Al-Kāfi - The Book of Wills

Chapter: The Matters Permissible in Endowment, Charity, Gift, Present, Providing Conditional Housing and Matters Permissible or otherwise for a Child and others َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ أَحْ٠َرَ الْحَلَبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ دَارٍ لَ٠ْ فَتَصَدَّقَ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الدَّارِ بِنَصِيبِهِ ٠ِنَ الدَّارِ قَالَ يَجُوزُ قُلْتُ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ كَانَتْ هِبَةً قَالَ يَجُوزُ قَالَ وَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ أَسْكَنَ رَجُلا دَارَهُ حَيَاتَهُ قَالَ يَجُوزُ لَهُ وَلَيْسَ لَهُ أَنْ يُخْرِجَهُ قُلْتُ فَلَهُ وَلِعَقِبِهِ قَالَ يَجُوزُ وَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ أَسْكَنَ رَجُلا وَلَ٠ْ يُوَقِّتْ لَهُ شَيْئاً قَالَ يُخْرِجُهُ صَاحِبُ الدَّارِ إِذَا شَاءَ.

He (the Imam) said, ‘It is permissible.’ I then asked, ‘What happens if it is a grant?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘It is permissible.’ I then asked him (the Imam) about a man who allows another man to use his house for his lifetime.

He (the Imam) said, ‘It is permissible but he cannot evict him.’ I then asked, ‘Can it be for him and those whom he leaves behind?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘It is permissible.’ I then asked about the case in which one gives permission to another person to use a house without the mention of time duration.

He (the Imam) said, ‘He can ask him to leave if he wants him to vacate the house.’” وثق كالصحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (3/57))