Ali's judgment on three men who lay with one woman in one purity

قضاء علي في ثلاثة وقعوا على امرأة في طهر واحد

631 CE · 10 AH

Yemen

Three men lay with one woman in the same purity period in Yemen. Ali asked two at a time whether they claimed the child, and when neither would, he drew lots and gave the child to the one the lot named, with two-thirds of the diyya. The Prophet laughed and approved; the book notes that the men's act may have been before their Islam.

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موجز

وقع ثلاثة رجال على امرأة في طهر واحد في اليمن، فأُتي بهم علي، فلما سأل أن يُقر اثنان بالولد فأبيا، قال: أقرعت بينهم فألحق الولد بمن صارت عليه القرعة، وجعل عليه ثلثي الدية 1.

الرواية

يرويها الكتاب عن زيد بن أرقم: أُتي علي بثلاثة وقعوا على امرأة في طهر واحد، فكان يسأل كل اثنين منهم هل يقران بالولد، فإذا أبيا أقرع بينهم 1. فذكر ذلك للنبي فضحك حتى بدت نواجذه، ويرى الكتاب أن الضحك كان فرحاً بتوفيق علي للصواب، فأقره النبي 1.

تعليق الكتاب

يحتمل الكتاب أن يكون ما حصل من هؤلاء النفر قبل إسلامهم، لأن فعلهم محرم في دين الله، والكتاب يرى ذلك احتمالاً لا حكماً 1.

ملاحظات للباحثين
  • الكتاب يذكر الحكم بالقرعة دون تفصيل فقهي؛ وينبغي مراجعة كتب الفقه قبل التوسع.
  • التاريخ مشتق من باب ولاية علي باليمن (10هـ).

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Ali ibn Abi Talib· Muhammad
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Yemen
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Ali ibn Abi Talib's expeditions to Yemen (twice)

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Sources

  1. Asma al-Matalib fi Sirat Ali ibn Abi Talib, vol. 1 — Ali Muhammad al-Sallabi , p.115
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