عبد الله بن سنان

"She must pay the dowry and is to be subjected to the legal punishment (Hadd)."

I asked Imam (as): "May Allah (swt) have mercy on you, who is considered Muhsan?" Imam (as) replied: "Whoever has lawful access to a spouse in the morning and evening, he is Muhsan."

“This is concerning my question before abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about marriage with one born out of wedlock. He (the Imam) said, ‘Yes, but her children are not wanted.’”

I asked Imam (as): "May I be your ransom, what is the blood money (diyyah) for a child born out of fornication?" Imam (as) replied: "The one who spent on him is to be given what he spent on him." I asked: "If the child dies and has wealth, who inherits it?" He (as) said: "The Imam." It has also been narrated: "The blood money (diyyah) for a child born out of fornication is eight hundred dirhams, and his inheritance is like the inheritance of the child of mula'anah (mutual cursing between spouses in the case of adultery accusations)."

I said to Abu Abdullah (as), "Inform me about the qawwad (panderer), what is his prescribed punishment?" The Imam (as) replied: "There is no hadd (fixed legal punishment) on the qawwad. is he not merely receiving payment for facilitating?" I said: "May I be your ransom, but he is bringing together a man and a woman unlawfully." Imam (as) said: "That is the one who arranges unlawful meetings between a man and a woman." I said: "Yes, that is the case, may I be your ransom." Imam (as) said: "He is to be lashed three-quarters of the punishment of a fornicator - seventy-five lashes - and he is to be exiled from the city in which he resides."

I asked Imam (as) about a thief who entered upon a woman to steal her belongings. After gathering the clothes, his desires overcame him, and he violated her. When her son stirred, the thief struck him with an axe he had with him and killed him. After finishing, the thief carried the clothes and was about to leave when the woman attacked him with the axe and killed him. The thief's family came the next day demanding retaliation for his blood. Abu Abdullah (as) said: "His guardians who sought retaliation for his blood must pay the blood money for the boy. The thief is liable for what he left behind - four thousand dirhams - for having forced himself upon her because he committed adultery. This amount must be taken from his wealth. As for the woman, she bears no responsibility for killing him because he was a thief."

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘Once the disciples of Jesus gathered around him and said, “O teacher of goodness teach us guidance.” Jesus said to them, “Moses has commanded you not to falsely swear by Allah and I command you not to swear even in a truthful manner.” They said, “O Spirit of Allah, please give us more guidance.” He then said, “Moses, the Holy Prophet of Allah, has commanded you not to commit fornication and I command you not to even speak to your souls about fornication, not to speak of committing fornication, because one who speaks to his soul about fornication is like one who decorates a house and smoke destroys the house even though it does not burn down the whole house.’”