that you don’t want a child is strange matter! It is not something that befits a man of faith. Whenever he is in doubt and does not know when he went to that woman, he cannot disown his child. But is right to give him 200 dinars and nothing from endowed property because it belongs to one he has intended. Abul Hasan says: I calculated the time before the birth of the child and concluded that he was born at the expected time. And he says: It is mentioned in the copy of Abul Hamadani: May Allah give you health. I received your letter and the letter sent to you. And this epistle is narrated by Hasan bin Ali bin Ibrahim from Sayyari.
