Chapter on the Obligation of Returning a Bequest to What is Proper and What the Deceased is Entitled to From His Wealth
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 4|Book 1|Chapter 85
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 4, Book 1, Chapter 85
Chapter on the Obligation of Returning a Bequest to What is Proper and What the Deceased is Entitled to From His Wealth
وَ رَوَى اِبْنُ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ مُرَازِمٍ عَنْ عَمَّارٍ اَلسَّابَاطِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: "اَلْمَيِّتُ أَحَقُّ بِمَالِهِ مَا دَامَ فِيهِ اَلرُّوحُ يُبِينُ بِهِ" قَالَ "فَإِنْ تَعَدَّى فَلَيْسَ لَهُ إِلاَّ اَلثُّلُثُ".
Ibn Abi Umayr narrated from Murazim from Ammar Al-Sabaṭi from Abu Abdullah Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq عليه السلام, who said: "The deceased has the most right over his wealth as long as his soul remains in him and he can express himself." Imam عليه السلام then said: "But if he exceeds (in his bequest), he is entitled only to one-third."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh