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Chapter on the Acknowledgment of Emancipation or Debt by Some of the Heirs

faqih-5533Vol. 4, p. 230

تَجُوزُ عَلَيْهِ شَهَادَتُهُ وَ لَا يُغْرَمُ وَ يُسْتَسْعَى الْغُلَامُ فِيمَا كَانَ لِغَيْرِهِ مِنَ الْوَرَثَةِ[1].

Hadith.5544 - Yunus ibn Abd Al-Rahman narrated from Mansur ibn Hazim from Abu Abdullah (as), regarding a man who died and left behind a slave. One of his children testified that their father had freed the slave. Imam (as) said: "His testimony is accepted, and he is not held financially responsible. However, the slave m

faqih-5535Vol. 4, p. 230

وَ فِي حَدِيثٍ آخَرَ أَنَّهُ إِذَا شَهِدَ اثْنَانِ مِنَ الْوَرَثَةِ وَ كَانَا عَدْلَيْنِ أُجِيزَ ذَلِكَ عَلَى الْوَرَثَةِ وَ إِنْ لَمْ يَكُونَا عَدْلَيْنِ أُلْزِمَا ذَلِكَ فِي حِصَّتِهِمَا.

Hadith.5546 - In another narration: "If two of the heirs testify and they are both just, their testimony is accepted and binding upon all the heirs. However, if they are not just, the obligation is only enforced upon their respective shares."