Chapter on a Man Disinheriting His Son for Having Relations with His Father's Umm Al-Walad

Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 4|Book 1|Chapter 111
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh

Volume 4, Book 1, Chapter 111

Chapter on a Man Disinheriting His Son for Having Relations with His Father's Umm Al-Walad

وَ تَصْدِيقُ ذَلِكَ مَا رَوَاهُ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ عَبْدِ اَلْعَزِيزِ بْنِ اَلْمُهْتَدِي عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ يَعْنِي أَبَا اَلْحَسَنِ اَلرِّضَا عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ كَانَ لَهُ اِبْنٌ يَدَّعِيهِ فَنَفَاهُ وَ أَخْرَجَهُ مِنَ اَلْمِيرَاثِ وَ أَنَا وَصِيُّهُ فَكَيْفَ أَصْنَعُ فَقَالَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ "لَزِمَهُ اَلْوَلَدُ لِإِقْرَارِهِ بِالْمَشْهَدِ لاَ يَدْفَعْهُ اَلْوَصِيُّ عَنْ شَيْءٍ قَدْ عَلِمَهُ".
And the confirmation of this is what was narrated by Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa from Abdul Aziz ibn Al-Muhtadi from Sa'id ibn Sa'd, who said: 'I asked Imam عليه السلام - meaning Abu Al-Hasan Imam Ali ibn Musa Ar-Ridha عليه السلام - about a man who had a son whom he acknowledged and then later disowned, excluding him from the inheritance. I am his executor, so what should I do?' Imam عليه السلام said: "The son remains legally his due to his prior public acknowledgment. The executor cannot deny him anything that is already known."
  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi
    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 346