We would, however, benefit from your answer.

We would, however, benefit from your answer.” The Imam explained the answer as follows: “At dawn, the woman was the slave of someone else; however, by sunrise, the man had already bought her for himself and so it became halal for him to look at her. “At noon, he made her free, and so she became haram for him; but by afternoon, he had married her, so she became halal for him.

“At sunset, he did zihar8 by which one’s wife becomes haram for a person; but by night time he paid the penalty for zihar, and so she became halal for him again.

8 When the husband says to his wife, “You are to me like the back of my mother,” it is not permissible for him to have sexual relationship with his wife “At midnight, he divorced her; but by next morning, he revoked his divorce, and so she became halal for him.” Thus the ten year old Imam, from the descendants of ‘Ali and Fatimah, proved to…