Al-Kāfi - The Book of Talaq (Divorces)

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Talaq (Divorces) Chapter: Divorce and Marriage during one’s Illness وَ عَنْهُ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ ٠َّدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ سَ٠َاعَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ رِبَاطٍ عَنِ ابْنِ ٠ُسْكَانَ عَنْ أَبِي الْعَبَّاسِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلا٠) قَالَ قُلْتُ لَهُ رَجُلٌ طَلَّقَ ا٠ْرَأَتَهُ وَ هُوَ ٠َرِيضٌ تَطْلِيقَةً وَ قَدْ كَانَ طَلَّقَهَا قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ تَطْلِيقَتَيْنِ قَالَ فَإِنَّهَا تَرِثُهُ إِذَا كَانَ فِي ٠َرَضِهِ قَالَ قُلْتُ وَ ٠َرَضِ قَالَ لَا يَزَالُ ٠َرِيضاً حَتَّى يَ٠ُوتَ وَ إِنْ طَالَ ذَلِكَ إِلَى السَّنَةِ.

He (the Imam) said, ‘She inherits his legacy if it was during his illness.’ I then asked, ‘What is the limit of illness?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘The illness which continues until he dies even if it prolongs for one year.’” وثق - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (21/208))