Chapter on Claims That Are Accepted Without Evidence
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 3|Book 1|Chapter 44
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 3, Book 1, Chapter 44
Chapter on Claims That Are Accepted Without Evidence
وَ رَوَى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِيسَى بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ أَخِيهِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ عِيسَى قَالَ: كَتَبْتُ إِلَى أَبِي اَلْحَسَنِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ اَلْمَرْأَةُ تَمُوتُ فَيَدَّعِي أَبُوهَا أَنَّهُ أَعَارَهَا بَعْضَ مَا كَانَ عِنْدَهَا مِنَ اَلْمَتَاعِ وَ اَلْخَدَمِ أَ تُقْبَلُ دَعْوَاهُ بِلاَ بَيِّنَةٍ أَمْ لاَ تُقْبَلُ دَعْوَاهُ إِلاَّ بِبَيِّنَةٍ فَكَتَبَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ "تَجُوزُ بِلاَ بَيِّنَةٍ" قَالَ وَ كَتَبْتُ إِلَى أَبِي اَلْحَسَنِ يَعْنِي عَلِيَّ بْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ إِنِ اِدَّعَى زَوْجُ اَلْمَرْأَةِ اَلْمَيِّتَةِ أَوْ أَبُو زَوْجِهَا أَوْ أُمُّ زَوْجِهَا فِي مَتَاعِهَا أَوْ فِي خَدَمِهَا مِثْلَ اَلَّذِي اِدَّعَى أَبُوهَا مِنْ عَارِيَّةِ بَعْضِ اَلْمَتَاعِ وَ اَلْخَدَمِ أَ يَكُونُ بِمَنْزِلَةِ اَلْأَبِ فِي اَلدَّعْوَى فَكَتَبَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ "لاَ".
Muhammad ibn Isa ibn Ubayd narrated from his brother Ja'far ibn Isa, who said: I wrote to Abu al-Hasan عليه السلام saying: "May I be your ransom. If a woman dies and her father claims that he had lent her some of the items or servants in her possession, is his claim accepted without evidence, or is it not accepted unless he provides evidence?" Imam عليه السلام wrote in reply: "His claim is accepted without evidence." Ja'far continued: I also wrote to Abu al-Hasan عليه السلام, referring to Imam Ali ibn Muhammad عليه السلام: "May I be your ransom. If the deceased woman's husband, or the father of her husband, or the mother of her husband, makes a similar claim about lending some of the items or servants, like the father had claimed, would they be treated like the father in their claim?" Imam عليه السلام wrote in reply: "No."
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