كَتَبَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ[2] إِلَى أَبِي مُحَمَّدٍ ع رَجُلٌ مَاتَ وَ أَوْصَى إِلَى رَجُلَيْنِ أَ يَجُوزُ لِأَحَدِهِمَا أَنْ يَنْفَرِدَ بِنِصْفِ التَّرِكَةِ وَ الْآخَرِ بِالنِّصْفِ فَوَقَّعَ ع لَا يَنْبَغِي لَهُمَا أَنْ يُخَالِفَا الْمَيِّتَ وَ أَنْ يَعْمَلَا عَلَى حَسَبِ مَا أَمَرَهُمَا إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ.
‘It is not suitable for them to oppose the deceased. They must work as they are instructed, by the will of Allah.’”
إِنَّ رَجُلًا مَاتَ وَ أَوْصَى إِلَيَّ وَ إِلَى آخَرَ أَوْ إِلَى رَجُلَيْنِ فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا خُذْ نِصْفَ مَا تَرَكَ وَ أَعْطِنِي النِّصْفَ مِمَّا تَرَكَ فَأَبَى عَلَيْهِ الْآخَرُ فَسَأَلُوا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ ذَلِكَ لَهُ[1].
“A man died and appointed me and another man or two men as executors for his will. One of them said, ‘I will deal with one-half of the legacy but the other one opposed, and they asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about it. He (the Imam) said, ‘It is for him (to disagree).”’
سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الْحِيطَانِ السَّبْعَةِ الَّتِي كَانَتْ مِيرَاثَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص لِفَاطِمَةَ ع فَقَالَ لَا إِنَّمَا كَانَتْ وَقْفاً وَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَأْخُذُ إِلَيْهِ مِنْهَا مَا يُنْفِقُ عَلَى أَضْيَافِهِ وَ التَّابِعَةُ[2] يَلْزَمُهُ فِيهَا فَلَمَّا قُبِضَ جَاءَ الْعَبَّاسُ يُخَاصِمُ فَاطِمَةَ ع فِيهَا فَشَهِدَ عَلِيٌّ ع وَ غَيْرُهُ أَنَّهَا وَقْفٌ عَلَى فَاطِمَةَ ع وَ هِيَ الدَّلَالُ وَ الْعَوَافُ وَ ا
1. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad who has narrated the following: “I once asked abu al-Hassan, al-Thani, ‘Alayhi al-Salam, about the seven walls (gardens) which were of the legacy of the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your