Usul16

Chapter on Bequests for the Mukatab and Umm Al-Walad

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Chapter on the Legal Punishment for Slanderous Accusation25Chapter on a Man Who Makes a Bequest of Wealth in the Way of Allah2Chapter on the Liability of the Executor for Altering What the Deceased Had Bequeathed3Chapter on Bequests for Relatives and Freed Slaves3Chapter on Appointing a Competent or an Incompetent Person as an Executor of a Bequest2Chapter on the Beneficiary of a Bequest Dying Before the Testator or Before Receiving What Was Bequeathed to Him3Chapter on Bequests for Manumission, Charity, and Hajj15Chapter on a Man Making a Bequest of a Sword, a Chest, or a Ship to Another Man2Chapter on One Who Does Not Make a Bequest While Having Heirs, if His Estate Divided Among Them or Sold for Their Benefit2Chapter on a Man Who Makes a Bequest, but the Executor Forgets it and Only Remembers One Part of it1Chapter on the Legal Punishment for Drinking Alcohol and Reports Regarding Singing and Amusements10Chapter on the Executor Purchasing From the deceased's Estate When it is Sold to the Highest Bidder1
faqih-5496Vol. 4, p. 216

أَهْلُ الْمِيرَاثِ لَا تَجُوزُ وَصِيَّتُهَا لَهُ إِنَّهُ مُكَاتَبٌ لَمْ يُعْتَقْ فَقَضَى ع أَنَّهُ يَرِثُ بِحِسَابِ مَا أُعْتِقَ مِنْهُ وَ يَجُوزُ لَهُ مِنَ الْوَصِيَّةِ بِحِسَابِ مَا أُعْتِقَ مِنْهُ وَ قَضَى ع فِي مُكَاتَبٍ أُوصِيَ لَهُ بِوَصِيَّةٍ وَ قَدْ قَضَى نِصْفَ مَا عَلَيْهِ فَأَجَازَ لَهُ نِصْفَ الْوَصِيَّةِ وَ قَضَى فِي مُكَاتَبٍ قَضَى رُبُعَ مَا عَلَيْهِ فَأُوصِيَ لَهُ بِوَصِيَّةٍ فَأَجَازَ لَهُ رُبُعَ الْ

"The Commander of the Faithful (as), peace be upon him, ruled concerning a contracted slave (mukatab) who was married to a free woman. She made a bequest for him at the time of her death. Imam (as) said: 'The people entitled to inheritance cannot have her will executed for him because he is a mukatab who has not been f

faqih-5497Vol. 4, p. 216

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 فَقَالَ لَا بَلْ تُعْتَقُ مِنْ ثُلُثِ الْمَيِّتِ وَ تُعْطَى مَا أَوْصَى لَهَا بِهِ‌[2].

I asked Abu Abdullah (as), about a man who had a slave woman with whom he had a son. When death approached him, he bequeathed for her two thousand dirhams or more and instructed his heirs to enslave her. Imam (as) said: "No, rather she should be freed from one-third of the deceased's estate and given what he had bequea

faqih-5498Vol. 4, p. 217

وَ رُوِيَ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي نَصْرٍ الْبَزَنْطِيِّ قَالَ‌ نَسَخْتُ مِنْ كِتَابٍ بِخَطِّ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ ع فُلَانٌ مَوْلَاكَ تُوُفِّيَ ابْنُ أَخٍ لَهُ فَتَرَكَ أُمَّ وَلَدٍ لَهُ لَيْسَ لَهَا وَلَدٌ وَ أَوْصَى لَهَا بِأَلْفِ دِرْهَمٍ هَلْ تَجُوزُ الْوَصِيَّةُ وَ هَلْ يَقَعُ عَلَيْهَا عِتْقٌ وَ مَا حَالُهَا رَأْيَكَ فَدَتْكَ نَفْسِي فِي ذَلِكَ فَكَتَبَ ع تُعْتَقُ مِنَ الثُّلُثِ وَ لَهَا الْوَصِيَّةُ

I copied from a book in the handwriting of Abu Al-Hasan (as): "A certain person, your master, passed away, leaving behind a paternal nephew who also passed away. The nephew left behind an umm walad (a concubine who bore him no children) and bequeathed to her a thousand dirhams. Does the bequest hold validity, and does