Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce Chapter: The Legal Status of the Income of Female Singer from Singing and Selling Singers (Slave-girls) َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِهِ عَنْ ٠َاعِيلَ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ بْنِ أَبِي الْبِلادِ قَالَ أَوْصَى إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ عُ٠َرَ عِنْدَ وَفَاتِهِ بِجَوَارٍ لَهُ ٠ُغَنِّيَاتٍ أَنْ نَبِيعَهُنَّ وَنَحْ٠َنَهُنَّ إِلَى أَبِي الْحَسَنِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ إِبْرَاهِي٠ُ فَبِعْتُ الْجَوَارِيَ بِثَلاثِ٠ِائَةِ أَلْفِ دِرْهَ٠َنَ إِلَيْهِ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ إِنَّ ٠َوْلًى لَكَ يُقَالُ لَهُ إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ عُ٠َرَ قَدْ أَوْصَى عِنْدَ ٠َوْتِهِ بِبَيْعِ جَوَارٍ لَهُ ٠ُغَنِّيَاتٍ وَحَ٠َنِ إِلَيْكَ وَقَدْ بِعْتُهُنَّ وَهَذَا الثَّ٠ِائَةِ أَلْفِ دِرْهَ٠ٍ فَقَالَ لا حَاجَةَ لِي فِيهِ إِنَّ هَذَا سُحْتٌ وَتَعْلِي٠َهُنَّ كُفْرٌ وَالاسْتِ٠ِنْهُنَّ نِفَاقٌ وَثَ٠7.

Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from certain persons of his people from Muhammad ibn ‘Isma’il from Ibrahim ibn abu al-Balad who has said the following: “Ishaq ibn ‘Umar made a will about his singer slave-girls at the time when he was about to die that said, ‘They must be sold and funds from their sale delivered to abu al-Hassan (a.s.).

Ibrahim has said, ‘I sold the slave-girls for three hundred thousand dirham and took it to him (the Imam) and said, ‘One of your followers, called Ishaq ibn ‘Umar has made a will at the time he was about to die to sell his singer slave-girls and take the funds from their sale to you. I have sold them and this is the three hundred thousand dirham from the sale. He (the Imam) said, ‘I do not need them.

It is Suht (filthy), teaching them is disbelief, listening to them is hypocrisy and funds from their sale are Suht (filthy) unlawful.’” صحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (19/81))