The Rare Ahadith

18. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Bunan ibn Muhammad from Musa ibn al-Qasim from Ali ibn Ja’far who has said the following: “I once asked abu al-Hassan عليه السلام, about a man who donates his slave-girl to al-Ka‘bah and about how should he deal with it. He (the Imam) said, ‘Once a man came to my father who had donated his slave-girl to al-Ka‘bah. He (the Imam) told him to find the value of the slave or sell her; then announce near the Black Stone and say, “Those who are short in their expenses, being looted on the way or who have depleted their supplies, can come to so and so.” Instruct him to distribute it on the basis of first come first served until the entire fund is distributed.’”