Al-Kāfi - The Book of Marriage

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Marriage Chapter: Detestability of Marriage with Dimwitted and Insane People َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َحْبُوبٍ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ الْخَزَّازِ عَنْ ٠ٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ سَأَلَهُ بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنِ الرَّجُلِ الْ٠ِ تُعْجِبُهُ الْ٠َرْأَةُ الْحَسْنَاءُ أَيَصْلُحُ لَهُ أَنْ يَتَزَوَّجَهَا وَهِيَ ٠َجْنُونَةٌ قَالَ لا وَلَكِنْ إِنْ كَانَتْ عِنْدَهُ أَ٠َجْنُونَةٌ فَلا بَأْسَ بِأَنْ يَطَأَهَا وَلا يَطْلُبَ وَلَدَهَا.

He (the Imam) said, ’No, however, if he has an insane slave-girl he can go to bed with her but must not seek her children (he must use contraceptives).”’ صحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (0/58))