On Various Traditions From Imam Ali Ibn Musa al-Ridha صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم

ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā|Volume 1|Book 2|Chapter 28
ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā

Book 2, Chapter 28

On Various Traditions From Imam Ali Ibn Musa al-Ridha صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم

65 - حَدَّثَنا أَبي رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا أَحْمَدِ بْنِ إِدْرِيس، عَن مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِ‏الأَشْعَرِيِّ قالَ: حَدَّثَني أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّه الرَّازِيُّ، عَن أَحْمَدِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبي نَصْرِ عَنْ الحُسَيْنِ بْنِ خالِد، عَن أَبي الحَسَن‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ قالَ سَأَلْته عَنْ رَجُل أَوْصى‏ بجزء من ماله فَقالَ سبع ثلثه.
28-65 (The author of the book narrated) my father - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Ahmad ibn Idris quoted on the authority of Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Yahya ibn Imran al-Ash’ari, on the authority of Abu Abdullah al-Razi, on the authority of Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Nasr, on the authority of Al-Hussein ibn Khalid that he asked Abil Hassan صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم, “How much of one’s wealth should be used, if one has willed that some of his wealth be spent in a certain way?” The Imam صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم said, “One-seventh of one-third.”