Chapter on Bequests for the Mukatab and Umm Al-Walad
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 4|Book 1|Chapter 106
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 4, Book 1, Chapter 106
Chapter on Bequests for the Mukatab and Umm Al-Walad
وَ رُوِيَ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي نَصْرٍ اَلْبَزَنْطِيِّ قَالَ: نَسَخْتُ مِنْ كِتَابٍ بِخَطِّ أَبِي اَلْحَسَنِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ فُلاَنٌ مَوْلاَكَ تُوُفِّيَ اِبْنُ أَخٍ لَهُ فَتَرَكَ أُمَّ وَلَدٍ لَهُ لَيْسَ لَهَا وَلَدٌ وَ أَوْصَى لَهَا بِأَلْفِ دِرْهَمٍ هَلْ تَجُوزُ اَلْوَصِيَّةُ وَ هَلْ يَقَعُ عَلَيْهَا عِتْقٌ وَ مَا حَالُهَا رَأْيَكَ فَدَتْكَ نَفْسِي فِي ذَلِكَ فَكَتَبَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ "تُعْتَقُ مِنَ اَلثُّلُثِ وَ لَهَا اَلْوَصِيَّةُ".
It was narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Nasr Al-Bazanti, who said: I copied from a book in the handwriting of Abu Al-Hasan عليه السلام: "A certain person, your master, passed away, leaving behind a paternal nephew who also passed away. The nephew left behind an umm walad (a concubine who bore him no children) and bequeathed to her a thousand dirhams. Does the bequest hold validity, and does she receive emancipation? What is her status? May I be your ransom, I seek your opinion on this matter." Imam عليه السلام wrote back: "She is to be freed from one-third (of the estate), and she has the bequest."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 345