Al-Kāfi - The Book of Inheritance

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Inheritance Chapter: Invalidity of Deficiency (in the Ordained Shares) 1- الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ ٠َّدٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَبَانِ بْنِ عُثْ٠َ الأنْصَارِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ إِنَّ الَّذِي يَعْلَ٠ْلِ عَالِجٍ لَيَعْلَ٠ُ أَنَّ الْفَرَائِضَ لا تَعُولُ عَلَى أَكْثَرَ ٠1.

Al-Husayn from Muhammad has narrated from Mu‘alla’ ibn Muhammad from certain persons of our people from Aban ibn ‘Uthman from abu Maryam al-Ansariy who has narrated the following: “Abu Ja‘far (a.s.), has said, ‘The one who knows the number of the grains of sand of a sand valley definitely knows that no deficiency takes place in the ordained shares which are not more than six.’” شهور - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (23/122))