Chapter on the Inheritance of the Hermaphrodite
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 4|Book 1|Chapter 165
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 4, Book 1, Chapter 165
Chapter on the Inheritance of the Hermaphrodite
وَ رَوَى اَلسَّكُونِيُّ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: "أَنَّ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ كَانَ يُوَرِّثُ اَلْخُنْثَى فَيَعُدُّ أَضْلاَعَهُ فَإِنْ كَانَتْ أَضْلاَعُهُ نَاقِصَةً مِنْ أَضْلاَعِ اَلنِّسَاءِ بِضِلْعٍ وَرَّثَ مِيرَاثَ اَلرَّجُلِ لِأَنَّ اَلرَّجُلَ تَنْقُصُ أَضْلاَعُهُ، عَنْ ضِلْعِ اَلنِّسَاءِ بِضِلْعٍ لِأَنَّ حَوَّاءَ خُلِقَتْ مِنْ ضِلْعِ آدَمَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ اَلْقُصْوَى اَلْيُسْرَى فَنَقَصَ مِنْ أَضْلاَعِهِ ضِلْعٌ وَاحِدٌ".
Al-Sakuni narrated from Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq عليه السلام from his father, Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir عليه السلام that Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib عليه السلام used to determine the inheritance of a hermaphrodite by counting their ribs. If their ribs were fewer than the ribs of women by one rib, he would allocate to them the inheritance of a man, because a man has one rib less than a woman. This is because Hawwa (Eve) was created from the leftmost rib of Adam عليه السلام, and thus one rib was missing from his ribs.
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh