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سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ نَصْرَانِيٍّ مَاتَ وَ لَهُ ابْنُ أَخٍ مُسْلِمٌ وَ ابْنُ أُخْتٍ مُسْلِمٌ وَ لِلنَّصْرَانِيِّ أَوْلَادٌ وَ زَوْجَةٌ نَصَارَى قَالَ فَقَالَ أَرَى أَنْ يُعْطَى ابْنُ أَخِيهِ الْمُسْلِمُ ثُلُثَيْ مَا تَرَكَ وَ يُعْطَى ابْنُ أُخْتِهِ ثُلُثَ مَا تَرَكَ إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ وُلْدٌ صِغَارٌ فَإِنْ كَانَ لَهُ وُلْدٌ صِغَارٌ فَإِنَّ عَلَى الْوَارِثَيْنِ أَنْ يُنْفِقَا عَلَى الصِّغَارِ مِمَّا وَرِثَا مِنْ أَبِيهِ

“I once asked abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of a Christian man who has died. The son of his brother is a Muslim and a son of his sister is a Muslim. The Christian man has children and a Christian wife. He (the Imam) said, ’Two-thirds of his legacy must be given to the son of his brother. One-third must be give

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ مُسْلِمٍ مَاتَ وَ لَهُ أُمٌّ نَصْرَانِيَّةٌ وَ لَهُ زَوْجَةٌ وَ وُلْدٌ مُسْلِمُونَ قَالَ فَقَالَ إِنْ أَسْلَمَتْ أُمُّهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُقْسَمَ مِيرَاثُهُ أُعْطِيَتِ السُّدُسَ قُلْتُ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ امْرَأَةٌ وَ لَا وُلْدٌ وَ لَا وَارِثٌ لَهُ سَهْمٌ فِي الْكِتَابِ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَ أُمُّهُ نَصْرَانِيَّةٌ وَ لَهُ قَرَابَةٌ نَصَارَى مِمَّنْ لَهُ سَهْمٌ فِي الْكِتَابِ لَوْ كَانُوا مُسْل

“I once asked abu Ja‘far (a.s.), about the case of a Muslim man who has died and his mother is a Christian. He has a wife and Muslim children. He (the Imam) said, ‘If his mother becomes a Muslim before the legacy is distributed, she receives one-sixth.’ I then asked, ‘What happens if he does not have a wife and childre

إِنَّ عَلِيّاً ع كَانَ يَقْضِي فِي الْمَوَارِيثِ فِيمَا أَدْرَكَ الْإِسْلَامَ مِنْ مَالِ مُشْرِكٍ تَرَكَهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ قُسِمَ قَبْلَ الْإِسْلَامِ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَجْعَلُ لِلنِّسَاءِ وَ الرِّجَالِ حُظُوظَهُمْ مِنْهُ عَلَى كِتَابِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ سُنَّةِ نَبِيِّهِ ص.

1. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad, a number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad, and Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father all from ibn Mahbub from ibn Ri’ab from abu Hamzah who has narrated the following: “Abu Ja’far (a.s.), has said that Ali (a.s.), once issued a judgment.

قَضَى أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع فِي الْمَوَارِيثِ مَا أَدْرَكَ الْإِسْلَامَ مِنْ مَالِ مُشْرِكٍ لَمْ يُقْسَمْ فَإِنَّ لِلنِّسَاءِ حُظُوظَهُنَّ مِنْهُ‌[1]. - عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ يُونُسَ قَالَ: إِنَّ أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ وَ الْمَجُوسَ يَرِثُونَ وَ يُورَثُونَ مِيرَاثَ الْإِسْلَامِ مِنْ وَجْهِ الْقَرَابَةِ الَّتِي تَجُوزُ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ وَ يَبْطُلُ مَا سِوَى ذَلِكَ مِنْ و

“Abu Ja’far (a.s.), has said that Ali (a.s.), issued judgment. It was in the case of those who became Muslims and the pagans of the legacy of pagans, which was not distributed before his becoming a Muslim. It gave such men and women their shares according to the book of Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, and the Sunn

قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع‌ لَوْ أَنَّ رَجُلًا ذِمِّيّاً أَسْلَمَ وَ أَبُوهُ حَيٌّ وَ لِأَبِيهِ وَلَدٌ غَيْرُهُ ثُمَّ مَاتَ الْأَبُ وَرِثَهُ الْمُسْلِمُ جَمِيعَ مَالِهِ وَ لَمْ يَرِثْهُ وَلَدُهُ وَ لَا امْرَأَتُهُ مَعَ الْمُسْلِمِ شَيْئاً.

“’Amir al-Mu’minin (a.s.), has said, ’If a Dhimmiy (taxpayer) becomes a Muslim when his father is living who has children besides him, then the father dies, the Muslim inherits all of his legacy and his other children and wife do not inherit anything with a Muslim.’”

كَانَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع يَقُولُ‌ فِي الرَّجُلِ الْحُرِّ يَمُوتُ وَ لَهُ أُمٌّ مَمْلُوكَةٌ قَالَ تُشْتَرَى مِنْ مَالِ ابْنِهَا ثُمَّ تُعْتَقُ ثُمَّ يُوَرِّثُهَا.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that ’ Amir al-Mu’minin, about the case of a free man who dies leaving behind his mother who is owned by someone, has said that she is bought with money from the legacy of her son, then is set free and then she is made to inherit him.’”

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ‌ فِي رَجُلٍ تُوُفِّيَ وَ تَرَكَ مَالًا وَ لَهُ أُمٌّ مَمْلُوكَةٌ قَالَ تُشْتَرَى أُمُّهُ وَ تُعْتَقُ ثُمَّ يُدْفَعُ إِلَيْهَا بَقِيَّةُ الْمَالِ.

“About the case of a man who dies leaving behind a certain amount of assets and a mother who is owned by someone, I once heard abu ’Abd Allah (a.s.), saying, ‘His mother is bought, then the rest of the legacy is given to her.”’

إِذَا مَاتَ الرَّجُلُ وَ تَرَكَ أَبَاهُ وَ هُوَ مَمْلُوكٌ أَوْ أُمَّهُ وَ هِيَ مَمْلُوكَةٌ وَ الْمَيِّتُ حُرٌّ اشْتُرِيَ مِمَّا تَرَكَ أَبُوهُ أَوْ قَرَابَتُهُ وَ وَرِثَ مَا بَقِيَ مِنَ الْمَالِ.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘When a man dies leaving behind his father who is owned by someone or his mother who is owned by someone and the deceased is free, with his legacy, his father or relative is bought who then is made to inherit the remaining of the legacy.’”

كَانَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع يَقُولُ‌ فِي الرَّجُلِ الْحُرِّ يَمُوتُ وَ لَهُ أُمٌّ مَمْلُوكَةٌ قَالَ تُشْتَرَى مِنْ مَالِ ابْنِهَا ثُمَّ تُعْتَقُ ثُمَّ يُوَرِّثُهَا.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that about the case of a free man who dies and leaves behind his mother who is owned by someone, Amir al-Mu’minin would say, ‘She is bought with the legacy of her son, then is set free and made to inherit her son.’”

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ مَاتَ وَ تَرَكَ مَالًا كَثِيراً وَ تَرَكَ أُمّاً مَمْلُوكَةً وَ أُخْتاً مَمْلُوكَةً[1] قَالَ تُشْتَرَيَانِ مِنْ مَالِ الْمَيِّتِ ثُمَّ تُعْتَقَانِ وَ تُوَرَّثَانِ قُلْتُ أَ رَأَيْتَ إِنْ أَبَى أَهْلُ الْجَارِيَةِ كَيْفَ يُصْنَعُ قَالَ لَيْسَ لَهُمْ ذَلِكَ وَ يُقَوَّمَانِ قِيمَةَ عَدْلٍ ثُمَّ يُعْطَى مَا لَهُمْ عَلَى قَدْرِ الْقِيمَةِ قُلْتُ أَ رَأَيْتَ لَوْ أَنَّهُمَا اشْتُرِيَا ثُمَّ أُعْتِقَا

“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of a man who dies leaving behind a large amount of assets, a mother and a sister who are owned by someone. He (the Imam) said, ‘They are bought with the assets of the deceased, set free and made to inherit him.’ I then asked, ‘What happens if the people of the slave-g

قَضَى أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع فِي الرَّجُلِ يَمُوتُ وَ لَهُ أُمٌّ مَمْلُوكَةٌ وَ لَهُ مَالٌ- أَنْ تُشْتَرَى أُمُّهُ مِنْ مَالِهِ وَ تُدْفَعَ إِلَيْهَا بَقِيَّةُ الْمَالِ إِذَا لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ ذُو قَرَابَةٍ لَهُمْ سَهْمٌ فِي الْكِتَابِ‌[1].

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has stated this about the judgment of ’ Amir al-Mu’minin. It is about the case of a man who dies leaving behind a mother, who is owned by someone and a certain amount of assets. He (the Imam) has said, ‘His mother must be bought with his legacy and the rest of the legacy must be given to her, if

يَرِثُهُ ابْنُ ابْنِهَا الْحُرُّ. بَابٌ‌

1. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from al-Hassan ibn Mahbub from abu Ayyub from Mehzam who has narrated the following: “About the case of a slave who is a Muslim and has a Christian mother and a free son, it was asked what happens if the mother of the slave dies leaving a certain amount of asse

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ع عَنْ رَجُلٍ كَانَتْ لَهُ أُمٌّ مَمْلُوكَةٌ فَلَمَّا حَضَرَتْهُ الْوَفَاةُ انْطَلَقَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا فَاشْتَرَى أُمَّهُ وَ اشْتَرَطَ عَلَيْهَا أَنِّي أَشْتَرِيكِ وَ أُعْتِقُكِ فَإِذَا مَاتَ ابْنُكِ فُلَانُ بْنُ فُلَانٍ فَوَرِثْتِهِ أَعْطِينِي نِصْفَ مَا تَرِثِينَ عَلَى أَنْ تُعْطِينِي بِذَلِكِ عَهْدَ اللَّهِ وَ عَهْدَ رَسُولِهِ فَرَضِيَتْ بِذَلِكَ فَأَعْطَتْهُ عَهْدَ اللَّهِ وَ عَهْد

“I once asked abu Ja‘far (a.s.), about the case of a man who had a mother who was owned by someone. When it was the time of his death a certain person of our people went and bought his mother. He set the condition that he buys her and sets her free; if after the death of her son so and so, son of so and so, when she wi

إِنْ كَانَ اشْتُرِطَ عَلَيْهِ أَنَّهُ إِنْ عَجَزَ فَهُوَ مَمْلُوكٌ رَجَعَ ابْنُهُ مَمْلُوكاً وَ الْجَارِيَةُ وَ إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنِ اشْتُرِطَ عَلَيْهِ ذَلِكَ أَدَّى ابْنُهُ مَا بَقِيَ مِنْ مُكَاتَبَتِهِ وَ وَرِثَ مَا بَقِيَ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hammad, from Al Halby and Abdullah Bin Sinan, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws regarding a contracted man who died and had paid off some of his contracted amount, and for him was a son from his slave girl. He asws said: ‘If there was a condition up

أَهْلُ الْمِيرَاثِ لَا يَرِثُ وَ لَا نُجِيزُ وَصِيَّتَهَا لَهُ لِأَنَّهُ مُكَاتَبٌ لَمْ يُعْتَقْ وَ لَا يَرِثُ فَقَضَى أَنَّهُ يَرِثُ بِحِسَابِ مَا أُعْتِقَ مِنْهُ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Najran and Muhammad Bin Isa, from Yunus, altogether from Aasim Bin Humeyd, from Muhammad Bin Qays, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far asws regarding a contracted man, under whom was a free wife, so she bequeathed during her death with a bequest. So he asws said: ‘The p

سُئِلَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ رَجُلٍ مُكَاتَبٍ مَاتَ وَ لَمْ يُؤَدِّ مُكَاتَبَتَهُ وَ تَرَكَ مَالًا وَ وَلَداً قَالَ إِنْ كَانَ سَيِّدُهُ حِينَ كَاتَبَهُ اشْتَرَطَ عَلَيْهِ إِنْ عَجَزَ عَنْ‌ نَجْمٍ مِنْ نُجُومِهِ فَهُوَ رَدٌّ فِي الرِّقِّ وَ كَانَ قَدْ عَجَزَ عَنْ نَجْمٍ فَمَا تَرَكَ مِنْ شَيْ‌ءٍ فَهُوَ لِسَيِّدِهِ وَ ابْنُهُ رَدٌّ فِي الرِّقِّ إِنْ كَانَ لَهُ وَلَدٌ قَبْلَ الْمُكَاتَبَةِ وَ إِنْ كَانَ كَاتَبَهُ

A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad and Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al Hassan Bin Mahboub, from Malik Bin Atiyya who said, ‘Abu Abdullah asws was asked about a contracted man who died and had not paid off his contractual amount, and left wealth and children. He asws said: ‘If his maste

قُلْتُ لَهُ مُكَاتَبٌ اشْتَرَى نَفْسَهُ وَ خَلَّفَ مَالًا قِيمَتُهُ مِائَةُ أَلْفٍ وَ لَا وَارِثَ لَهُ قَالَ يَرِثُهُ مَنْ يَلِي جَرِيرَتَهُ قَالَ قُلْتُ مَنِ الضَّامِنُ لِجَرِيرَتِهِ قَالَ الضَّامِنُ لِجَرَائِرِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ‌[1].

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ismail Bin marrar, from Yunus, from Abdullah Bin Sinan, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws , said, ‘I said to him asws , ‘A contracted slave bought himself, and left wealth of his price, a hundred thousand, and there was no inheritor for him’. He asws said: ‘He would in

سَأَلَ خَطَّابٌ الْأَعْوَرُ أَبَا إِبْرَاهِيمَ ع وَ أَنَا جَالِسٌ فَقَالَ إِنَّهُ كَانَ عِنْدَ أَبِي أَجِيرٌ يَعْمَلُ عِنْدَهُ بِالْأَجْرِ فَفَقَدْنَاهُ وَ بَقِيَ لَهُ مِنْ أَجْرِهِ شَيْ‌ءٌ وَ لَا نَعْرِفُ لَهُ وَارِثاً قَالَ فَاطْلُبُوهُ قَالَ قَدْ طَلَبْنَاهُ فَلَمْ نَجِدْهُ قَالَ فَقَالَ مَسَاكِينُ وَ حَرَّكَ يَدَيْهِ قَالَ فَأَعَادَ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ اطْلُبْ وَ اجْهَدْ فَإِنْ قَدَرْتَ عَلَيْهِ وَ إِلَّا فَهُوَ كَسَب

“Khattab al-A‘war asked abu Ibrahim (a.s.), when I was sitting, ‘A man worked on hire with my father and we lost him. A certain amount from his wages was left with us and we did not know any of his heirs. He (the Imam) said, ‘You must search for him.’ He said, ‘We searched but did not find him.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘De

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ الثَّانِيَ ع- عَنْ دَارٍ كَانَتْ لِامْرَأَةٍ وَ كَانَ لَهَا ابْنٌ وَ ابْنَةٌ فَغَابَ الِابْنُ بِالْبَحْرِ وَ مَاتَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ فَادَّعَتِ ابْنَتُهَا أَنَّ أُمَّهَا كَانَتْ صَيَّرَتْ هَذِهِ الدَّارَ لَهَا وَ بَاعَتْ أَشْقَاصاً[2] مِنْهَا وَ بَقِيَتْ فِي الدَّارِ قِطْعَةٌ إِلَى جَنْبِ دَارِ رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا وَ هُوَ يَكْرَهُ أَنْ يَشْتَرِيَهَا لِغَيْبَةِ الِابْنِ وَ مَا يَتَخَوَّفُ مِنْ

“I once asked abu Ja’far (a.s.), about the case of a house that belongs to a woman who had a son and a daughter. Her son disappeared in the ocean, the woman died and the daughter claimed that her mother had given the house to her and she sold certain parts of it. One portion was left next to the house of a man of our p

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ كَانَ لَهُ وُلْدٌ فَغَابَ بَعْضُ وُلْدِهِ وَ لَمْ يَدْرِ أَيْنَ هُوَ وَ مَاتَ الرَّجُلُ كَيْفَ يُصْنَعُ بِمِيرَاثِ الْغَائِبِ مِنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ يُعْزَلُ حَتَّى يَجِي‌ءَ قُلْتُ فُقِدَ الرَّجُلُ فَلَمْ يَجِئْ فَقَالَ إِنْ كَانَ وَرَثَةُ الرَّجُلِ مِلَاءً بِمَالِهِ‌[3] اقْتَسَمُوهُ بَيْنَهُمْ فَإِذَا جَاءَ رَدُّوهُ عَلَيْهِ. - عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ

“I once asked him (the Imam) (a.s.), about the case of a man who had several sons, of whom one disappeared and he did not know where he was. The man died. What must be done with the share of the legacy for the son who has disappeared? He (the Imam) said, ‘It must be kept aside until he comes? I then said, ‘The man is l

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ كَانَ لَهُ وُلْدٌ فَغَابَ بَعْضُ وُلْدِهِ وَ لَمْ يَدْرِ أَيْنَ هُوَ وَ مَاتَ الرَّجُلُ فَأَيُّ شَيْ‌ءٍ يُصْنَعُ بِمِيرَاثِ الرَّجُلِ الْغَائِبِ مِنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ يُعْزَلُ حَتَّى يَجِي‌ءَ قُلْتُ فَعَلَى مَالِهِ زَكَاةٌ قَالَ لَا حَتَّى يَجِي‌ءَ قُلْتُ فَإِذَا جَاءَ يُزَكِّيهِ قَالَ لَا حَتَّى يَحُولَ عَلَيْهِ الْحَوْلُ فِي يَدِهِ فَقُلْتُ فُقِدَ الرَّجُلُ فَلَمْ يَجِئْ قَالَ إِنْ كَانَ وَرَثَة

“I once asked abu al-Hassan, al-Awwal (a.s.), about the case of a man who has several sons, of whom one disappeared and he did not know where he was. The man died. What must be done with his share of legacy from his father? He (the Imam) said, ‘It must be kept aside until he comes? I then asked if there is Zakat on his

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ‌ فِي السِّقْطِ إِذَا سَقَطَ مِنْ بَطْنِ أُمِّهِ فَتَحَرَّكَ تَحَرُّكاً بَيِّناً يَرِثُ وَ يُورَثُ فَإِنَّهُ رُبَّمَا كَانَ أَخْرَسَ‌[1].

“I once heard abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), saying, ‘If a miscarried child falls off the womb of his mother and moves with clear movement, he inherits and is inherited; perhaps he is speechless so that he did not cry.’”

قَالَ وُلِدَ عَلَى عَهْدِ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع مَوْلُودٌ لَهُ رَأْسَانِ وَ صَدْرَانِ فِي حَقْوٍ[3] وَاحِدٍ فَسُئِلَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع يُوَرَّثُ مِيرَاثَ اثْنَيْنِ أَوْ وَاحِدٍ فَقَالَ يُتْرَكُ حَتَّى يَنَامَ ثُمَّ يُصَاحُ بِهِ فَإِنِ انْتَبَهَا جَمِيعاً مَعاً كَانَ لَهُ مِيرَاثُ وَاحِدٍ وَ إِنِ انْتَبَهَ وَاحِدٌ وَ بَقِيَ الْآخَرُ نَائِماً يُوَرَّثُ مِيرَاثَ اثْنَيْنِ. - عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that in the time of ’ Amir al-Mu’minin a child was bom with two heads and two chests on one groin. ’ Amir al-Mu’minin was asked about it; if the child receives inheritance for one or for two. He (the Imam) said, ‘The child must be allowed to sleep then called to wake up. If both wake up

كَانَ عَلِيٌّ ع يَقُولُ‌ إِذَا مَاتَ ابْنُ الْمُلَاعَنَةِ وَ لَهُ إِخْوَةٌ قُسِمَ مَالُهُ عَلَى سِهَامِ اللَّهِ.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that ’Amir al-Mu’minin has said, ‘If a child whose parents have condemned each other dies, leaving behind brothers, his legacy is distributed among them according to the shares that Allah has ordained.’”

أَنَّ مِيرَاثَ وَلَدِ الْمُلَاعَنَةِ لِأُمِّهِ فَإِنْ كَانَتْ أُمُّهُ لَيْسَتْ بِحَيَّةٍ فَلِأَقْرَبِ النَّاسِ إِلَى أُمِّهِ أَخْوَالِهِ. - مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ بَكْرٍ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع‌ مِثْلَهُ.

“Abu Ja‘far (a.s.), has said the legacy of a child from parents who condemn each other belongs to his mother if she is living and if she is not living then it belongs to the people nearest to her, like maternal uncle.’” Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Ali ibn al-Hakam from Musa ibn Bakr fro

فِي الْمُلَاعِنِ إِنْ أَكْذَبَ نَفْسَهُ قَبْلَ اللِّعَانِ رُدَّتْ إِلَيْهِ امْرَأَتُهُ وَ ضُرِبَ الْحَدَّ وَ إِنْ أَبَى لَاعَنَ وَ لَمْ تَحِلَّ لَهُ أَبَداً وَ إِنْ قَذَفَ رَجُلٌ امْرَأَتَهُ كَانَ عَلَيْهِ الْحَدُّ وَ إِنْ مَاتَ وَلَدُهُ وَرِثَهُ أَخْوَالُهُ فَإِنِ ادَّعَاهُ أَبُوهُ لَحِقَ بِهِ وَ إِنْ مَاتَ وَرِثَهُ الِابْنُ وَ لَمْ يَرِثْهُ الْأَبُ.

“This is about the case of a man who decides to proceed with condemnation. He then calls himself as lying before the process of condemnation. Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘His woman is returned to him, he is made to suffer the applicable penalty; but if he refuses and proceeds with condemnation process she will nev

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ وَلَدِ الْمُلَاعَنَةِ مَنْ يَرِثُهُ قَالَ أُمُّهُ فَقُلْتُ إِنْ مَاتَتْ أُمُّهُ مَنْ يَرِثُهُ قَالَ أَخْوَالُهُ.

“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of a child of Mula‘anah and about who inherits such a child. He (the Imam) said, ‘The mother inherits the legacy of such child.’ I then asked, ‘Who inherits such child if the mother dies?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘The maternal uncle inherits the legacy of such child.’”

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ رَجُلٍ لَاعَنَ امْرَأَتَهُ وَ انْتَفَى مِنْ وَلَدِهَا ثُمَّ أَكْذَبَ نَفْسَهُ بَعْدَ الْمُلَاعَنَةِ وَ زَعَمَ أَنَّ وَلَدَهَا وَلَدُهُ هَلْ تُرَدُّ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ لَا وَ لَا كَرَامَةَ لَا تُرَدُّ عَلَيْهِ وَ لَا تَحِلُّ لَهُ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ قَالَ وَ سَأَلْتُهُ مَنْ يَرِثُ الْوَلَدَ قَالَ أُمُّهُ فَقُلْتُ‌ أَ رَأَيْتَ إِنْ مَاتَتِ الْأُمُّ فَوَرِثَهَا الْغُلَامُ ثُمَّ مَا

“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of a man who forms Mula ‘anah against his wife and rejects her child; then calls himself lying after forming Mula ‘anah and thinks that her child is his child if she is returned to him. He (the Imam) said, ‘No, and it is not honorable. She is not returned to him and i

كَانَ عَلِيٌّ ع يَقُولُ‌ إِذَا مَاتَ ابْنُ الْمُلَاعَنَةِ وَ لَهُ إِخْوَةٌ قُسِمَ مَالُهُ عَلَى سِهَامِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that ’Amir al-Mu’minin would say if the child of Mula‘anah dies and has brothers the legacy is distributed among them according to the shares ordained by Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious.’”

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ رَجُلٍ لَاعَنَ امْرَأَتَهُ وَ هِيَ حُبْلَى فَلَمَّا وَضَعَتْ ادَّعَى وَلَدَهَا وَ أَقَرَّ بِهِ وَ زَعَمَ أَنَّهُ مِنْهُ قَالَ يُرَدُّ إِلَيْهِ وَلَدُهُ وَ لَا يَرِثُهُ وَ لَا يُجْلَدُ لِأَنَّ اللِّعَانَ قَدْ مَضَى.

“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of a man who forms Mula ‘anah against his wife when she is pregnant. When the child is born, he claims her child with confession and thinks that the child is his child. He (the Imam) said, ‘The child is returned to him but cannot inherit his legacy and he is not whipp

فِي رَجُلٍ لَاعَنَ امْرَأَتَهُ وَ انْتَفَى مِنْ وَلَدِهَا ثُمَّ أَكْذَبَ نَفْسَهُ بَعْدَ الْمُلَاعَنَةِ وَ زَعَمَ أَنَّ الْوَلَدَ لَهُ هَلْ يُرَدُّ إِلَيْهِ وَلَدُهُ قَالَ نَعَمْ يُرَدُّ إِلَيْهِ وَ لَا أَدَعُ وَلَدَهُ لَيْسَ لَهُ مِيرَاثٌ وَ أَمَّا الْمَرْأَةُ فَلَا تَحِلُّ لَهُ أَبَداً فَسَأَلْتُهُ مَنْ يَرِثُ الْوَلَدَ قَالَ أَخْوَالُهُ قُلْتُ أَ رَأَيْتَ إِنْ مَاتَتْ أُمُّهُ فَوَرِثَهَا الْغُلَامُ ثُمَّ مَاتَ الْ

“About the case of a man who forms Mula ‘anah against his wife and denies her child, then calls himself a liar after forming Mula ‘anah and thinks that the child is his child; if the child can be returned to him, abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘The child is returned to him. The child is not called his child, he does

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ لَاعَنَ امْرَأَتَهُ قَالَ يَلْحَقُ الْوَلَدُ بِأُمِّهِ وَ يَرِثُهُ أَخْوَالُهُ وَ لَا يَرِثُهُمْ فَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الرَّجُلِ إِنْ أَكْذَبَ نَفْسَهُ قَالَ يَلْحَقُ بِهِ الْوَلَدُ.

‘The child is joined with his mother and his maternal uncle inherits his legacy but he cannot inherit them. I then asked, ‘What happens if he calls himself a liar?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘The child is joined with him.’”

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ وَلَدِ الْمُلَاعَنَةِ إِذَا تَلَاعَنَا وَ تَفَرَّقَا وَ قَالَ زَوْجُهَا بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ الْوَلَدُ وَلَدِي وَ أَكْذَبَ نَفْسَهُ قَالَ أَمَّا الْمَرْأَةُ فَلَا تَرْجِعُ إِلَيْهِ وَ لَكِنْ أَرُدُّ إِلَيْهِ الْوَلَدَ وَ لَا أَدَعُ وَلَدَهُ لَيْسَ لَهُ مِيرَاثٌ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَدَّعِهِ أَبُوهُ فَإِنَّ أَخْوَالَهُ يَرِثُونَهُ وَ لَا يَرِثُهُمْ فَإِنْ دَعَاهُ أَحَدٌ بِابْنِ الزَّانِيَةِ جُلِدَ الْحَدَّ. قَالَ الْ

“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of a man who forms Mula ‘anah against his wife, then they separate from each other. The husband thereafter says that the child is his child and he calls himself a liar. He (the Imam) said, ‘The woman cannot return to him but the child must be joined with him; he canno

ابْنُ الْمُلَاعَنَةِ تَرِثُهُ أُمُّهُ الثُّلُثَ وَ الْبَاقِي لِإِمَامِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ لِأَنَّ جِنَايَتَهُ عَلَى الْإِمَامِ‌[1]. بَابٌ‌

“Abu Ja’far (a.s.), has said, The child involved in Mula‘anah (condemnation) of parents is inherited by his mother with a share of one-third and the rest of the legacy belongs to the Imam of the Muslims; the liability for his crime becomes a burden on the Imam.”’

كَتَبَ بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِنَا إِلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ الثَّانِي ع مَعِي يَسْأَلُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ فَجَرَ بِامْرَأَةٍ ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ تَزَوَّجَهَا بَعْدَ الْحَمْلِ فَجَاءَتْ بِوَلَدٍ وَ هُوَ أَشْبَهُ خَلْقِ اللَّهِ بِهِ فَكَتَبَ بِخَطِّهِ وَ خَاتَمِهِ الْوَلَدُ لِغَيَّةٍ لَا يُورَثُ. - عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ يُونُسَ قَالَ: مِيرَاثُ وَلَدِ الزِّنَا لِقَرَابَاتِهِ مِنْ قِبَلِ أُمِّهِ عَلَى نَحْوِ

4. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Ali ibn Mahziyar from Muhammad ibn al-Hassan al-Ash‘ariy who has narrated the following: “Once certain persons of our people with me wrote to abu Ja’far, al-Thaniy (a.s.), asking about a man who commits the indecent act with a woman; then marries her afte

إِنَّ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ أَتَى أَبِي فَقَالَ لَهُ إِنِّي ابْتُلِيتُ بِأَمْرٍ عَظِيمٍ إِنَّ لِي جَارِيَةً كُنْتُ أَطَأُهَا فَوَطِئْتُهَا يَوْماً وَ خَرَجْتُ فِي حَاجَةٍ لِي بَعْدَ مَا اغْتَسَلْتُ مِنْهَا وَ نَسِيتُ نَفَقَةً لِي فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَى الْمَنْزِلِ لآِخُذَهَا فَوَجَدْتُ غُلَامِي عَلَى بَطْنِهَا فَعَدَدْتُ لَهَا مِنْ يَوْمِي ذَلِكَ تِسْعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ فَوَلَدَتْ جَارِيَةً قَالَ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبِي لَا يَنْب

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that once a man from al-Ansar (people of al-Madinah) came to my father and said, ‘I am facing a huge problem. I have a slave-girl and I would go to bed with her. One day I went to bed with her, then went out for a certain work after taking Ghusl (bath); but I had forgotten something so

دَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ وَ سَلَّمْتُ وَ قُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ مَا تَقُولُ فِي رَجُلٍ مَاتَ وَ لَيْسَ لَهُ وَارِثٌ إِلَّا أَخٌ لَهُ مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ يَرِثُهُ قَالَ نَعَمْ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي عَنْ جَدِّي أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص قَالَ مَنْ شَرِبَ مِنْ لَبَنِنَا أَوْ أَرْضَعَ لَنَا وَلَداً فَنَحْنُ آبَاؤُهُ‌[1].

“I once visited abu al-Hassan al-Rida’ (a.s.). I offered greeting of peace and asked saying, ‘I pray to Allah to keep my soul in service for your cause. What do you say about the case of a man who dies and has no other heirs except a brother who is due to breastfeeding; can he inherit him? He (the Imam) said, ‘Yes, my

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ع عَنْ رَجُلٍ كَانَ عَلَيْهِ عِتْقُ رَقَبَةٍ فَمَاتَ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ يُعْتِقَ رَقَبَةً فَانْطَلَقَ ابْنُهُ فَابْتَاعَ رَجُلًا مِنْ كَسْبِهِ فَأَعْتَقَهُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَ إِنَّ الْمُعْتَقَ أَصَابَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ مَالًا ثُمَّ مَاتَ وَ تَرَكَهُ لِمَنْ يَكُونُ مِيرَاثُهُ قَالَ فَقَالَ إِنْ كَانَتِ الرَّقَبَةُ الَّتِي عَلَى أَبِيهِ فِي ظِهَارٍ أَوْ شُكْرٍ أَوْ وَاجِبَةً عَلَيْهِ فَإِنَّ الْمُعْتَقَ‌

“I once asked abu Ja’far (a.s.), about the case of a man who owed the freeing of a slave but he died before freeing a slave. His son then went to buy a man from his earnings and set him free on behalf of his father; the freed man earned an asset and then died; and about to whom belongs his legacy? He (the Imam) said, ‘

قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع‌ حَدٌّ يُقَامُ فِي الْأَرْضِ أَزْكَى فِيهَا مِنْ مَطَرِ أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً وَ أَيَّامَهَا.

Muhammad Bin Yaqoub, from Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Muhammad Bin Isnail Bin Bazie, from Hanan Bin Sudeyr, from his father who said, Abu Ja’far asws said: ‘A Limit ( Hadd ) which is established in the earth is more purifying therein than the rain of forty nights and days’.

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‌ إِقَامَةُ حَدٍّ خَيْرٌ مِنْ مَطَرِ أَرْبَعِينَ صَبَاحاً.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Al Nowfaly, from Al Sakuny, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah saww said; ‘Establishment of the Limit ( Hadd ) is better than the rain of forty mornings’.

الرَّجْمُ حَدُّ اللَّهِ الْأَكْبَرُ وَ الْجَلْدُ حَدُّ اللَّهِ الْأَصْغَرُ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from one of his companions, from Aasim Bin Humeyd, Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘The stoning is the bigger Penalty ( Hadd ) of Allah azwj , and the lashing is the smaller Penalty ( Hadd ) of Allah azwj ’.

قَضَى أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع فِي الشَّيْخِ وَ الشَّيْخَةِ أَنْ يُجْلَدَا مِائَةً وَ قَضَى لِلْمُحْصَنِ الرَّجْمَ وَ قَضَى فِي الْبِكْرِ وَ الْبِكْرَةِ إِذَا زَنَيَا جَلْدَ مِائَةٍ وَ نَفْيَ سَنَةٍ فِي غَيْرِ مِصْرِهِمَا وَ هُمَا اللَّذَانِ قَدْ أُمْلِكَا وَ لَمْ يَدْخُلَا بِهَا.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Najran, from Aasim Bin Humeyd, from Muhammad Bin Qays, Abu Ja’far asws has said: ‘Amir Al-Momineen asws judged with regards to an old man and an old woman that they should both be whipped one hundred lashes, and judged with regards to the married man for the stoning, and j

لَا إِنَّمَا ذَاكَ عَلَى الشَّيْ‌ءِ الدَّائِمِ عِنْدَهُ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, form Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hisham and Hafs Bin Al Bakhtary, from the one who mentioned, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws regarding the man who married the temporary marriage, would he be (classified as) married?’ He asws said: ‘No. But rather that (being married) is upon the

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ‌ الْمُغِيبُ وَ الْمُغِيبَةُ لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِمَا رَجْمٌ إِلَّا أَنْ يَكُونَ الرَّجُلُ مَعَ الْمَرْأَةِ وَ الْمَرْأَةُ مَعَ الرَّجُلِ.

Ali, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Abu Ayoub Al Khazaz, from Muhammad Bin Muslim who said, ‘I heard Abu Abdullah asws saying: ‘The absent man and the absent woman, there is no stoning upon them both, except if the man happens to be with the woman, and the woman with the man’.

فِي الْعَبْدِ يَتَزَوَّجُ الْحُرَّةَ ثُمَّ يُعْتَقُ فَيُصِيبُ فَاحِشَةً قَالَ فَقَالَ لَا رَجْمَ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى يُوَاقِعَ الْحُرَّةَ بَعْدَ مَا يُعْتَقُ قُلْتُ فَلِلْحُرَّةِ عَلَيْهِ خِيَارٌ إِذَا أُعْتِقَ قَالَ لَا [قَدْ] رَضِيَتْ بِهِ وَ هُوَ مَمْلُوكٌ فَهُوَ عَلَى نِكَاحِهِ الْأَوَّلِ.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad and Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, altogether from Ibn Mahboub, from Ibn Raib, from Abu Baseer, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said regarding the slave who is married to the free woman, then is freed, so he commits immorality. So he asws said: ‘There

قَضَى أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع فِي الرَّجُلِ الَّذِي لَهُ امْرَأَةٌ بِالْبَصْرَةِ فَفَجَرَ بِالْكُوفَةِ أَنْ يُدْرَأَ عَنْهُ الرَّجْمُ وَ يُضْرَبَ حَدَّ الزَّانِي قَالَ وَ قَضَى ع فِي رَجُلٍ مَحْبُوسٍ فِي السِّجْنِ وَ لَهُ امْرَأَةٌ حُرَّةٌ فِي بَيْتِهِ فِي الْمِصْرِ وَ هُوَ لَا يَصِلُ إِلَيْهَا فَزَنَى فِي السِّجْنِ قَالَ عَلَيْهِ الْجَلْدُ وَ يُدْرَأُ عَنْهُ الرَّجْمُ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Mahboub, from Abu Ayoub, from Abu Ubeyda, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far asws having said: ‘Amir Al-Momineen asws had judged with regards to the man who had a woman for him at Al-Basra, so he committed immorality at Al-Kufa, that the stoning be staved off (eliminated)

قُلْتُ‌ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع أَخْبِرْنِي عَنِ الْغَائِبِ عَنْ أَهْلِهِ يَزْنِي هَلْ يُرْجَمُ إِذَا كَانَتْ لَهُ زَوْجَةٌ وَ هُوَ غَائِبٌ عَنْهَا قَالَ لَا يُرْجَمُ الْغَائِبُ عَنْ أَهْلِهِ وَ لَا الْمُمْلَكُ الَّذِي لَمْ يَبْنِ بِأَهْلِهِ‌[1] وَ لَا صَاحِبُ الْمُتْعَةِ قُلْتُ فَفِي أَيِّ حَدِّ سَفَرِهِ لَا يَكُونُ مُحْصَناً قَالَ إِذَا قَصَّرَ وَ أَفْطَرَ فَلَيْسَ بِمُحْصَنٍ.

Ali, from his father, form Abdul Rahman Bin Hammad, from Umar Bin Yazeed who said, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah asws , ‘Inform me about the absentee from his wife, he commits adultery, would he be stoned when there was a wife for him and he was absent from her?’ He asws said: ‘The absentee from his wife is not stoned, nor t

يُجْلَدُ الْغُلَامُ دُونَ الْحَدِّ وَ تُجْلَدُ الْمَرْأَةُ الْحَدَّ كَامِلًا قِيلَ لَهُ فَإِنْ كَانَتْ مُحْصَنَةً قَالَ لَا تُرْجَمُ لِأَنَّ الَّذِي نَكَحَهَا لَيْسَ بِمُدْرِكٍ وَ لَوْ كَانَ مُدْرِكاً رُجِمَتْ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father and Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, altogether from Ibn Mahboub, from Abu Ayoub Al Khazaz, from Suleyman Bin Khalid, from Abu Baseer, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws regarding a young boy who had not matured yet, a boy ten years of age, committed adultery with

حَدُّ الْجَلْدِ أَنْ يُوجَدَا فِي لِحَافٍ وَاحِدٍ فَالرَّجُلَانِ يُجْلَدَانِ إِذَا أُخِذَا فِي لِحَافٍ وَاحِدٍ الْحَدَّ وَ الْمَرْأَتَانِ تُجْلَدَانِ إِذَا أُخِذَتَا فِي لِحَافٍ وَاحِدٍ الْحَدَّ.

Ali Bin Ibrahim narrated to me, form his father and Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa altogether, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hammad, from Al Halby, Abu Abdullah asws having said, ‘(Apply) the Penalty ( Hadd ) of the lashing if you find two in one bed covering. So if there are two men having taken to be

سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ‌ حَدُّ الْجَلْدِ فِي الزِّنَى أَنْ يُوجَدَا فِي لِحَافٍ وَاحِدٍ وَ الرَّجُلَانِ يُوجَدَانِ فِي لِحَافٍ وَاحِدٍ وَ الْمَرْأَتَانِ تُوجَدَانِ فِي لِحَافٍ وَاحِدٍ.

Ali, from his father, from Ibn Mahboub, from Abdullah Bin Sinan, (The narrator) says, ‘I heard Abu Abdullah asws saying: ‘The Penalty ( Hadd ) of the whipping (is applied) in the adultery if you find two to be in one quilt, and the two men both found to be in one quilt, and the two women both found to be in one quilt’.