alkafi-14565Vol. 7, p. 415-416
قُلْتُ لِلشَّيْخِ ع[1] خَبِّرْنِي عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يَدَّعِي قِبَلَ الرَّجُلِ الْحَقَّ فَلَا يَكُونُ لَهُ بَيِّنَةٌ بِمَا لَهُ قَالَ فَيَمِينُ الْمُدَّعَى عَلَيْهِ فَإِنْ حَلَفَ فَلَا حَقَّ لَهُ وَ إِنْ لَمْ يَحْلِفْ فَعَلَيْهِ وَ إِنْ كَانَ الْمَطْلُوبُ بِالْحَقِّ قَدْ مَاتَ فَأُقِيمَتْ عَلَيْهِ الْبَيِّنَةُ فَعَلَى الْمُدَّعِي الْيَمِينُ بِاللَّهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ لَقَدْ مَاتَ فُلَانٌ وَ إِنَّ حَقَّهُ
“I once said to the Shaykh (a.s.), to instruct me about the case of a man who claims against another for owing him a certain right but has no testimony to prove it. He (the Imam) said, ‘The defendant then must take an oath; and if he did so then he does not have any right, if he did not take an oath his right is establ