Inheritance of One who is Lost
Al-Kāfi|Volume 7|Book 2|Chapter 47
3- يُونُسُ عَنْ نَصْرِ بْنِ حَبِيبٍ صَاحِبِ الْخَانِ قَالَ كَتَبْتُ إِلَى عَبْدٍ صَالِحٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) قَدْ وَقَعَتْ عِنْدِي مِائَتَا دِرْهَمٍ وَأَرْبَعَةُ دَرَاهِمَ وَأَنَا صَاحِبُ فُنْدُقٍ وَمَاتَ صَاحِبُهَا وَلَمْ أَعْرِفْ لَهُ وَرَثَةً فَرَأْيُكَ فِي إِعْلامِي حَالَهَا وَمَا أَصْنَعُ بِهَا فَقَدْ ضِقْتُ بِهَا ذَرْعاً فَكَتَبَ اعْمَلْ فِيهَا وَأَخْرِجْهَا صَدَقَةً قَلِيلا قَلِيلا حَتَّى تَخْرُجَ.
3. Yunus has narrated from Nasr ibn Habib Sahib al-Khan who has narrated the following: “I once wrote to the virtuous servant (of Allah) about two hundred and four dirham which remained with me. I own a hotel. The owner of dirham has died and I do not know any heirs for him. I need your opinion on this matter and what must I do about it; I am depressed thereby. He (the Imam) wrote and said, ‘You can work with it and give it as charity little by little until it is complete.’”
- Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (3/230)
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