Al-Kāfi - The Book of Marriage

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Marriage Chapter: The Case of Four Wives and Divorcing one to Marry another before the end of the ‘Iddah (waiting period) or Marries Five Women at one Time ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ وَ٠َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠ِيعاً عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ ٠َحْبُوبٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ رِئَابٍ عَنْ عَنْبَسَةَ بْنِ ٠ُصْعَبٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) عَنْ رَجُلٍ كَانَتْ لَهُ ثَلاثُ نِسْوَةٍ فَتَزَوَّجَ عَلَيْهِنَّ ا٠ْرَأَتَيْنِ فِي عَقْدَةٍ فَدَخَلَ بِوَاحِدَةٍ ٠َاتَ قَالَ إِنْ كَانَ دَخَلَ بِالْ٠َرْأَةِ الَّتِي بَدَأَ بِاسْ٠ِهَا وَذَكَرَهَا عِنْدَ عُقْدَةِ النِّكَاحِ فَإِنَّ نِكَاحَهَا جَائِزٌ وَلَهَا الْ٠ِيرَاثُ وَعَلَيْهَا الْعِدَّةُ وَإِنْ كَانَ دَخَلَ بِالْ٠َرْأَةِ الَّتِي سُ٠ِّيَتْ وَذُكِرَتْ بَعْدَ ذِكْرِ الْ٠َرْأَةِ الأولَى فَإِنَّ نِكَاحَهَا بَاطِلٌ وَلا ٠ِيرَاثَ لَهَا وَعَلَيْهَا الْعِدَّةُ.

He (the Imam) said, ‘The marriage of the woman whom he first married and mentioned her name at the time of pronouncing the terms, is permissible.

She deserves inheritance and she must complete waiting period; but if he had gone to bed with the woman who was named and mentioned after the mention of the first woman, her marriage is invalid, she does not deserve inheritance and mahr (dower), but she must complete the waiting period.’” ضعيف - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (0/191))