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Hadith 959
Hadith #
959
Book
Al-Khiṣāl
Volume
1
Section
13
Part
Part 9: On Nine-Numbered Characteristics
Chapter
A Woman Reaches Puberty at Nine
Source
Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq
۞
9-15 (The compiler of the book narrated) that his father - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Attar quoted Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa, on the authority of his father, on the authority of Safvan ibn Yahya, on the authority of Musa ibn Bakr, on the authority of Zurarah that Abi Ja’far al-Baqir (MGB) said, “
Do not consummate (the marriage with your) female slave until she reaches the age of nine or ten.” He added, “I either heard nine or ten.”
9-15 حدثنا أبي رضي الله عنه قال: حدثنا محمد بن يحيى العطار، عن أحمد ابن محمد بن عيسى، عن أبيه، عن صفوان بن يحيى، عن موسى بن بكر، عن زرارة، عن أبي جعفر عليه السلام قال
لاتدخل بالجارية حتى يتم لها تسع سنين أوعشر سنين. وقال: أنا سمعته يقول: تسع أو عشر
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