Will in Favor of Mothers of Children

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The Will and What it Must Consist of5 Executing the Will as it Requires5 Another Chapter2 Another Chapter2 A Will for Setting free Slaves, Charity or al-Hajj18 The Executor of the Will must Correct the Possible Violation of the Law in the Will2 An Executor of the Will is held Responsible for Changing a Lawful Will3 Al-Mudabbar (the Slave for whose Freedom Death of the Master is a Condition) is from One Third of the Legacy4 First the Shroud, then Debts, then Will is paid for from the Legacy3 The Will and Debts7 One Who Sets Free a Slave and He is Indebted3 The Witness for the Will7

alkafi-13143Vol. 7, p. 29

نَسَخْتُ مِنْ كِتَابٍ بِخَطِّ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ ع فُلَانٌ مَوْلَاكَ تُوُفِّيَ ابْنُ أَخٍ لَهُ وَ تَرَكَ أُمَّ وَلَدٍ لَهُ لَيْسَ لَهَا وَلَدٌ فَأَوْصَى لَهَا بِأَلْفٍ هَلْ تَجُوزُ الْوَصِيَّةُ وَ هَلْ يَقَعُ عَلَيْهَا عِتْقٌ وَ مَا حَالُهَا رَأْيُكَ فَدَتْكَ نَفْسِي فَكَتَبَ ع تُعْتَقُ فِي الثُّلُثِ وَ لَهَا الْوَصِيَّةُ.

“I once copied the following from a book with the handwriting of abu al-Hassan (a.s.). It said, ’So and so, your Maxvla’ (friend), has died leaving behind a son of his brother, a mother of his child who does not have a child but he has assigned in his will one thousand for her; if such will is lawful and if freedom app

alkafi-13144Vol. 7, p. 29

كَتَبْتُ إِلَيْهِ فِي رَجُلٍ مَاتَ وَ لَهُ أُمُّ وَلَدٍ وَ قَدْ جَعَلَ لَهَا شَيْئاً فِي حَيَاتِهِ ثُمَّ مَاتَ قَالَ فَكَتَبَ لَهَا مَا أَثَابَهَا بِهِ سَيِّدُهَا فِي حَيَاتِهِ مَعْرُوفٌ ذَلِكَ لَهَا تُقْبَلُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ شَهَادَةُ الرَّجُلِ وَ الْمَرْأَةِ وَ الْخَادِمِ غَيْرِ الْمُتَّهَمِينَ.

“I once wrote to abu al-Hassan, before this abu al-Hassan (a.s.), about the case of a man who died and left behind a mother of child for whom he willed something in his lifetime, then died. He (the Imam) wrote, ‘She can have what her master had given her in his lifetime in an acceptable manner. The testimony of both ma

alkafi-13145Vol. 7, p. 29

تُعْتَقُ فِي الثُّلُثِ وَ لَهَا الْوَصِيَّةُ.

“About the case of the mother of a child, when her master dies who has made a will for her, abu al- Hassan, al-Rida’ (a.s.), has said, ‘She becomes free in one-third and the will belongs to her.’”

alkafi-13146Vol. 7, p. 29

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع- عَنْ رَجُلٍ كَانَتْ لَهُ أُمُّ وَلَدٍ وَ لَهُ مِنْهَا غُلَامٌ فَلَمَّا حَضَرَتْهُ الْوَفَاةُ أَوْصَى لَهَا بِأَلْفَيْ دِرْهَمٍ أَوْ بِأَكْثَرَ لِلْوَرَثَةِ أَنْ يَسْتَرِقُّوهَا قَالَ فَقَالَ لَا بَلْ تُعْتَقُ مِنْ ثُلُثِ الْمَيِّتِ وَ تُعْطَى مَا أَوْصَى لَهَا بِهِ. وَ- فِي كِتَابِ الْعَبَّاسِ‌ تُعْتَقُ مِنْ نَصِيبِ ابْنِهَا وَ تُعْطَى مِنْ ثُلُثِهِ مَا أَوْصَى لَهَا بِهِ.

“I once asked abu ’Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of a man who had a mother of a child from whom he had a boy; and at the time of his death, willed for her two thousand or more; if the heirs can keep her as a slave-girl. He (the Imam) said, ‘No, they cannot keep her as a slave. She becomes free in one-third of the le

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