Chapter on the Inheritance of the Magians (Zoroastrians)
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 4|Book 1|Chapter 173
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 4, Book 1, Chapter 173
Chapter on the Inheritance of the Magians (Zoroastrians)
وَ رَوَى عَلِيُّ بْنُ اَلْحَكَمِ عَنْ أَبَانٍ اَلْأَحْمَرِ عَنْ مُيَسِّرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ اَلنِّسَاءِ مَا لَهُنَّ مِنَ اَلْمِيرَاثِ فَقَالَ "لَهُنَّ قِيمَةُ اَلطُّوبِ وَ اَلْبِنَاءِ وَ اَلْخَشَبِ وَ اَلْقَصَبِ فَأَمَّا اَلْأَرْضُ وَ اَلْعَقَارَاتُ فَلاَ مِيرَاثَ لَهُنَّ فِيهِ" قَالَ قُلْتُ فَالثِّيَابُ قَالَ "اَلثِّيَابُ لَهُنَّ" قَالَ قُلْتُ كَيْفَ صَارَ ذَا وَ لَهُنَّ اَلثُّمُنُ وَ اَلرُّبُعُ مُسَمًّى قَالَ "لِأَنَّ اَلْمَرْأَةَ لَيْسَ لَهَا نَسَبٌ تَرِثُ بِهِ إِنَّمَا هِيَ دَخِيلٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَ إِنَّمَا صَارَ هَذَا هَكَذَا، لِئَلاَّ تَتَزَوَّجَ اَلْمَرْأَةُ فَيَجِيءَ زَوْجُهَا أَوْ وُلْدُ قَوْمٍ آخَرِينَ فَيُزَاحِمَ قَوْماً فِي عَقَارِهِمْ".
Ali ibn Al-Hakam narrated from Aban Al-Ahmar from Muyassir from Abu Abdullah Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq عليه السلام who said: "I asked Imam عليه السلام about women and what share they have in inheritance. Imam عليه السلام said: 'They have the value of bricks, buildings, wood, and reeds, but as for land and properties, they have no inheritance in them.' I said: 'What about clothing?' Imam عليه السلام said: 'Clothing is for them.' I said: 'How is this, while they have a specified share of one-eighth or one-fourth?' Imam عليه السلام said: 'Because a woman has no lineage through which she inherits; she is merely an addition to them. This ruling exists so that a woman does not marry, and then her husband or the children of another people come and compete with others in their properties.'"
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh