Chapter on Revoking a Bequest

Hadith.5458 - Muhammad ibn Abi Umayr narrated from Bukayr ibn Aʿyan from Ubayd ibn Zurarah, who said: I heard Abu Abdullah Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) say: "The one making a will has the right to revoke it, whether he is in good health or ill."

Translation: Bab Ul Qaim Publications — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

Hadith.5459 - Yunus ibn Abd Al-Rahman narrated from Abdullah ibn Muskan from Abu Abdullah Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as), who said: "The Commander of the Faithful (as) ruled that the manumitted slave (Al-mudabbar) is to be freed from one-third of the estate. A man has the right to revoke his will, to add to it or reduce from it, as long as he has not passed away."

Translation: Bab Ul Qaim Publications — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

Hadith.5460 - In the narration of Yunus ibn Abd Al-Rahman with his chain of transmission, Imam Ali ibn Al-Hussain (as) said: "A man has the right to alter his will. He may free the one he had initially ordered to be owned, and he may grant ownership to the one he had initially ordered to be freed. He may give to the one he had previously deprived and deprive the one he had previously granted, as long as he has not retracted from his decision."

Translation: Bab Ul Qaim Publications — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.