Chapter on the Cessation of an Orphan's Orphanhood
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 4|Book 1|Chapter 112
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 4, Book 1, Chapter 112
Chapter on the Cessation of an Orphan's Orphanhood
وَ رَوَى اِبْنُ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ مُثَنَّى بْنِ رَاشِدٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ يَتِيمٍ قَدْ قَرَأَ اَلْقُرْآنَ وَ لَيْسَ بِعَقْلِهِ بَأْسٌ وَ لَهُ مَالٌ عَلَى يَدَيْ رَجُلٍ فَأَرَادَ اَلَّذِي عِنْدَهُ اَلْمَالُ أَنْ يَعْمَلَ بِهِ حَتَّى يَحْتَلِمَ وَ يَدْفَعَ إِلَيْهِ مَالَهُ قَالَ "وَ إِنِ اِحْتَلَمَ وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ عَقْلٌ لَمْ يُدْفَعْ إِلَيْهِ شَيْءٌ أَبَداً".
Ibn Abi Umayr narrated from Mathanna ibn Rashid from Abu Basir from Abu Abdullah عليه السلام, who said: I asked Imam عليه السلام about an orphan who had memorized the Qur'an and had no deficiency in his intellect. The one holding his wealth wishes to invest it until the orphan reaches puberty and then hand over his wealth to him. Imam عليه السلام said: "Even if he reaches puberty but does not have sound intellect, nothing should ever be handed over to him."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 347