Chapter on Rare Cases of Bequests
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 4|Book 1|Chapter 126
وَ رَوَى اَلسَّكُونِيُّ بِإِسْنَادِهِ قَالَ قَالَ أَمِيرُ اَلْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: فِي رَجُلٍ أَقَرَّ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ فَقَالَ لِفُلاَنٍ وَ فُلاَنٍ لِأَحَدِهِمَا عِنْدِي أَلْفُ دِرْهَمٍ ثُمَّ مَاتَ عَلَى تِلْكَ اَلْحَالِ فَقَالَ "أَيُّهُمَا أَقَامَ اَلْبَيِّنَةَ فَلَهُ اَلْمَالُ فَإِنْ لَمْ يُقِمْ أَحَدٌ مِنْهُمَا اَلْبَيِّنَةَ فَالْمَالُ بَيْنَهُمَا نِصْفَانِ".
Al-Sakuni narrated through his chain of transmission that the Commander of the Faithful عليه السلام, peace be upon him, said regarding a man who, on his deathbed, confessed; "So-and-so and so-and-so each have a claim of one thousand dirhams against me," and then he died in that state. Imam عليه السلام said: "Whoever among them provides evidence has the right to the money. But if neither of them provides evidence, the money is to be divided equally between them."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh