Chapter on a Man Disinheriting His Son for Having Relations with His Father's Umm Al-Walad
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 4|Book 1|Chapter 111
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 4, Book 1, Chapter 111
Chapter on a Man Disinheriting His Son for Having Relations with His Father's Umm Al-Walad
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رَوَى اَلْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ اَلْوَشَّاءُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ وَصِيِّ عَلِيِّ بْنِ اَلسَّرِيِّ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي اَلْحَسَنِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ إِنَّ عَلِيَّ بْنَ اَلسَّرِيِّ تُوُفِّيَ وَ أَوْصَى إِلَيَّ فَقَالَ "رَحِمَهُ اَللَّهُ" قُلْتُ وَ إِنَّ اِبْنَهُ جَعْفَراً وَقَعَ عَلَى أُمِّ وَلَدٍ لَهُ فَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ أُخْرِجَهُ مِنَ اَلْمِيرَاثِ فَقَالَ لِي "أَخْرِجْهُ إِنْ كُنْتَ صَادِقاً فَسَيُصِيبُهُ خَبَلٌ " قَالَ فَرَجَعْتُ فَقَدَّمَنِي إِلَى أَبِي يُوسُفَ اَلْقَاضِي فَقَالَ لَهُ أَصْلَحَكَ اَللَّهُ أَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ اَلسَّرِيِّ وَ هَذَا وَصِيُّ أَبِي فَمُرْهُ أَنْ يَدْفَعَ إِلَيَّ مِيرَاثِي مِنْ أَبِي فَقَالَ لِي مَا تَقُولُ فَقُلْتُ نَعَمْ هَذَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ اَلسَّرِيِّ وَ أَنَا وَصِيُّ عَلِيِّ بْنِ اَلسَّرِيِّ قَالَ فَادْفَعْ إِلَيْهِ مَالَهُ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ أُرِيدُ أَنْ أُكَلِّمَكَ قَالَ فَادْنُ مِنِّي فَدَنَوْتُ حَيْثُ لاَ يَسْمَعُ أَحَدٌ كَلاَمِي فَقُلْتُ لَهُ هَذَا وَقَعَ عَلَى أُمِّ وَلَدٍ لِأَبِيهِ فَأَمَرَنِي أَبُوهُ وَ أَوْصَى إِلَيَّ أَنْ أُخْرِجَهُ مِنَ اَلْمِيرَاثِ وَ لاَ أُوَرِّثَهُ شَيْئاً فَأَتَيْتُ مُوسَى بْنَ جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِمَا اَلسَّلاَمُ بِالْمَدِينَةِ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ وَ سَأَلْتُهُ فَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ أُخْرِجَهُ مِنَ اَلْمِيرَاثِ وَ لاَ أُوَرِّثَهُ شَيْئاً فَقَالَ اَللَّهَ إِنَّ أَبَا اَلْحَسَنِ أَمَرَكَ فَقُلْتُ نَعَمْ فَاسْتَحْلَفَنِي ثَلاَثاً ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي أَنْفِذْ مَا أَمَرَكَ فَالْقَوْلُ قَوْلُهُ قَالَ اَلْوَصِيُّ فَأَصَابَهُ اَلْخَبَلُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ قَالَ أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ اَلْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ اَلْوَشَّاءُ رَأَيْتُهُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ.
Al-Hasan ibn Ali Al-Washa' narrated from Muhammad ibn Yahya from the executor of Ali ibn Al-Sari, who said: I said to Abu Al-Hasan عليه السلام: "Ali ibn Al-Sari has passed away and appointed me as his executor." Imam عليه السلام said: "May Allah سبحانه وتعالى have mercy on him." I said: "His son Ja'far committed an act with his father's umm walad (concubine), and he instructed me to exclude him from the inheritance." Imam عليه السلام said: "Exclude him if you are truthful, and he will suffer affliction." He (the executor) said: I returned, and Ja'far brought me before Abu Yusuf the judge. Ja'far said to him, "May Allah سبحانه وتعالى rectify your affairs. I am Ja'far, the son of Ali ibn Al-Sari, and this is my father's executor. Order him to give me my inheritance from my father." The judge asked me: "What do you say?" I replied: "Yes, this is Ja'far, the son of Ali ibn Al-Sari, and I am his executor." The judge said: "Then hand over his wealth to him." I said: "I wish to speak with you." He (the judge) said: "Come closer." I approached him so that no one could hear me, and I said: "This man committed an act with his father's umm walad, and his father commanded me in his will to exclude him from the inheritance and not give him anything. I went to Imam Musa ibn Jafar Al-Kadhim عليه السلام, in Medina, informed him, and sought his guidance. Imam عليه السلام ordered me to exclude him from the inheritance and not give him anything." The judge said: "By Allah سبحانه وتعالى, did Abu Al-Hasan command you to do this?" I said: "Yes." He (the judge) made me swear three times and then said: "Carry out what you were ordered. His عليه السلام word is decisive." The executor said: After that, Ja'far was afflicted with madness. Abu Muhammad Al-Hasan ibn Ali Al-Washa' said: I saw him after that.
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh
وَ تَصْدِيقُ ذَلِكَ مَا رَوَاهُ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ عَبْدِ اَلْعَزِيزِ بْنِ اَلْمُهْتَدِي عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ يَعْنِي أَبَا اَلْحَسَنِ اَلرِّضَا عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ كَانَ لَهُ اِبْنٌ يَدَّعِيهِ فَنَفَاهُ وَ أَخْرَجَهُ مِنَ اَلْمِيرَاثِ وَ أَنَا وَصِيُّهُ فَكَيْفَ أَصْنَعُ فَقَالَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ "لَزِمَهُ اَلْوَلَدُ لِإِقْرَارِهِ بِالْمَشْهَدِ لاَ يَدْفَعْهُ اَلْوَصِيُّ عَنْ شَيْءٍ قَدْ عَلِمَهُ".
And the confirmation of this is what was narrated by Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa from Abdul Aziz ibn Al-Muhtadi from Sa'id ibn Sa'd, who said: 'I asked Imam عليه السلام - meaning Abu Al-Hasan Imam Ali ibn Musa Ar-Ridha عليه السلام - about a man who had a son whom he acknowledged and then later disowned, excluding him from the inheritance. I am his executor, so what should I do?' Imam عليه السلام said: "The son remains legally his due to his prior public acknowledgment. The executor cannot deny him anything that is already known."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 346
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