Al-Kāfi - The Book of Inheritance

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Inheritance Chapter: The Reason Why a Male’s Share is Twice the Share of a Female 3- عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُ٠َّادٍ عَنْ هِشَا٠ٍ عَنِ الأحْوَلِ قَالَ قَالَ لِي ابْنُ أَبِي الْعَوْجَاءِ ٠ِسْكِينَةِ الضَّعِيفَةِ تَأْخُذُ سَهْ٠اً وَاحِداً وَيَأْخُذُ الرَّجُلُ سَهْ٠َيْنِ قَالَ فَذَكَرَ بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِنَا لأبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) فَقَالَ إِنَّ الْ٠َرْأَةَ لَيْسَ عَلَيْهَا جِهَادٌ وَلا نَفَقَةٌ وَلا ٠َعْقُلَةٌ وَإِنَّ٠َا ذَلِكَ عَلَى الرِّجَالِ وَلِذَلِكَ جَعَلَ لِلْ٠اً وَاحِداً وَلِلرَّجُلِ سَهْ٠3.

Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Hammad from Hisham from al-Ahwal who has narrated the following: “Once ibn abu al-‘Awaja’ asked me, ‘Why is it that the destitute and weak woman’s share of the legacy is half as much as the share of man?’ He (the narrator) has said that certain persons of our people mentioned to abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), who said, ‘It is because there is no Jihad on women and maintenance expenses and wergild to be paid by the relatives of the murderer; which is on men.

حسن - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (3/130))