عَلِيُّ بْنُ مَهْزِيَارَ قَالَ:
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قُلْتُ رَوَى بَعْضُ مَوَالِيكَ عَنْ آبَائِكَ ع أَنَّ كُلَّ وَقْفٍ إِلَى وَقْتٍ مَعْلُومٍ فَهُوَ وَاجِبٌ عَلَى الْوَرَثَةِ وَ كُلَّ وَقْفٍ إِلَى غَيْرِ وَقْتٍ مَعْلُومٍ جَهْلٌ مَجْهُولٌ بَاطِلٌ مَرْدُودٌ عَلَى الْوَرَثَةِ وَ أَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ بِقَوْلِ آبَائِكَ فَكَتَبَ ع هُوَ عِنْدِي كَذَا.
Read English translationHide English translationMuhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn
31. Ali ibn Mahziyar has said: “I asked him (the Imam) (a.s.), that certain ones of your Mawali (friends or slaves) have narrated from your ancestors the following. ‘All endowments for a known period of time are binding upon the heirs, and all endowments for an unknown period of time are unknown, confusing and invalid that must be returned to the heirs. You know best the words of your ancestors.’ He (the Imam) (a.s.), wrote the answer that said, ‘It, with me, is as such.’” (Apparently he (the Imam) left it unexplained.)
Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.
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1- صحيحAllamah Baqir al-MajlisiMirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (3/61)
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[2]قال المجلسيّ الأول- رحمه اللّه-: اي كان مراد الراوي التفسير فتركه لمصلحة كما كانت في المكاتبات غالبا، و ان كان مراده السؤال عن صحة الخبر فالجواب ظاهر.ص 36