Chapter on Bequests for Manumission, Charity, and Hajj
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 4|Book 1|Chapter 105
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 4, Book 1, Chapter 105
Chapter on Bequests for Manumission, Charity, and Hajj
وَ رَوَى اَلْعَلاَءُ بْنُ رَزِينٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ حَضَرَهُ اَلْمَوْتُ فَأَعْتَقَ غُلاَمَهُ وَ أَوْصَى بِوَصِيَّةٍ فَكَانَ أَكْثَرَ مِنَ اَلثُّلُثِ قَالَ "يُمْضَى عِتْقُ اَلْغُلاَمِ وَ يَكُونُ اَلنُّقْصَانُ فِيمَا بَقِيَ".
Al-Alaa ibn Razin narrated from Muhammad ibn Muslim from Abu Abdullah Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq عليه السلام who said: I asked Imam عليه السلام about a man who, when death approached him, freed his slave and made a will, but the total of his bequests exceeded one-third of his estate. Imam عليه السلام replied: "The emancipation of the slave is to be carried out, and any reduction should be applied to what remains (of the bequests beyond the one-third limit)."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 344