Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce 6- عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُ٠َيْرٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي حَ٠ْزَةَ قَالَ قُلْتُ لأبِي الْحَسَنِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) يَهُودِيٌّ أَوْ نَصْرَانِيٌّ كَانَتْ لَهُ عِنْدِي أَرْبَعَةُ آلافِ دِرْهَ٠ٍ فَهَلَكَ أَيَجُوزُ لِي أَنْ أُصَالِحَ وَرَثَتَهُ وَلا أُعْلِ٠ْ كَانَ فَقَالَ لا حَتَّى تُخْبِرَهُ٠6.

Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Ali ibn abu Hamzah who has said the following: “I once asked abu al-Hassan (a.s.). ‘There are four thousand dirhams of a Jew or a Christian and he has died.

Is it permissible to reach a settlement about it with his heirs without informing them of the amount?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘No, until you inform them of the amount.’” شهور - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (9/330))