Hadith record

7. Humayd ibn Ziyad has narrated from al-Husayn ibn Muhammad ibn Sama‘ah from ‘Abd Allah ibn Jabalah from ‘Abd Allah ibn Bukayr from Hamzah ibn Humran from ‘Abd al-Hamid al-Ta'iyy from ‘Abd Allah ibn Muhriz the cap seller, who has narrated the following: “A man made a will about five hundred dirhams or six hundred dirhams, leaving behind his daughter, and told me that his paternal relatives are in the Levant. I asked Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about it and he (the Imam) said, ‘Give one-half to his daughter and the other half to his paternal relatives.’ When I returned to al-Kufah, I told our people about it and they said that he (the Imam) has said so because of taqiyyah (fear). I then gave the other half to his daughter; then I went for al-Hajj and visited Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.). I informed him (the Imam) about what our people had said and that I have given the other half also to his daughter. He (the Imam) said, ‘You have done good. I gave the fatwa that I did because of fear for you from the paternal relatives.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.