Usul16

Chapter on the First Matters to Be Addressed From Estate of the Deceased

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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 Bequests for the Mukatab and Umm Al-Walad3Chapter 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 Amusements10
faqih-5430Vol. 4, p. 193

قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع‌ إِنَّ الدَّيْنَ قَبْلَ الْوَصِيَّةِ ثُمَّ الْوَصِيَّةَ عَلَى أَثَرِ الدَّيْنِ ثُمَّ الْمِيرَاثَ بَعْدَ الْوَصِيَّةِ فَإِنَّ أَوْلَى الْقَضَاءِ كِتَابُ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‌[3].

Hadith.5438 - Aṣim ibn Humayd narrated from Muhammad ibn Qays from Abu Jafar Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (as), who said that the Commander of the Faithful (as) said: "Indeed, the debt takes precedence over the will, then the will follows after the debt, and then the inheritance comes after the will. Verily, fulfilli

faqih-5432Vol. 4, p. 193

وَ قَالَ ع‌ كَفَنُ الْمَرْأَةِ عَلَى زَوْجِهَا إِذَا مَاتَتْ‌[5].

Hadith.5440 - And Imam (as) said: "The shroud of a woman is the responsibility of her husband if she passes away." [CHAPER=CHAPTER 88 - CHAPTER ON A MAN WHO DIES WHILE OWING A DEBT EQUAL TO PRICE OF HIS SHROUD] بَابُ الرَّجُلِ يَمُوتُ وَ عَلَيْهِ دَيْنٌ بِقَدْرِ ثَمَنِ كَفَنِهِ‌

faqih-5433Vol. 4, p. 194

يُجْعَلُ مَا تَرَكَ فِي ثَمَنِ كَفَنِهِ إِلَّا أَنْ يَتَّجِرَ عَلَيْهِ بَعْضُ النَّاسِ‌[1] فَيُكَفِّنُونَهُ وَ يُقْضَى مَا عَلَيْهِ مِمَّا تَرَكَ.

I asked Imam (as) about a man who died while owing a debt equal to the price of his shroud. Imam (as) said: "What he left behind should be used for the price of his shroud unless some people choose to contribute and provide his shroud. In that case, his debt should be paid off from what he left behind."

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