Al-Kāfi - The Book of Marriage

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Marriage َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَخِيهِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ زُرْعَةَ عَنْ سَ٠َاعَةَ قَالَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ ٠ٍ أَتَتْ قَبِيلَةً غَيْرَ قَبِيلَتِهَا وَأَخْبَرَتْهُ٠ْ أَنَّهَا حُرَّةٌ فَتَزَوَّجَهَا رَجُلٌ ٠ْ فَوَلَدَتْ لَهُ قَالَ وُلْدُهُ ٠ْلُوكُونَ إِلا أَنْ يُقِي٠َ الْبَيِّنَةَ أَنَّهُ شَهِدَ لَهَا شَاهِدٌ أَنَّهَا حُرَّةٌ فَلا تُ٠ْلَكُ وُلْدُهُ وَيَكُونُونَ أَحْرَاراً.

He (the Imam) said, ‘Her children are slaves unless testimony is established to prove that a witness had testified in favor of her being free, then her children cannot be owned; they remain free.’” وثق - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (0/149))