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Chapter on the Inheritance of Those Who Drown or Are Buried Under a Collapsed House When it is Unclear Who Died First

faqih-5645Vol. 4, p. 306

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنِ اَلْقَوْمِ يَغْرَقُونَ فِي اَلسَّفِينَةِ أَوْ يَقَعُ عَلَيْهِمُ اَلْبَيْتُ فَيَمُوتُونَ وَ لاَ يُعْلَمُ أَيُّهُمْ مَاتَ قَبْلَ صَاحِبِهِ قَالَ "يُوَرَّثُ بَعْضُهُمْ مِنْ بَعْضٍ"

I asked Abu Abdullah (as) about a group of people who drown in a ship or a house collapses on them, causing their death, and it is not known who among them died first. Imam (as) said: "They inherit from one another."

faqih-5646Vol. 4, p. 307

تُوَرَّثُ الْمَرْأَةُ مِنَ الرَّجُلِ ثُمَّ يُوَرَّثُ الرَّجُلُ مِنَ الْمَرْأَةِ[1].

Hadith.5657 - Ali ibn Mahziyar narrated from Fadalah, from Aban, from Al-Fadl ibn Abdul Malik, from Abu Abdullah (as) regarding a woman and her husband upon whom a house collapsed. Imam (as) said: "The woman inherits from the man, and then the man inherits from the woman."

faqih-5647Vol. 4, p. 307

يُوَرَّثُ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا مِنْ زَوْجِهِ كَمَا فَرَضَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لِوَرَثَتِهِمَا[2].

"The Commander of the Faithful (as) ruled regarding a man and a woman upon whom a house collapsed, causing their death, and it was not known which of them died first. Imam (as) said: 'Each of them inherits from their spouse according to what Allah (swt), the Mighty and Majestic, has prescribed for their heirs.'"

faqih-5648Vol. 4, p. 307-308

يُوَرَّثُ بَعْضُهُمْ مِنْ بَعْضٍ قُلْتُ إِنَّ أَبَا حَنِيفَةَ أَدْخَلَ فِيهَا قَالَ وَ مَا أَدْخَلَ فِيهَا قُلْتُ قَالَ لَوْ أَنَّ رَجُلَيْنِ لِأَحَدِهِمَا مِائَةُ أَلْفٍ وَ الْآخَرُ لَيْسَ لَهُ شَيْ‌ءٌ وَ كَانَا فِي سَفِينَةٍ فَغَرِقَا وَ لَمْ يُدْرَ أَيُّهُمَا مَاتَ أَوَّلًا كَانَ الْمِيرَاثُ لِوَرَثَةِ الَّذِي لَيْسَ لَهُ شَيْ‌ءٌ وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِوَرَثَةِ الَّذِي لَهُ الْمَالُ شَيْ‌ءٌ فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ

I asked Imam (as) about a house that collapsed on a group of people gathered together, and it was not known who among them died first. Imam (as) said: "They inherit from one another." I said: "Abu Hanifah has given a different ruling regarding this." Imam (as) asked: "And what did he say?" I replied: "He said that if t

faqih-5649Vol. 4, p. 308

لَهُ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع مَا تَقُولُ فِي بَيْتٍ سَقَطَ عَلَى قَوْمٍ فَبَقِيَ مِنْهُمْ صَبِيَّانِ أَحَدُهُمَا حُرٌّ وَ الْآخَرُ مَمْلُوكٌ لِصَاحِبِهِ فَلَمْ يُعْرَفِ الْحُرُّ مِنَ الْمَمْلُوكِ فَقَالَ أَبُو حَنِيفَةَ يُعْتَقُ نِصْفُ هَذَا وَ نِصْفُ هَذَا وَ يُقْسَمُ الْمَالُ بَيْنَهُمَا نِصْفَانِ فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع لَيْسَ كَذَلِكَ لَكِنَّهُ يُقْرَعُ بَيْنَهُمَا فَمَنْ أَصَابَتْهُ الْقُرْعَةُ فَهُوَ الْح

Abu Hanifah entered upon Abu Abdullah (as), and Abu Abdullah (as) asked him: "What do you say about a house that collapsed on a group of people, leaving behind two boys - one of them is free and the other is a slave belonging to the free one - but it is not known which is the free one and which is the slave?" Abu Hanif

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