Chapter on Bequests Made Through Writing and Gestures

فَأَمَرْتُ بِطَسْتٍ فَجَعَلْتُ فِيهِ الرَّمْلَ فَوُضِعَ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ خُطَّ بِيَدِكَ فَخَطَّ وَصِيَّتَهُ بِيَدِهِ فِي الرَّمْلِ وَ نَسَخْتُ أَنَا فِي صَحِيفَةٍ[3].

"I entered upon Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Al-Hanafiyya, and his tongue had become paralyzed. I instructed him to make his will, but he did not respond. So, I ordered a basin to be brought and filled it with sand. I said to him, 'Write with your hand,' and he wrote his will in the sand with his hand, and I copied it onto a s

وَ رَوَى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ الْأَشْعَرِيُّ عَنِ السِّنْدِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ عَنْ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ‌[1] ذَكَرَهُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ‌ أَنَّ أُمَامَةَ بِنْتَ أَبِي الْعَاصِ وَ أُمُّهَا زَيْنَبُ بِنْتُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص كَانَتْ‌[2] تَحْتَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع بَعْدَ فَاطِمَةَ ع فَخَلَفَ عَلَيْهَا بَعْدَ عَلِيٍّ ع الْمُغِيرَةُ بْنُ النَّوْفَلِ فَذَكَرَ أَنَّهَا وَجِعَتْ وَجَعاً شَدِيداً حَت

Hadith.5455 - Muhammad ibn Ahmad Al-Ashari narrated from Al-Sindi ibn Muhammad from Yunus ibn Yaʿqub from Abu Maryam, who narrated from his father: Umamah bint Abi Al-Aṣ - whose mother was Zaynab, the daughter of the Messenger of Allah (swt) (peace be upon him and his family) - was married to Imam Ali ibn Abi Ṭalib (as

إِلَى أَبِي الْحَسَنِ ع‌[6] رَجُلٌ كَتَبَ كِتَاباً بِخَطِّهِ وَ لَمْ يَقُلْ لِوَرَثَتِهِ هَذِهِ وَصِيَّتِي وَ لَمْ يَقُلْ إِنِّي قَدْ أَوْصَيْتُ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ كَتَبَ كِتَاباً فِيهِ مَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يُوصِيَ بِهِ هَلْ يَجِبُ عَلَى وَرَثَتِهِ الْقِيَامُ بِمَا فِي الْكِتَابِ بِخَطِّهِ وَ لَمْ يَأْمُرْهُمْ بِذَلِكَ فَكَتَبَ ع إِنْ كَانَ لَهُ وُلْدٌ يُنْفِذُونَ كُلَّ شَيْ‌ءٍ[7] يَجِدُونَ فِي كِتَابِ أَبِيهِمْ فِي وَجْهِ ا

I wrote to Abu Al-Hasan Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (as) regarding a man who wrote something in his own handwriting but did not tell his heirs, "This is my will," nor did he say, "I have made a will." However, he wrote a document that contained what he intended to bequeath. I asked whether it was obligatory for his heirs to