ALI Logo ALI
Search Books Updates
Home / Books / Al-Kāfi / Volume 7 / The Rare Ahadith / Hadith 731
Hadith 731
Hadith #
731
Book
Al-Kāfi
Volume
7
Section
19
Part
The Book of Adjudication and Rules
Chapter
The Rare Ahadith
Source
Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī
۞
7. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid from Muhammad ibn Ali from Muhammad ibn al- Fudayl from abu al-Sabbah al-Kinaniy who has narrated the following
“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that once a woman was brought before ‘Umar who was married to an old man who when going to bed with her had died on her belly. When she gave birth to a boy, his sons claimed that she has committed fornication and presented testimony against her. ‘Umar commanded to stone her to death. Ali (a.s.), passed by and she said, ‘O son of the uncle of the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, I have a proof.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Show it to me.’ She give a document to him (the Imam) and he read it and said, ‘This woman is informing you about the day she became married, the day she went to bed and how the sexual intercourse took place. You must return the woman back.’ The next day he called the children of the same age along with the disputed child and asked them to play until they were tired. He (the Imam) told them to sit down until they had taken their places, then he (the Imam) called them to get up. The children stood up but the (disputed) child when getting up had to support himself by placing both of his palms on the ground. Ali (a.s.), then made him to inherit his father and whipped his brothers one by one of falsely accusing his mother. ‘Umar then asked him (the Imam), ‘How did you do it?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘I found out the weakness of the old man in the boy’s seeking support from his palms when getting up to stand upright.’”
7- عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْفُضَيْلِ عَنْ أَبِي الصَّبَّاحِ الْكِنَانِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) قَالَ
أُتِيَ عُمَرُ بِامْرَأَةٍ تَزَوَّجَهَا شَيْخٌ فَلَمَّا أَنْ وَاقَعَهَا مَاتَ عَلَى بَطْنِهَا فَجَاءَتْ بِوَلَدٍ فَادَّعَى بَنُوهُ أَنَّهَا فَجَرَتْ وَتَشَاهَدُوا عَلَيْهَا فَأَمَرَ بِهَا عُمَرُ أَنْ تُرْجَمَ فَمَرَّ بِهَا عَلِيٌّ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) فَقَالَتْ يَا ابْنَ عَمِّ رَسُولِ اللهِ إِنَّ لِي حُجَّةً قَالَ هَاتِي حُجَّتَكِ فَدَفَعَتْ إِلَيْهِ كِتَاباً فَقَرَأَهُ فَقَالَ هَذِهِ الْمَرْأَةُ تُعْلِمُكُمْ بِيَوْمَ تَزَوَّجَهَا وَيَوْمَ وَاقَعَهَا وَكَيْفَ كَانَ جِمَاعُهُ لَهَا رُدُّوا الْمَرْأَةَ فَلَمَّا أَنْ كَانَ مِنَ الْغَدِ دَعَا بِصِبْيَانٍ أَتْرَابٍ وَدَعَا بِالصَّبِيِّ مَعَهُمْ فَقَالَ لَهُمُ الْعَبُوا حَتَّى إِذَا أَلْهَاهُمُ اللَّعِبُ قَالَ لَهُمُ اجْلِسُوا حَتَّى إِذَا تَمَكَّنُوا صَاحَ بِهِمْ فَقَامَ الصِّبْيَانُ وَقَامَ الْغُلامُ فَاتَّكَأَ عَلَى رَاحَتَيْهِ فَدَعَا بِهِ عَلِيٌّ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) وَوَرَّثَهُ مِنْ أَبِيهِ وَجَلَدَ إِخْوَتَهُ الْمُفْتَرِينَ حَدّاً حَدّاً فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ كَيْفَ صَنَعْتَ قَالَ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) عَرَفْتُ ضَعْفَ الشَّيْخِ فِي اتِّكَاءِ الْغُلامِ عَلَى رَاحَتَيْهِ.
Tags Testimony and JudgmentImam AliAhl al-BaytLegal Penalties

Similar narrations

  • Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh #111 A woman was brought before Umar ibn al-Khattab. She had married an old man who died while lying on top of her after consummating the...
  • Al-Kāfi #728 “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that once a woman was brought before ‘Umar. She was attached to a man of al-Ansar (people of al-Madinah)...
  • Al-Kāfi #1617 “I once heard abu Ja‘far (a.s.), saying, ‘If a man marries a woman who was married before to another man and she alleges that the man has...
All narrations in The Rare Ahadith Browse all books Search more hadith
Rewayaat

A project of the Academy for Learning Islam. Search, browse, and study Shi'i narrations in Arabic and English.

Explore
Updates Search Tips API Documentation
Contact
rewayaat.org@gmail.com GitHub Repository Academy of Islam
© 2026 Academy for Learning Islam (A.L.I.)
Content and translations remain the responsibility of their original sources.