A Will for Setting free Slaves, Charity or al-Hajj

Al-Kāfi|Volume 7|Book 1|Chapter 13
Al-Kāfi

Volume 7, Book 1, Chapter 13

A Will for Setting free Slaves, Charity or al-Hajj

8- عَنْهُ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ فِي امْرَأَةٍ أَوْصَتْ بِمَالٍ فِي عِتْقٍ وَصَدَقَةٍ وَحَجٍّ فَلَمْ يَبْلُغْ قَالَ ابْدَأْ بِالْحَجِّ فَإِنَّهُ مَفْرُوضٌ فَإِنْ بَقِيَ شَيْ‏ءٌ فَاجْعَلْهُ فِي الصَّدَقَةِ طَائِفَةً وَفِي الْعِتْقِ طَائِفَةً.
8. It is narrated from the narrator of the previous Hadith from Mu‘awiyah ibn ‘Ammar who has narrated the following: “About the case of a woman who makes a will to set free a slave, pay charity and al-Hajj but there is not enough, he (the Imam) عليه السلام, said that first is al-Hajj because it is obligatory and if anything remains extra then spend something on charity and something for setting free a slave.’”
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