Chapter on the Inheritance of a Newborn Born with Two Heads
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 4|Book 1|Chapter 166
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 4, Book 1, Chapter 166
Chapter on the Inheritance of a Newborn Born with Two Heads
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رَوَى أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَشْيَمَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ اَلْقَاسِمِ اَلْجَوْهَرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ حَرِيزِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: "وُلِدَ عَلَى عَهْدِ أَمِيرِ اَلْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ مَوْلُودٌ لَهُ رَأْسَانِ فَسُئِلَ أَمِيرُ اَلْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ يُوَرَّثُ مِيرَاثَ اِثْنَيْنِ أَوْ وَاحِدٍ فَقَالَ "يُتْرَكُ حَتَّى يَنَامَ ثُمَّ يُصَاحُ بِهِ فَإِنِ اِنْتَبَهَا جَمِيعاً مَعاً، كَانَ لَهُ مِيرَاثٌ وَاحِدٌ وَ إِنِ اِنْتَبَهَ وَاحِدٌ وَ بَقِيَ اَلْآخَرُ نَائِماً وُرِّثَ مِيرَاثَ اِثْنَيْنِ".
Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa narrated from Ali ibn Ahmad ibn Ashyam from Muhammad ibn Al-Qasim Al-Jawhari from his father from Hariz ibn Abdullah from Abu Abdullah Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq عليه السلام who said: "During the time of the Commander of the Faithful عليه السلام, a child was born with two heads. Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib عليه السلام was asked whether this child should inherit as one person or as two. Imam Ali عليه السلام replied: 'Let the child sleep, then call out to them. If both heads wake up together, the child inherits as one person. But if one wakes up while the other remains asleep, then the child inherits as two.'"
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 372
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