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Chapter on the Inheritance of Two Children Who Are Married, and Then One of Them Dies

faqih-5653Vol. 4, p. 309-310

نِكَاحُهُ جَائِزٌ عَلَى ابْنِهِ فَإِنْ مَاتَ عُزِلَ مِيرَاثُهَا مِنْهُ حَتَّى‌ تُدْرِكَ فَإِذَا أَدْرَكَتْ حُلِّفَتْ بِاللَّهِ مَا دَعَاهَا إِلَى أَخْذِ الْمِيرَاثِ إِلَّا رِضَاهَا بِالنِّكَاحِ ثُمَّ يُدْفَعُ إِلَيْهَا الْمِيرَاثُ وَ نِصْفُ الْمَهْرِ قَالَ فَإِنْ مَاتَتْ هِيَ قَبْلَ أَنْ تُدْرِكَ وَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَمُوتَ الزَّوْجُ لَمْ يَرِثْهَا الزَّوْجُ لِأَنَّ لَهَا الْخِيَارَ عَلَيْهِ إِذَا أَدْرَكَتْ وَ لَا خِيَار

Hadith.5664 - Al-Hasan ibn Mahbub narrated from Abdul Aziz Al-Abdi, from Ubayd ibn Zurarah, from Abu Abdullah (as), who said regarding a man who marries his son to an orphan girl under his care while his son is of legal age and the orphan girl has not yet reached maturity: "The marriage is valid for his son. However, i

faqih-5654Vol. 4, p. 310

لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع الْغُلَامُ لَهُ عَشْرُ سِنِينَ فَيُزَوِّجُهُ أَبُوهُ فِي صِغَرِهِ أَ يَجُوزُ طَلَاقُهُ وَ هُوَ ابْنُ عَشْرِ سِنِينَ قَالَ فَقَالَ أَمَّا التَّزْوِيجُ فَصَحِيحٌ وَ أَمَّا طَلَاقُهُ فَيَنْبَغِي أَنْ تُحْبَسَ عَلَيْهِ امْرَأَتُهُ حَتَّى يُدْرِكَ فَيُعْلَمَ أَنَّهُ كَانَ قَدْ طَلَّقَ فَإِنْ أَقَرَّ بِذَلِكَ وَ أَمْضَاهُ فَهِيَ وَاحِدَةٌ بَائِنَةٌ وَ هُوَ خَاطِبٌ مِنَ الْخُطَّابِ وَ إِنْ أَنْكَرَ

I asked Abu Abdullah (as) about a boy who is ten years old and his father marries him off while he is still young. Is his divorce valid if he divorces at the age of ten? Imam (as) replied: "As for the marriage, it is valid. However, regarding the divorce, his wife should remain with him until he reaches maturity. Then