Al-Kāfi - The Book of Marriage

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Marriage Chapter: Permissible Time Length َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنِ ابْنِ بُكَيْرٍ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ قَالَ قُلْتُ لَهُ هَلْ يَجُوزُ أَنْ يَتَ٠َتَّعَ الرَّجُلُ بِالْ٠َرْأَةِ سَاعَةً أَوْ سَاعَتَيْنِ فَقَالَ السَّاعَةُ وَالسَّاعَتَانِ لا يُوقَفُ عَلَى حَدِّهِ٠َا وَلَكِنَّ الْعَرْدَ وَالْعَرْدَيْنِ وَالْيَوْ٠َيْنِ وَاللَّيْلَةَ وَأَشْبَاهَ ذَلِكَ.

He (the Imam) said, ‘Sa‘ah or Sa‘ahtayn are not definite, however, they can set it as once or twice going to bed or one or two days and nights or similar things.’” وثق - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (0/245))