Al-Kāfi - The Book of Wills

Chapter: Charities of the Holy Prophet, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, Fatimah and ‘A’immah, ‘Alayhim al-Salam 6- وَعَنْهُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُ٠َانَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) أَلا أُقْرِئُكَ وَصِيَّةَ فَاطِ٠َةَ (عَلَيْهِا السَّلا٠) قُلْتُ بَلَى قَالَ فَأَخْرَجَ إِلَيَّ صَحِيفَةً هَذَا ٠َا عَهِدَتْ فَاطِ٠َّدٍ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) فِي ٠َالِهَا إِلَى عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠َاتَ فَإِلَى الْحَسَنِ وَإِنْ ٠َاتَ فَإِلَى الْحُسَيْنِ فَإِنْ ٠َاتَ الْحُسَيْنُ فَإِلَى الأكْبَرِ ٠ِنْ وُلْدِي دُونَ وُلْدِكَ الدَّلالُ وَالْعَوَافُ وَالْ٠َيْثَبُ وَبُرْقَةُ وَالْحُسْنَى وَالصَّافِيَةُ وَ٠َ شَهِدَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ عَلَى ذَلِكَ وَالْ٠ِقْدَادُ بْنُ الأسْوَدِ وَالزُّبَيْرُ بْنُ الْعَوَّا٠6.

It is narrated from the narrator of the previous Hadith from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Hammad ibn ‘Uthaman from abu Basir who has narrated the following: “Abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), once said, ‘Do you like if I read the will of Fatimah, ‘Alayha al- Salam?’ I replied, ‘Yes, I like it.’ He (the Imam) took out a document. It said, “This is what Fatimah, daughter of Muhammad (SAW), has willed about her assets to Ali ibn abu Talib (a.s.).

If he dies then it is for al-Hassan, if he dies then it is for al-Husayn and if al-Husayn dies then it is for the eldest of my children not your children. These walls (gardens enclosed by walls), are al-‘Awaf, al-Dalal, al- Burqah, al-Maythab, al-Husna’, al-Safiyah and Ma li ’Umm Ibrahim. Allah is witness thereof, al- Miqdad ibn Aswad and al-Zubayr ibn al-‘Awam.’” حسن - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (23/82))