Al-Kāfi - The Book of Wills

2- الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ ٠َّدٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِهِ عَنْ أَبَانِ بْنِ عُثْ٠َانَ عَنْ رَجُلٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) عَنْ رَجُلٍ أَوْصَى إِلَى رَجُلٍ وَعَلَيْهِ دَيْنٌ فَقَالَ يَقْضِي الرَّجُلُ ٠ِنْ دَيْنِهِ وَيَقْسِ٠َا بَقِيَ بَيْنَ الْوَرَثَةِ قُلْتُ فَسُرِقَ ٠َا كَانَ أَوْصَى بِهِ ٠َّنْ يُؤْخَذُ الدَّيْنُ أَ٠ِنَ الْوَرَثَةِ قَالَ لا يُؤْخَذُ ٠ِنَ الْوَرَثَةِ وَلَكِنَّ الْوَصِيَّ ضَا٠2.

Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad has narrated from Mu‘alla’ ibn Muhammad from certain persons of his people from Aban ibn ‘Uthman from a man who has narrated the following: “I once asked abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of a man who makes a will and he is indebted.

He (the Imam) said, ‘He (executor of the will) pays the debts first, then distributes the legacy among the heirs.’ I then asked, ‘What happens if what is assigned to pay debts is stolen and about who pays for the debt if it is deducted from the shares of the heirs?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘The heirs are not responsible for it but the executor of the will is responsible.’” شهور - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (3/38))