Chapter on the Inheritance of the Husband and the Wife

Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 4|Book 1|Chapter 132

Volume 4, Book 1, Chapter 132

Chapter on the Inheritance of the Husband and the Wife

2 hadiths · 1 commentary

Hadith #1

رَوَى مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ حُكَيْمٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ اَلْحَسَنِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ عَنْ مُشْمَعِلٍّ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنِ اِمْرَأَةٍ مَاتَتْ وَ تَرَكَتْ زَوْجَهَا وَ لاَ وَارِثَ لَهَا غَيْرُهُ قَالَ "إِذَا لَمْ يَكُنْ غَيْرُهُ فَالْمَالُ لَهُ وَ اَلْمَرْأَةُ لَهَا اَلرُّبُعُ وَ مَا بَقِيَ فَلِلْإِمَامِ ".

Mu'awiyah ibn Hakeem narrated from Ali ibn Al-Hasan ibn Zayd from Mushma'il from Abu Basir who said: I asked Abu Jafar Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir about a woman who passed away and left behind her husband with no other heirs. Imam said: "If there are no other heirs, the wealth belongs to him. For a woman, she receives one-fourth, and whatever remains belongs to the Imam ."

Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 359

Commentary #1

قَالَ مُصَنِّفُ هَذَا الْكِتَابِ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ هَذَا فِي حَالِ ظُهُورِ الْإِمَامِ ع فَأَمَّا فِي حَالِ غَيْبَتِهِ فَمَتَى مَاتَ الرَّجُلُ وَ تَرَكَ امْرَأَةً وَ لَا وَارِثَ لَهُ غَيْرُهَا فَالْمَالُ لَهَا وَ تَصْدِيقُ ذَلِكَ.

The compiler of this book, may Allah have mercy on him, commented: This ruling applies during the presence of the Imam . However, during his occultation, if a man dies and leaves behind only a wife with no other heirs, the entire wealth belongs to her. This is confirmed by the relevant evidences.

Hadith #2

مَا رَوَاهُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبَانِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: فِي اِمْرَأَةٍ مَاتَتْ وَ تَرَكَتْ زَوْجَهَا قَالَ "فَالْمَالُ كُلُّهُ لَهُ" قُلْتُ اَلرَّجُلُ يَمُوتُ وَ يَتْرُكُ اِمْرَأَتَهُ قَالَ "اَلْمَالُ لَهَا".

Muhammad ibn Abi Umayr narrated from Aban ibn Uthman from Abu Basir who reported from Abu Abdullah Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq regarding a woman who passed away and left behind her husband. Imam said: "All the wealth belongs to him." I asked: "What if a man dies and leaves behind his wife?" Imam replied: "The wealth belongs to her."

Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh