1. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad and Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad and Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father all from ibn Mahbub from abu Ayyub and ‘Abd Allah ibn Bukayr from Muhammad ibn Muslim who has narrated the following: “Abu Ja’far (a.s.), has said, ’If a deceased leaves behind his father and mother or his son or his daughter, if one of these four people is left behind, they are not of those about whom Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, has said, “Say, Allah gives you a fatwa about Kalalah (burdensome people).’””

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

2. Humayd ibn Ziyad has narrated from al-Hassan ibn Muhammad ibn Sama‘ah, from Ali ibn Ribat from Hamzah ibn Humran who has narrated the following: “I once asked abu ’Abd Allah (a.s.), about Kalalah. He (the Imam) said, ‘One who is not a son or a father.’”

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

3. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father and Muhammad ibn ’Isma‘il has narrated from al-Fadl ibn Shadhan all from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Hajjaj who has narrated the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘Kalalah (burdensome people) is one who is not a son or a father.’”

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