1. Humayd ibn Ziyad has narrated from al-Hassan ibn Muhammad ibn Sama‘ah and a number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad and Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad all from ibn Mahbub from abu Ayyub al-Khazzaz who has narrated the following: “Abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that it is in the book of Ali (a.s.), that every relative is like the kinship and womb that has established such relation unless there is one who is closer to the deceased than him who then becomes a barrier.’”

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

2. Ibn Mahbub from Hammad abu Yusuf al-Khazzaz from Sulayman ibn Khalid who has narrated the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that ’ Amir al-Mu’minin would say, ‘An heir who has an ordained share is more deserving of the legacy.’”

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

3. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from Yunus from a man who has narrated the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘When relations overlay each other then the earliest is more deserving of legacy of his relative, and if they are equal then each one takes the place of one who is close to him.’”

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