Chapter on the Inheritance of Those Who Drown or Are Buried Under a Collapsed House When it is Unclear Who Died First
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 4|Book 1|Chapter 151
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 4, Book 1, Chapter 151
Chapter on the Inheritance of Those Who Drown or Are Buried Under a Collapsed House When it is Unclear Who Died First
وَ رَوَى عَاصِمُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: "قَضَى أَمِيرُ اَلْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ فِي رَجُلٍ وَ اِمْرَأَةٍ اِنْهَدَمَ عَلَيْهِمَا بَيْتٌ فَقَتَلَهُمَا وَ لاَ يُدْرَى أَيُّهُمَا مَاتَ قَبْلَ صَاحِبِهِ فَقَالَ "يُوَرَّثُ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا مِنْ زَوْجِهِ كَمَا فَرَضَ اَللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لِوَرَثَتِهِمَا" ".
Asim ibn Humeid narrated from Muhammad ibn Qays, from Abu Jafar Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir عليه السلام, who said: "The Commander of the Faithful عليه السلام ruled regarding a man and a woman upon whom a house collapsed, causing their death, and it was not known which of them died first. Imam عليه السلام said: 'Each of them inherits from their spouse according to what Allah سبحانه وتعالى, the Mighty and Majestic, has prescribed for their heirs.'"
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